{"id":5823,"date":"2026-09-15T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:09:36","slug":"all-about-baby-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/2026\/09\/15\/all-about-baby-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"All about Baby Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The guest speaker at our September club meeting was Emilie de Brujin, Senior Community Lead with the Baby Bank Alliance. The Baby Bank Alliance supports and advocates for baby banks and families across the UK and Emilie gave us an insight into its work. We learnt about the invaluable work done by volunteers and the challenges faced in trying to support families in need.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We were surprised to hear from Emilie that very few people seem to know what a baby bank is. If you haven&#8217;t heard about baby banks, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/babybankalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baby Bank Alliance<\/a> to find out more and to see where they are located in your area. Spread the word about baby banks so they can help as many people as possible.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thank you to our members who organised last night&#8217;s meeting and to everyone who brought along donations of nappies, baby clothes and toys which will be taken to the 3 baby banks we are supporting.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2026\/09\/Baby-bank-Alliance-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5824\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2026\/09\/Baby-bank-Alliance-2-138x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2026\/09\/Baby-bank-Alliance-2-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2026\/09\/Baby-bank-Alliance-2.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guest speaker at our September club meeting was Emilie de Brujin, Senior Community Lead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":625,"featured_media":5826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>All about Baby Banks | News | Blog | Events | SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District : Blog &amp; News : All about Baby Banks : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District . 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