Young family? Pregnant? Struggling? Need help?

Ten Little Toes is a Baby Bank based in Crawley, West Sussex, offering support to families and parents with chldren age 0-12 years, in crisis or facing difficult circumstances throughout West Sussex. We were founded in 2017 in our founders home in Cowfold, and recently moved to a new hub in September 2023. We are a registered charity, number 1184233.

What Is A Baby Bank?

We are like a foodbank, giving out bundles of essential items to people who need them in our community. We support people who are pregnant or looking after young children up to the age of 12. We provide free (mostly pre-loved) baby and child equipment and supplies, including clothing, nappies, prams, cots and bedding and safety equipment such as highchairs and stair gates - pretty much anything! We can help families who are experiencing poverty or hardship, are displaced or in temporary housing, or are struggling due to physical or mental health difficulties.

We support a lot of families expecting a baby, but we are happy to help families with young children of any age up to age 12. Where we can, we also like to add a few essentials for parents and older siblings, too. We like to think of how our support can help the whole family, not just the child in question ​- every family is different and every family matters.

We are entirely volunteer-run and the vast majority of the things we give out have been donated from the general public. Without you, our community, we wouldn’t exist. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Trustees Needed!

We are entering a period of growth and transition, and we need new trustees to help us navigate this time, develop certain areas of our business, and support and govern us as we move forward with our demanding charitable work.

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How Do I Get Help?

If you are looking after young children, or expecting a baby, and you are experiencing hardship or difficulties in getting the essentials for the children, click here.

Refer Someone To Us

If you are a service or organisation who works with families, you can refer people to us. We can provide clothing up to age 12 years .

Donate Items

Pre-loved baby and children items in good condition can have another life and go a long way to helping a family get on their feet.

Support Our Work

Ways you can help us to help others.

About Ten Little Toes

More about us, our history and our dreams for the future.

Our Impact

Why baby banks exist and how we have helped others.

Our Mission

That children in our community have the necessary essentials for a safe and comfortable life, and that their families are supported at moments of challenge and hardship.

Repair & Recycle

Where possible we fix, clean, restore and re-use items that can be recycled, and anything we can’t give away for various reasons is donated to a number of charities who include it in their overseas shipments.

Supporting Family Services

We work directly with social workers, health visitors and other local charities and services who refer people to us. We know that these services do great things with increasingly squeezed resources, and we support them as much as possible.

Our Angels

We are lucky to be supported and championed by a number of local organisations. Without support from our local community and volunteers we simply wouldn’t be able to do what we do.

Funders currently supporting Ten Little Toes

Other organisations who have offered support and fundraising help

We’re also grateful to Laura Eakins, for design work, to [ printers] for print, and to Overtly Creative for making this website.