Give

You can support The Nest
Project by donating children’s
clothes and equipment for ages 0-5.

You can support us financially or buy items directly from our Amazon wish list. You could even collect items for us as a workplace or school.

You can donate your time or skills by volunteering with us.

Get

You can request clothes, equipment and toiletries from us for your child completely for free, no more than once a month, which you can collect or have delivered.

If you are a professional you can do this on behalf of a family you are working with.

We offer in-person consultations if you’re expecting a baby and would like to choose items.

Grow

We’ll support you every step of the way, from pregnancy until your little one is five.

Support us to help even more families through donating or fundraising for us.

Our story

We aim to be a welcoming and supportive service for families with children under the age of 5 in BANES who are experiencing financial difficulties, by providing essential children's clothing and equipment free of charge. We hope that by doing this alongside providing support and guidance, we will ease the financial pressure that many families with young children face, enabling children to have the best start to life as possible.

  • "Our clients are so lucky to be supported by the services you provide... some clients become emotional with the generosity from yourselves. As a team we are all very thankful for your continued support."

  • "To make sure I got everything I needed was completely amazing, and to be able to look at the items that I needed, made it feel special and not stressful. I felt valued and everyone was really kind and welcoming."

  • "Being able to receive support from The Nest Project has been incredible, and a huge support for us financially, as well as for my mental health."

  • "I’d felt a lot of shame prior to our appointment that we couldn’t go and buy the items we needed, and the support of The Nest Project really helped ease that. I’m also so grateful for the kindness of the local community in donating their items, and knowing that they’ll be received by such grateful families like ours. This project is invaluable in supporting parents like us, and we’re incredibly thankful for its support."

  • "This is a very useful and invaluable service for vulnerable, young, deprived young people who would otherwise be unable to provide equipment and items for themselves or their children. An excellent provider service and one that is very responsive to need."

  • "Excellent, resourceful, respectful, approachable and nothing is too much trouble. Thank you for your ongoing support for the clients and their babies / children."

why

1/3 of children under the age of 5 in the South West are living in poverty. We want to help give children the start in life that they deserve by being an easily accessible and free service so that no child goes without. We want to help parents build a safe, warm "nest", without worrying about finances.

who

If you are experiencing financial hardship and are living in BANES, you can request items from us, completely free of charge. You can either self-refer or a professional can do this on your behalf.

how

We rely on donations of mostly second-hand items, given to us by other families in the area who no longer need them. By re-using donated items, we want to promote local communities helping one another, as well as advocating sustainable living by reusing and recycling items preventing them from going to landfill.

You can request items here.

To find out about how you can support us, navigate to our get involved drop down in our menu.