“It’s awful to have to choose between heating your home, feeding your kids and keeping yourself clean and healthy.
I have to put my own needs behind my children’s, and I always pay my bills, but it leaves me with nothing – there’s never
anything leftover to get a treat for myself.”
Claire
£10 could provide Claire and her daughter with a gift set to make them feel special
The difference your gift could make:
Some of us will receive perfumes or premium beauty products this Christmas. But Claire is a single mum on a low income and can't afford basics like period products or shampoo for her textured hair.This winter, she will go without to make sure her daughter, Sarah, has something to open on Christmas morning.
Your generous donation could provide Claire and Sarah a gift set so they both have something to open on Christmas day, giving Claire some extra cash to make ends meet.
Doesn't everyone deserve to receive a little Christmas treat to make them feel good?
*All names have been changed to protect people’s privacy
Claire is one of the 5.3 million people in the UK who have to choose between buying food and toiletries. Can you give the gift of kindness to someone else this Christmas?
Where does my donation go?
Your donation will help The Hygiene Bank distribute basic hygiene products to people who would otherwise struggle to afford them.
The Hygiene Bank receives product donations from members of the public and from collaborating brands and retailers. Donated products are then distributed via our 170 local projects - which are entirely run by our volunteers- to our network of 1600 Community Partners, who pass them on to people who need them most. Our Community Partners are schools, food banks, community centres, homeless shelters or womens’ refuges, among others.
We keep expanding our network, especially in areas where our support is needed most. The demand for our services keeps increasing due to the cost of living crisis, and we cannot supply products to our network with donated products alone.
The Hygiene Bank uses funds from campaigns like this one to:
- Buy products that people need that are not donated. This can include products that are not donated often and/or for people with people with specific needs – e.g. skin conditions, continence problems.
- Cover the costs of transport and storage to get donated products out to our local projects and store them safely until they are distributed to our Community Partners people who need them.
- Other necessary expenses involved in supporting and sustaining a national network of local projects, activities to attract more volunteers, train volunteers, and raising the funds needed to attract more donors, and more product donations, so local projects hubs continue to receive enough products for the people who need them.