“ The kids also wear the uniform and the PE kit for longer and shower less to keep costs down, but it isn't hygienic. It's humiliating and degrading to smell awful and not be able to do anything about it.
My kids can’t invite their friends over like other kids do, because we all feel ashamed that we can’t keep our home smelling nice and looking clean.
I feel I am being judged, I feel like a bad mum. My husband and I are working multiple jobs and still can’t afford the things we need to keep things clean. I hate to think my kids are being bullied because we can’t afford cleaning products.”
Zahra
£100 could provide Zahra’s kids with clean uniforms and a clean home next term, preventing them from being bullied
The difference your gift could make:
Zahra really struggles to keep her three sons’ uniforms clean using only chopped bits of soap.
She hates the fact that she can’t afford cleaning products to keep the house clean, but cleaning products, laundry detergent and razors have become really expensive in the past few months.
Your generosity could give Zahra enough cleaning, laundry and hygiene products to keep her family and her house clean. She would then have some extra money to put towards food.
Doesn't Zahra deserve a Christmas free from worry about how to afford hygiene products for her family?
*All names have been changed to protect people’s privacy
Zahra 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.