When teacher Laura Hutchinson arrived in Leicester from Bristol in June 2017, she wanted to continue doing some voluntary work. Within weeks she had founded Baby-basics Leicester\u00a0 one of about two dozen branches of a charity which started in Sheffield in 2009.<\/p>\n

Based in Narborough Road, the registered charity now has half-a-dozen regular volunteers contributing something like 25 hours a week.<\/p>\n

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Speakers Laura Hutchenson and Peter Coopey with President Pradeep Popat<\/p><\/div>\n

In less than six months, Baby basics Leicester has helped more than four dozen families who might include asylum seekers, the homeless, teenaged parents and victims of abuse.<\/p>\n

The items packed into the Moses baskets include nappies, toiletries, babygrows, feeding bottles and much more.<\/p>\n

The charity’s fundraiser, Peter Coopey, formerly executive director of county organisation Menphys, introduced Laura to Novus Rotarians and said that Facebook had been staggeringly successful in attracting donations of goods and cash, including \u00a3550 from Wigston Fire Station’s Christmas collection.<\/p>\n

After Laura had given an excellent overview of Baby basics, Peter said that the next big target was to change baskets into cots, for the growing babies. Already 10 families are on the waiting list for donated costs and new mattresses, which cost about \u00a390 each.<\/p>\n

He said that Baby basics is committed to fund half of the total cost, leaving him as fundraiser to find about \u00a3675 to meet the needs of these families.<\/p>\n

Laura and Peter were thanked by Novus president Pradeep Popat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"