Leap of faith starts off baby bank with a huge help from Freemasons

SUPPORTING STRUGGLING FAMILIES WITH BABYCARE ITEMS

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Freemasons Dave Wheeler and Stuart Butler with Louise Buckingham and her team with just some of the Baby Bank items for struggling families

A FRIDAY afternoon conversation has kick-started a unique service to improve the lives of families in south Lincolnshire.

And the 'let's do it' moment of optimism has been backed by a donation of almost £60,000 from Freemasons' charity the MCF, which will guarantee support for more than 500 families over three years.

The conversation was amongst Louise Buckingham and her team at Citizens' Advice in Boston, which now operates the UK's only combined Citizens Advice centre and Baby Bank.

She said: "It was obvious what people coming to us needed, and we wanted to help, but we were worried about how to fund it - but one Friday afternoon we simply said 'let's just do it anyway."