March 2026

The Parish Trust in Caerphilly which run Caerphilly Babybank have joined forces with Growbaby in Splott as they have a very large warehouse to store everything.

February 2026

Deliveries made to the

Neo Natal Departments UHW

in Cardiff and Swansea

1,129 Items Delivered in 2025

434 Items to Neo Natal Unit, UHW

194 Items to Neo Natal Unit, Swansea

72 Items to All Nations Church

190 Items to GrowBaby, Splott

8 Items to Thomas Gabriel Home

56 Items to Hedgehog Rescue

85 Items to The Salvation Army

50 Items to the Bird Sanctuary

41 Items to Barnardo's

Neo Natal - UHW - 2025

147 Hats

90 Sheets

51 Angel Sheets

12 Blankets

24 Bonding Squares

29 Pairs of Bootees

31 Pairs of Mittens

42 Cannulas

6 Cardigans

2 Octopi

Total: 434 Items

Grow Baby - Splott - 2025

54 Blankets

14 Pairs of Bootees

60 Cardigans/Jumpers

1 Dress

27 Hats

23 Mittens

4 Scarves

7 Soft Toys

Total: 190 Items

Salvation Army - 2025

48 Hats

22 Blankets

8 Scarves

4 Jumpers

1 pair of socks

3 Hand warmer/gloves

Total 85 items

Barnardo's - 2025

Carys called to collect the donations for Barnardo’s from Craftaholics Cymru.

She was over the moon with our contributions. Thank you to everyone who crafted or bought a gift. We donated 40 items:

15 Cardigans/jumpers

11 Blankets

1 Cardigan & hat

2 hat and glove sets

4 soft toys

3 cwtch soft toy

4 hats

1 pair mittens

Total 41 Items

L🎄🎁⭐THANK YOU⭐🎁🎄

A huge thank you to everyone who donated and especially to those of you who have supported this cause year after year. Barnardo's has suffered a number of funding cuts this year and have lost some of their services as a result so to be able to give a little bit of Christmas magic to the children and young people they support is somehow even more special than usual 💚

This collection wouldn't happen without all of the help and support of everyone involved, especially not on the scale it has grown to over the last few years, thank you 🩷

Next year will be year 10 of running this appeal. Maybe it'll also be the first year I don't run out of gift bags?!

Barnardo's Cymru