In the midst of our team’s deployment to Hatay, they distributed a grand total of 260 hand-crafted blankets directly to orphaned and displaced children. Go team!
Read MoreTowards the end of January, we prepared and sent off a lorry load of aid to Odesa, Ukraine.
Read MoreAs preparations are underway for KACW20, I am reflecting on what the project has achieved since it started in 2011.
Read MoreWe had a fab visit from Nottingham Girls’ High School this morning.
Read MoreSo many gorgeous blankets are made lovingly by generous folk around the UK (and even further afield).
Read MoreOur Global Expedition team travelled to Moldova for the Keep a Child Warm 2019 distribution where they kitted out around 1600 children for winter. The lovely thing about our distribution expedition is having the wonderful opportunity to meet each child who receives a winter kit.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again! For the eighth year running we set off to Chilwell Sixth form for our packing week.
Read MoreWe are lucky enough to have support from schools all across the UK. This week has involved hundreds of students, both around the UK and at our warehouse in Notts.
Read MoreOur tents are being distributed by social services to affected families looking after orphans.
Read MoreTimes like this are exactly when children are known to be at the highest risk of trafficking and our Crisis Response mandate is to find children who have been orphaned and help to keep them safe. The next stage is to connect them to a long-term care structure and where this is NOT possible, we promise to create a care structure for them - so that they can be cared for.
Read MoreThank you so much to everyone who was part of the incredible team that made Keep a Child Warm 2018 such a success.
Read MoreOver the winter we have for the first time been able to keep our warehouse open to volunteers.
Read MoreIn February we had the pleasure of welcoming our York Ambassadors, Gail & Jill, to the office.
Read MoreGirls Brigade nationally is 125 years old and this has been a year of hope. At 2nd Arnold Girls Brigade we have celebrated this in 3 ways, bringing hope, raising hope and celebrating hope.
Read MoreHelping children in Moldova to keep warm and be able to attend school.
Read MoreOver 600 boxes of warm winter clothing are now on their way to Moldova.
Read MoreWith a goal of keeping at least 1300 children warm in mind, the committed Chilwell School 6th form transformed mountains of unsorted donated clothes into hundreds of packed boxes, ready to be sent to vulnerable children and orphans in places such as Moldova, Hungary and Romania.
Read MoreOur partner, Victor, is visiting his home country of Moldova this month.
Read MoreWe have received a heart-warming letter of gratitude from the Head of Social Welfare and Family Protection Division Cahul, Moldova. We've used Google Translate to enable us to share the letter with our supporters.
Read MoreWe are so grateful to Lee White and the team at Cubbies who sorted out a donation of over 2,000 teddies! These are so cute and it’s such a great feeling to know that we are able to give out great quality, brand new cuddly toys.
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