Charity 'blown away' after 100 baby baskets collected

Dora Shergold travelled round the country picking up the baskets

A baby charity said it was "blown away" by a woman's efforts to collect 100 Moses baskets for needy families.

Dora Shergold drove around the country to source the baskets for Baby Basics Northampton.

She also acquired baby clothes and baby baths along the way.

"I loved finding, buying and driving all over to collect the Moses Baskets," she said.

Dora Shergold said the items were collected from all over the country

Baby Basics was set up in 2013 to provide Moses baskets full of essential items as starter packs for vulnerable new mothers.

The charity's Northampton branch helped 144 families during the first three months of 2024.

It said it had seen a 41% rise in referrals.

The baskets are given to vulnerable families when a baby is born

Ms Shergold realised there was a desperate need for the baskets, so she set herself the challenge of finding 100 of them.

She said: "I had no idea of how many lovely and generous people I would meet on my journey, from Mill Hill in London to Uttoxeter north of Birmingham."

She added she "will remember all the wonderful people I have met through my connection with the charity".

Sabrina Oakey, the co-founder of Baby Basics Northampton, said: "She is an amazing lady and we have been so grateful for her inspiring support."