It Takes a Village - Wirral Baby Bank was founded on friendship, lived experience and a shared belief that no family should ever have to face hardship alone. We exist to support families during pregnancy and beyond, providing essential baby items,
safe-sleep support and practical care, while rebuilding the sense of community that many families no longer have.
Where It All Began
Kirsty, a midwife and mum of four, her
first idea began in April 2025 as a vision for something different, originally imagined as a digital platform to connect parents and make support easier to find. But as the idea developed, it became clear that what families were missing wasn’t another app or more screen time. What families truly need is real connection. That realisation deepened in August 2025, when she moved into a role closer to home and saw first-hand how little informal support was available locally. Gone are the days of knocking on a neighbour’s door for a cup of sugar or flour. For many parents, that everyday support has quietly disappeared, but why?
Why This Work Matters
In her role as a midwife, Kirsty was meeting families every day who are doing their very best, yet still struggling. Many don’t meet the criteria for formal support, or they reach the end of midwifery care and suddenly find themselves without a professional or community network to turn to. Too often, families fall into the gap between services.
That is where It Takes a Village began to take shape, as a response to that gap. We provide baby essentials, safe-sleep items and new mum basics to families in need. But just as importantly, we offer reassurance, dignity and the knowledge that someone is there to help. At It Takes a Village, we don’t ask why you need help. We ask how we can help.
Our Team
This charity is built on trust, shared values and lived experience. Alongside Kirsty is her husband Roscoe, and her childhood best friend Amy, who co-founded the charity. Amy is a wife and mother of two with a professional background in health and social care. Before 2024, she worked as a Housing Support Officer supporting individuals and families facing homelessness, financial hardship, health challenges and mental health support. In 2024, Amy was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer, which led to stepping away from her career, but not from her commitment to supporting others with compassion and dignity. Together, they are supported by friends, family, the wider community, volunteers and professionals who believe in what they are building and help make this work possible.
How Our Village Began to Grow
the work began at St Joseph’s Parish Church, Upton, which generously provided the space for this baby bank to take its very first steps. As demand for the service grew, wirral baby bank expanded by their second month and secured a second home in the form of a dedicated storage unit. This gaves wirral baby bank facilities to store items safely, organise donations properly and support families more consistently. This growth was made possible through the ongoing support of Kangaroo Self Storage (Bromborough).
As Wirral Baby Bank continued to grow, we soon found that we had outgrown our home at Kangaroo Self Storage. A larger unit would have been more expensive, and with no heating available, we knew it would not be sustainable for us long-term, especially after working through the colder winter months. We then found a new home around the corner at Thursby House, in the form of a serviced office. It was warm, welcoming, and everything we had hoped for. We felt incredibly lucky to be supported by UBC Wirral, who offered us a huge discount on our office space. Having a front of house team to welcome our visitors made such a difference, and for a while, it felt like exactly where we needed to be.
But once again, the support we were providing continued to grow, and before long, we had completely outgrown the space. We began to dream of having our own standalone hub, a place that felt truly ours. Somewhere families, professionals, donors, and volunteers could find us easily. And that is exactly what we found at The Big Padlock.
For the first time, Wirral Baby Bank had its own entrance, its own double doors, its own keys, and a huge sign proudly on display so everyone could see where we were. Since moving in, we have had so many people walk past, stop, ask questions, donate, or discover us completely by chance.
It has been amazing to see how far we have come, from a small space in a church hall to a dedicated hub of our own in just six months of operating. Every move has helped us support more families, welcome more donations, and grow our village even further, big padlock were here to stay!