BizX 2024 Award Winner for Buddy Bag Foundation
Buddy Bag Foundation has been awarded the ‘Non Profit Business’ category award at the BizX 2024 awards.
100% of money donated goes to the cause
£25 supplies a child entering emergency accommodation with their own Buddy Bag.
Recipient of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services in June 2022 to recognise the outstanding work by all of our volunteers.
A Buddy Bag is a backpack that contains all the essential items a child needs.
They include toiletries, pyjamas, socks and underwear, in addition to comfort items such as a book and a teddy bear.
A Buddy Bag is something a child can call their own, no matter where they go.
Buddy Bags are tailored to suit babies, children and young people according to age groups and gender.
The Buddy Bag Foundation was founded in 2015 to help make a difference to children entering emergency care.
48,000 children require emergency care every year in the UK. We supply these children with a Buddy Bag containing essential items to help restore a sense of comfort and love.
The foundation is run by a team of volunteers and ambassadors so that 100% of the money we raise goes to the cause.
Our Buddy Bag brigades provide a unique opportunity for volunteers to get hands-on and support the cause.
On 2nd June 2022, The Buddy Bag Foundation Volunteers received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE and its aim is to recognise outstanding work by local volunteer groups to benefit their communities.
To all our valued volunteers, we would like to say THANK YOU for all your support by helping us make a difference to children in emergency care.
All money raised will go straight to the cause. And we’re grateful for any contribution, from pennies to hundreds of pounds.
The BBF is run by volunteers. So no matter the time you can offer or the skills you have, we’d be grateful for your help.
Contribute directly to a Buddy Bag through bulk product donations, our knitted toys initiative, or donate your time or services.
Get hands-on with packing the Buddy Bags that go straight to the children in emergency care.
A unique opportunity for businesses and community groups to support a local cause, whilst also providing a fun and engaging team building opportunity.
We have lots of ways we can partner with businesses to help grow the BBF, whilst providing an opportunity to give back to a local cause.
"Thank you - you really make us feel like we matter."
- Parent
"Words can't describe how I felt when I received my Buddy Bag."
- Buddy Bag recipient
"The work you do is amazing and I want to thank you for putting a smile on people's faces."
- Refuge Worker
We supply our Buddy Bags to women’s refuges in the UK that deal with children who have been victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
Buddy Bag Foundation has been awarded the ‘Non Profit Business’ category award at the BizX 2024 awards.
The Buddy Bag Foundation celebrates a monumental milestone: packing our 60,000th Buddy Bag for children who’ve fled domestic abuse.
Devon and Cornwall Police are to give comfort bags to children going into emergency care.
£25 supplies a child entering emergency accommodation with their own Buddy Bag. 100% of money donated goes to the cause.
Head Office, all correspondence and knitted toys to: The Buddy Bag Foundation, c/o Howell Group Ltd, Unit 28, Maybrook Road, Maybrook Business Park, Minworth B76 1AL
If you want to donate to us directly, you can pay online or via any Post Office or Lloyds Bank branch to:
Sort code 30-64-10 – Account number: 34186868 – Account name: Buddy Bag Foundation – Reference: Your name