A children's clothes bank has been launched to help struggling families cope with the spiralling cost of living.
Breckland Children's Clothes Bank is the brainchild of Dawn Temple, from Feltwell, who came up with the idea earlier this year.
Working as a tenancy support officer for housing association, Victory Homes, Miss Temple has seen first-hand the plight of parents unable to afford clothes for their children.
But now, after months of using her home as a makeshift clothes bank, the 40-year-old has established a more permanent base at the Dereham Ukraine Aid Centre in Wright's Walk.
Explaining the origins of her initiative, Miss Temple said: "Often it has been the case where I would work closely with a family, go to their house and they'd have no clothes or no money to buy clothes.
"It is heartbreaking, and I'm finding more and more that it's the low income families - with working mums and dads - who are struggling, and don't meet the criteria for benefits.
"To begin with I was going home and asking my kids what spare clothes they had in their wardrobes. I was asking friends and reaching out on Facebook too.
"After a while, I thought 'this needs to be a bigger thing'. Ultimately, I decided to start something myself."
Miss Temple initially used her loft to store donations from friends and family, but soon found mountains of clothes taking over her house.
Determined to grow the venture, she contacted the team at the Ukraine centre, who were happy to provide a handy storage facility for the bank.
The service can now be accessed on a self-referral basis by anyone, not just Ukrainian refugees.
"Every charitable organisation is open for abuse but, by giving these clothes away, we know they are going to children - and that's what is important," said Miss Temple.
"We want to see this working smoothly and, ideally, later down the line, we will have our own premises. It would be lovely if that can happen once we are more established."
To make a self-referral, email brecklandchildrensclothesbank@gmail.com. Those who get in touch will receive a form to fill out and send.
Donations for Breckland Children's Clothes Bank can be dropped off at the Tesco stores in Watton and Swaffham.
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