At the end of 2025, the Tesco Community Champions from Toton and Long Eaton joined Baby Basics to celebrate the charity giving out their 1,000th moses basket to new parents and families.
Baby Basics is a national charity in the UK with a network of local centers that provide essential items for new parents and families in need. The charity started in 2009 in Sheffield, supporting families where it is directly needed.
Baby Basics in Long Eaton started six years ago and is the 38th centre in the UK. The Long Eaton branch gave out their 1,000th moses basket which is full of essentials and will support a new mum and her baby for the first three-months. The 1,000th basket was presented to The Derby Royal Infirmary mid wives.
The moses baskets are donated, so a new mattress is provided with lots of other essential items like, blankets, nappies, baby wipes, cotton wool and clothes. A new cardigan is also knitted by a team of volunteer knitters. They have an army of volunteers who support the charity, without these kind people Baby Basics wouldn’t be able to run.
The new mum also gets a small gift and some chocolates. Everything is prepared for the new baby and mum to show that someone cares. A referral from a health care professional or mid wife enables a basket to be passed on to a vulnerable mum or family in need.
On the day, Claire, Tesco Toton Community Champion and Shell the Community Champion from the Long Eaton store came along with three moses baskets, donated by colleagues and friends who had also given clothes and baby food as well as nappies and other items donated by their community budgets. Baby Basics has also won a Tesco Stronger Starts Grant which has also helped with much needed supplies for them to carry on their vital work they do. 