Hanwell Fields Community Centre

13/04/2026

Still lots left, we are open tomorrow 10-2pm then 5-7pm

05/03/2026

Banbury Baby Bank Sale

We’re clearing out excess stock and would love your support!

🗓 Saturday 21st March 2026
⏰ 11am – 2pm
📍 Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Rotary Way, Banbury OX16 1ER

Lots of children’s items for all ages, including clothes, toys and more.

Cash only

Please give generously – all money raised will be used to buy baby items and school uniforms we don’t currently have for families in need.

Thank you for supporting Banbury Baby Bank

03/02/2026

This year we are looking forward to huge improvements at the Community Centre but in the meantime we are open for short term regular bookings and private events.

We welcome your booking now daytime, evening or weekends.

We are still on the look out for a home for Baby Bank and Uniform exchange but both remain available Tuesday and Thursday 10am- 12pm. Donations of stairgates, prams and newborn clothing for boys currently welcome.

17/11/2025

Book you place now!

Free Hedgehog Talk - Hanwell Fields Community Centre, Saturday 22 November

Spend an autumnal afternoon learning all about this cute, spikey mammal.

Spend an autumnal afternoon learning all about this cute, spikey mammal.

25/10/2025

🎪 ENTER IF YOU DARE... 🎪

The circus is in town... but the clowns aren't here for laughs. They're here for YOUR SOUL! (Or at the very least, your loose change to keep Banbury's babies in nappies and kids in school uniforms! 😈)

This Halloween, the CIRCUS OF HORROR pitches its tent for 3 nights of dread!

FOR THE KIDS: Get your spooky treats and meet the... friendly-ish... circus folk. (We've been assured they only occasionally nibble on small fingers).

FOR THE ADULTS: Warm your cursed bones with a BOOZY HOT CHOCOLATE (or a plain one). Perfect for braving the horrors that await...

AND FOR THE EASILY SCARED... Test your nerve outside the tent with our INTERACTIVE HALLOWEEN PROPS, courtesy of the dastardly SIR HENRY JAKE CLOSE CURSED CIRCUS! Will you make it to the entrance, or will you run home to hide under the duvet?

All proceeds go directly to the Banbury Baby Bank & Uniform Exchange, keeping our vital services running while they relocate to the town centre. So come on down... if you think you're brave enough.

📍 The Haunted Grounds of Sir Henry Jake Close
📅 Halloween Night, 31st October, 1st 2nd Nov
⏰ 6pm till late
🎟️ Pay What You Can Donation on the Door or directly to the baby bank and uniform exchange online fundraiser

https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donation-form/help-keep-banbury-baby-bank-and-uniform-exchange-open

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16/10/2025

💚 Banbury — we need your help to keep the Baby Bank & School Uniform Exchange open💚

As many of you know, our community centre is about to undergo some exciting building work to bring the community a cafe — but it means we’ll need to move out for a few months.

We’ve found a temporary town-centre venue so we can carry on supporting local families through the Banbury Baby Bank and School Uniform Exchange.

To make that possible, we’re raising £5,000 to help cover bills, and basic setup costs — so we can keep our doors open and continue helping families who rely on us every week. We normally fund these fantastic projects with money raised hiring out rooms at the centre and we face around 6 months without this income.

Every donation, no matter the size, helps keep these essential services running.
If we raise a bit extra, we’ll use it for storage and essentials to make the new space work even better for our families and items families might need.

👉 Please donate or share if you can:

Thank you, Banbury — together, we make a difference 💚

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💙 Help Us Keep Banbury Baby Bank & School Uniform Exchange Open!We need your help to cover rent and bills for a new temporary homeFor several years, the Banbury Baby Bank and School Uniform Exchange, run by Hanwell Fields Residents Association C.I.C, have supported recycling and local familie...

13/10/2025

Come and join us for our Autumn 'Build a Hedgehog House' event on Saturday 25th October. There are a limited number of tickets so book your family ticket now and don't miss out.

Take time out of the weekend to build a beautiful wooden home for your local hedgehogs.

29/07/2025

For those saying they can't drop off during hours open, these are the hours we can access school uniforms to give out, we do arrange things outside these times.

Someone is at the community centre most weekdays working on other things, I've also arranged for people to drop off and collect at my house, though I do live near the centre and can often pop up to collect a donation if messaged and arranged

🎒 Banbury Uniform Exchange needs YOU! 👚👖
We are really struggling with donations this year.

We totally get it — things are tight right now. With the cost of living rising, it’s tempting to sell those outgrown school uniforms for a bit of extra cash. 💸 But here’s the thing…

Short-term gain = long-term pain

Selling might help today, but it means fewer uniforms in the exchange — and more families (maybe even yours!) needing to buy everything new again next year. 😩

Let’s flip the script:
✨ Donate your old uniforms
🔁 Swap up when your kids grow
💰 Save money year after year
♻️ Help others while helping yourself!

We take uniforms from all schools and all ages — if it’s clean and wearable, we’ll make sure it finds a good home!

Find us at Hanwell Fields Community Centre
Open Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10am–12pm
Banbury Uniform Exchange

Let’s keep the rails full, the swaps flowing, and the stress low. 🙌

Give • Swap • Reuse — it's a win-win for Banbury and surrounding villages! 💚