First Days Children's Charity

16/06/2026

We love a corporate volunteer day, and last week we were lucky enough to host a brilliant team from ! 🌟

They started their day by delivering an amazing donation of brand-new toys which are perfect to help stock our upcoming Christmas shop. They then got stuck into sorting and steaming donations, and moving furniture around and giving our School Uniform shop a complete makeover.

The shop looks incredible, and we couldn’t be more grateful for their hard work, energy, and corporate support. Thank you for standing alongside us - you’ve made a wonderful difference for local families! 💙

11/06/2026

Huge thanks to Kids In Action for recently delivering 10 boxes of brand-new toys to us at First Days 🎁🙌
These will be used to help stock our Christmas shop later this year, ensuring families can come in and choose the perfect gifts for their children. Thank you so much for your amazing generosity! 💜💙

09/06/2026

New opening hours! 📢💙

To make it even easier to visit us, our Baby Shop and School Uniform Shop are now open on Wednesdays from 10am - 1pm!

Our full updated hours are:
Tuesdays: 11am - 1pm
Wednesdays: 10am - 1pm (new)
Thursdays: 10am - 1pm & 3pm - 6pm

Pop by and see us during any of these times—we are here to help! 👋

05/06/2026

We currently have some families waiting for urgently needed items and would love donations of the following items please:
- Prams for newborn
- Buggies & double buggies
- Cots, cot beds & space-saving cots
- Moses baskets
- Stair gates
- Sterilisers
- Weaning items
- Bottles & sippy cups (new please!)

How You Can Donate:
1. Drop off directly:
First Days Elevate Centre: Seymour House, The Courtyard, Denmark Street, Wokingham RG40 2AZ Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm

2. Use a community donation bin:
🔸First Days Elevate Centre, Wokingham
🔸Morrisons, Woosehill
🔸Tesco, Wokingham
🔸Wokingham Library
🔸Wokingham Baptist Church
🔸Norreys Church, Wokingham
🔸School Green, Shinfield
🔸Twyford Library
🔸Sainsbury’s, Winnersh
🔸Woodford Park Leisure Centre, Woodley
🔸FBC, Finchampstead
🔸Arborfield Green Leisure Centre (Bohunt school)
🔸Loddon Valley Leisure Centre
🔸Ryeish Green Leisure Centre
🔸Wokingham Leisure Centre
🔸Bulmershe Leisure Centre
🔸Park Day Nursery, Reading

3. Purchase from our Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3E2TITRPFLTPH
(items purchased elsewhere are also very welcome!)

4. Donate money to help us purchase urgently needed items:
https://www.justgiving.com/firstdays-childrenscharity

Thank you so much 💙💜

04/06/2026

As if the London Marathon wasn't already a massive challenge, one of our incredible runners, Maddie, is taking things to a whole new level, and taking part in the BigSea 54k Ultramarathon this Saturday! 🤯🏃‍♀️💨

We are in absolute awe of her dedication and how hard she has trained, all to continue raising vital funds for First Days.

Help us to show Maddie some huge community support! If you can, please cheer her on and celebrate this epic effort with a donation here:
👉 https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/maddie-hebbourne1

GO MADDIE!! We are all cheering you on! 💙🎉

I am running the London Marathon 2026 for First Days Childrens charity. First Days doesn’t just provide essentials like beds, school shoes, or winter coats (though they do all of that and more). They

04/06/2026

As we celebrate , we want to say a massive thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers. They give their time and energy to enable us to continue our work in the community, and we are so proud to have them 💙💜

If you'd like to get involved, meet new people, and help in your local community, come and join us!

We'd always love more helping hands with sorting our donations, ensuring they are in great condition and directly helping us to offer choice, dignity, and power to local families.

If you’d like to join us, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

02/06/2026

We started off with chocolates! A big thank you to everyone who gives their time and energy to support us here at First Days. You are the heart of our charity and we couldn’t do the work we do without you! 💙💜

28/05/2026

Huge thanks to the family who returned their buggy (plus a bag of clothes!) to us today. They originally received the buggy from First Days and wanted to “pay it forward” now that they no longer need it.
We ❤️ seeing items come full circle to support another family in our community

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

Are you finding things tough with your child’s needs right now?

Navigating assessments or a diagnosis for autism, ADHD, or learning needs can feel incredibly overwhelming - especially when you’re already juggling money worries, relationship stress, or just the pace of everyday life.

You don’t have to do this on your own. Our online coaching group is a safe, friendly space to:
💜Talk about the real stuff - from meltdowns and school refusal to the daily mental load.
💜Swap ideas - share what’s actually worked for you and hear from others in the same boat.
💜Be understood -by a group of people who truly “get it.”

Our sessions are led by qualified coaches, but they are built entirely around you. We can’t promise to fix everything, but we can promise you won’t have to face it alone. 💙
✨ The Details:
What: 4 FREE one-hour weekly group sessions.
Where: Online, from the comfort of your own home.
When: Tuesdays (Lunchtimes), 1pm–2pm.
Dates: 9th, 16th, 23rd, & 30th June 2026.

Register your interest here: 👇https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqB3UBGEN-ztcQA49b7JyaYU0Cecfwlcsf02U2NQldSx6gYQ/viewform

(If these dates don’t suit you, please still register so we can let you know about future groups!)