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Katy Beale & Hilary Jackson raised £820 from 28 supporters
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Weʼve raised £820 to buy new birth pools and pumps
- London Borough of Hackney, London, UK
- Funded on Thursday, 1st November 2018
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Update: We're continuing to fundraise for new pools as we regularly need to replace them. We appreciate any donation you can give. To buy one mini pool pool (+ one pump to inflate and one pump to remove the water) costs £175 + processing fees.
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THANK YOU EVERYONE! We reached our target to buy three new pools and now we're fundraising for more.
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We loan out birth pools for free to those in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs.
Over the years we've helped hundreds of people have the home birth they dream of.
"We had our baby girl in the early hours of yesterday, at home in the pool. It was an amazing birth, really brilliant and I absolutely loved using the pool. So comfy...! Thank you both so much."
We have 12 pools in circulation and sometimes they spring a leak and need to be retired. Currently we have more requests for pools than we can accommodate.
We have never asked for money before - we really appreciate your donation to help keep the free pool service running.
"Thank you so much for the loan of the pool - it completely worked it's magic and made all the difference!"
We will buy the new pools and pumps direct from Birth Pool in a Box who have given us a discounted rate. https://www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk/
Birth Pool in a Box Pro pool £132 each including VAT, Submersible pumps and inflatable pumps, Shipping, 6.5% JustGiving fees = £584
Some of our home birthed babies:
Thank you!
Katy & Hilary
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We are a small, volunteer-run group and we meet monthly to chat all things home birth (often with returning birth stories) and all are welcome. You can come along on your own, or with a partner or friends, or with kids. Email us on hackneyhomebirth@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list or to request a pool.
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Shona French
Sep 20, 2018
Thanks so much for lending me the birthing pool. It was fantastic to use and made the labour a much more enjoyable experience.
£30.00
Ken Kirton
Aug 8, 2018
Thank you Katy and Hilary!
£50.00
Fleur watson
Aug 7, 2018
Important work ladies x thank you x
£50.00
Sile Reynolds
Jul 16, 2018
Thanks so much for the use of the pool - I'm really happy that i was able to deliver our little boy in it last week. Good luck!
£20.00
Laura Hinson
Jul 6, 2018
£10.00
Katy
Jun 19, 2018
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the loan of the pool - what an amazing service you guys provide. We had a wonderful homebirth with our heavenly little boy born in the water. So happy :)
£30.00
Karla Devine
Jun 14, 2018
Thanks for your support which resulted in my successful home-birth! x
£20.00
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Katy Beale & Hilary Jackson
London Borough of Hackney, London, UK
The Hackney Homebirth Support Group is a volunteer-run group. We meet monthly to chat all things home birth (often with returning birth stories) and all are welcome. We also loan out birth pools for free. We've helped hundreds of people over the years have home births.