A group of Glasgow volunteers have set up a fundraiser which will enable them to save prams from landfill sites and fix them.
Repair Cafe Glasgow, a voluntary organisation set up in 2017, is aiming to raise £12,500 to get preloved prams to people who desperately need them.
The team have already distributed over 50 prams to families across Glasgow. With current funding, the organisation only has ability to fix around 10 prams per month.
Explaining the goal of the fundraiser Repair Cafe Glasgow say: "A problem we have discovered in our community is that prams, strollers, and buggies are going to landfill whilst families in need are going without.
"Since January 2019, we have been cleaning & repairing prams that have either been abandoned or that have been donated to us.
"So far, we have distributed over 50 prams to families through wonderful community groups, Refuweegee, and Kinning Park Complex.
"In July, we asked people through our social media to donate their preloved prams to us with the hopes that we could save them from landfill.
"Since then we have collected over 300 prams and donation requests come in daily. Evidently, there is a desire to keep these prams alive but we are now faced with a struggle to find resources to repair and rehome all these prams."
Meanwhile, Refuweegee reports they have a waiting list for prams of hundreds of families, Repair Cafe Glasgow say.
For more information on the fundraiser - including a breakdown of how the money generated will be spent - and to donate, you can visit the crowdfunder page, HERE.
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