Zarach is a registered (Charity No. 1179539)
Being an assistant headteacher in an inner-city Leeds school, Bex Wilson, our founder, had all too often seen the devastating effects on children of hunger and poor living conditions.
Back in 2017, when teaching a year 6 class, Bex noticed a boy scratching his tummy. He told her that he and his brother slept on a cushion. The cushion had bed bugs which made his tummy itchy.
At this point, Bex was determined to use her time and influence to make a difference for families like these. She rallied her friends and family to provide beds for this boy and his brother. With those two beds, Zarach was born.
Over 15,000 beds later, Zarach has grown to reach children across the country, strengthened by compassionate donors, volunteers, and partners. But the journey doesn’t stop here. We’re committed to expanding our reach and offering hope to even more families, creating lasting change in the lives of children.
Over the last few years, Zarach has grown thanks to our amazing supporters. We now have 20+ permanent team members and a new West Yorkshire warehouse hub, fondly known as “The Zed Shed” by our team. We’re working towards reaching even more children in even more areas of the UK, and with the support of our growing business partners, volunteers, and hub partnerships, the plan is really coming together.
Beds have become a luxury item for hundreds of thousands of families, who face the devastating decision to pay for food and fuel, or to buy their child a bed.*
In 2017, whilst teaching an 11-year old boy, I noticed he wasn’t his usual happy self so I asked if he was feeling tired. His response and that moment, not that I knew it at the time, were to change both my life and his. ‘Miss, I am always tired. I don’t have a bed.’
We became an official charity with the charities commission.
250 beds delivered and our team started to grow.
Our team worked through the pandemic to deliver food parcels to families in need.
1,000 beds delivered.
We moved out of the storage containers we were using into a 16,000 sq ft warehouse.
In our first national appeal, we reached over 500 children in December, our biggest delivery drive ever to this date.
As our team of supporters grew, we could reach more families than ever before.
We hit another milestone of 15,000 beds delivered, and expanded further into the Tees Valley and South Yorkshire.
We continue our work to end child bed poverty, helping children get a good night’s sleep and the chance to thrive at school.
In 2017, whilst teaching an 11-year old boy, I noticed he wasn’t his usual happy self so I asked if he was feeling tired. His response and that moment, not that I knew it at the time, were to change both my life and his. ‘Miss, I am always tired. I don’t have a bed.’
We became an official charity with the charities commission.
250 beds delivered and our team started to grow.
Our team worked through the pandemic to deliver food parcels to families in need.
1,000 beds delivered.
We moved out of the storage containers we were using into a 16,000 sq ft warehouse.
In our first national appeal, we reached over 500 children in December, our biggest delivery drive ever to this date.
As our team of supporters grew, we could reach more families than ever before.
We hit another milestone of 15,000 beds delivered, and expanded further into the Tees Valley and South Yorkshire.
We continue our work to end child bed poverty, helping children get a good night’s sleep and the chance to thrive at school.
Together we can meet this basic need, giving them a good night’s sleep and an equal opportunity at school.
Your donation is going to directly support one of the 900,000 children living in bed poverty across England with a full Zarach bed bundle and family support.
£150 can provide a bed bundle for a child in need.
A bed bundle includes a bed frame, mattress, bedding, and pyjamas.
