Comfort U Bags (CUBs) support children going into foster care for the first time

Siân is an ex foster carer for Bristol City Council. She believes that every child deserves to feel a sense of dignity and that every child going into care deserves to pack their belongings in a special bag that they can call their own. Her vision is to provide a proper bag, filled with comfort and essential items, to these brave children in foster care on their journey to find their forever home.

She calls this idea Comfort U Bags (CUBs) and in July 2017 set about establishing the initiative with an amazing team!

The backpacks are purchased through fundraising and then anyone can ‘adopt a CUB’ which involves taking a backpack and filling it using a content list which has been approved by Children Services; although the content is standard and items must be new to preserve the dignity of the recipient, the adopters have the autonomy to choose brands and retailers.