Zarach - The Children's Bed Charity
At Zarach we are on a mission to end bed poverty in England giving children the opportunity to engage at school and break the future cycle of poverty. Since our inception 6 years ago, we have delivered over 13,000 beds to children, ensuring they get the r
The children’s bed poverty charity Zarach was established in response to the devastating effects that assistant headteacher Bex Wilson was seeing of poverty on the children she was teaching in inner-city Leeds.
In 2018, 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. Struggling to find a charity that could support this family, and discovering that this ...
