Becoming a new parent can be difficult enough without extra inconveniences to get in your way, but that exactly how it can feel when using or working at a business unable to adapt to people with young children. On the flip side of this, becoming a business with facilities in place that can help new families navigate the world can make your company a welcoming place to work and do business, attracting new customers and a more diverse array of employees. So how can a pram shelter make a big difference to both staff and customers at your business? Let’s take a look.

What is a pram or buggy shelter?

A pram or buggy shelter is an outdoor structure which functions to keep a pram or buggy safe from the elements and potential theft when it is left outside a building. Pram shelters come in all shapes and sizes and with lots of different options, allowing your to customise everything from its height and capacity all the way to whether it has doors or whether prams can be secured inside.

Why use a pram shelter?

For many businesses, allowing access for prams and buggies is not practical, whether for space or health and safety reasons, or just because staff and customers don’t want to have to push their pram with them wherever they go. However, in order to ensure baby is safe and comfortable, prams need to be looked after in the face of wind and rain. It’s also true that many modern prams are expensive, with some costing upwards of £1,000, and so security is also important when it comes to leaving prams outside unattended.

Can they be customised?

One of the best things about a pram shelter from Shelter Solutions is that just about anything and everything about each shelter can be created bespoke, so it’s perfect for your situation. That goes for the dimensions, the materials, closed steel or see through plexiglass, individual compartments or one space. The possibilities are endless, and allow you to decide exactly how much security and protection is provided for your price point.

What are the potential benefits?

Having weatherproof and secure pram storage at your business allows parents to leave their prams and move about freely, whether as customers or as staff, with full peace of mind that their pram is looked after. This means that your business is more likely to be attractive to parents, so they’ll spend more time browsing in comfort and might even seek you out specially if you are a restaurant or cafe. For employees, a pram store means that they have one less thing to worry about each day when they enter and leave work, and the pram store makes it much easier for them to load and unload their pram when they go to drop off or pick up their kids. This creates a welcoming and nurturing environment for parents, boosting your family-friendly credentials as a business and making it more likely that staff will choose your business, or continue to work there, once they become parents.