Warm blankets and new duvets needed for Ukraine refugees
By Rory Poulter
10th Mar 2022 | Local News
The hub seeking donations of emergency items for refugees of Ukraine is asking for new duvets and pillows plus clean warm blankets.
Volunteer, Cathy Cooper, said these will go directly to those living in makeshift shelters.
People who are able to donate should deliver the items directly to the Prosperity café, York Street, Twickenham. Items can be dropped off between 11am and 9pm each day.
The café has been a hive of activity for more than a week handling hundreds of donations from individuals, community groups, schools and colleges.
The students at Kingston College sent a van full of bagged and tagged donations, while players from Hampton and Richmond Borough Football Club arrived in a minibus packed with provisions.
Simply Skin UK in Teddington has collected and donated huge numbers nappies, along with baby formula and sanitary products.
Such has been the deluge of items that St Mary's Church and the Council offices in York Street are also being used to sort and collect items.
The café also needs volunteers, particularly men who can help with the heavy lifting.
Consignments of desperately needed items are being sent to the border between Poland and Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of people have been crossing the border.
Local firms have stepped in to provide boxes including Universal Packing, Wessex Packaging and Breamford Packaging as well as Lidl, Pickfords, Shurguard, Majestic Wine, CookFoodEat.
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