The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Local charities are coming together to collect goods over the next two weeks to help the district’s homeless.
Ella’s Project has joined with St Barnabas Hospice shop and St Thomas Project for two weeks from Saturday.
Donations of duvets, blankets, sleeping bags and warm winter coats for teenagers and adults can be left at two venues over the next fortnight.
St Thomas’s Project will be accepting donations which are bagged and marked from noon to 2pm on Sunday and on the following Sunday at the same time.
The St Barnabas hospice shop, in Spalding’s Market Place, will be accepting bagged and labelled donations from Saturday for 14 days but donors are asked to call first on 01775 713159.
“In conjunction with the team from Community Helping Hands, we will be supporting the homeless in South Holland district during November as the colder nights start to draw in,” said organiser Mark Le Sarge, a nurse.
Ella’s Project is also holding its charity Halloween party to help Kidney Research on Saturday, October 29 at The Deeping Stage.
Entry to the event is free and live music will be provided by Zebra.
It starts at 8pm and fancy dress is encouraged. Donations will be divided between the two charities.
The Ella’s Project charity worked in conjunction with St Norbert’s Church, in St Thomas Road, earlier this year and collected essential items needed to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in Europe.
Ella’s Project collects clean, unsoiled children’s clothes, aged from newborn to five years, and distributes them to those in need.
The Rightside Trust, which works alongside Ella’s Project, is a charity which aims to prevent young people being tempted to a life of crime.
