52 Lives

#551 Homeless children

Request: Donations / Winter clothes / Kind messages

This week, we'd like to help hundreds of toddlers and babies who will soon be in need of warm clothes.

We'd love you to help us stock a special free 'shop' run for homeless women with children under 5. It's run by our friends at The Magpie Project in Newham. Many of the families they help are staying in temporary accommodation, often sharing tiny hostel rooms. The children need warm clothes more than most...their mums often end up walking in all weather to save on bus fares, so waterproofs and warm coats are essential.

There are over 300 children aged under 5 being supported, and we'd love to provide as many as we can with a warm coat or pramsuit.

We've created a wishlist filled with the items needed, and any donations will also go towards buying more. You can also send in good quality second-hand coats and pramsuits if you have them (details below).

What We Need

1. Coats from a wishlist: We've set up an Amazon wishlist filled with coats in the sizes they need. To buy one, please click below. You will be taken to Amazon, where you can choose something which will be sent directly to Magpies to give to the children who need them. Just tick 'this is a gift' and choose the 'gift registry address' when you checkout.

2. Donations: 100% of what you give will be used to buy more coats and warm clothes for the children. You can donate online or by text using the details below.

3. Kind messages: To send a kind message to any of the families we're helping, please either write it in the form below or you can post a message to: 52 Lives (Magpies), PO Box 3154, Reading, RG1 9AT.

Do you have good quality second hand clothes? These can be posted to The Magpies or dropped in to them in person on weekdays between 10am and 4pm

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