Could you help a local family have a better Christmas?

[DishandtheSpoon]

Will you help a local Children?s Centre or Women?s Charity by donating a few items you no longer need, but probably couldn?t sell? The SE15 Tea Groups, a voluntary group of local Mums who organise coffee mornings for parents with small children needs your help now.

On Friday 9th December & Monday 12th December between 12 and 3pm we will be serving free Mince Pies at The Old Nuns Head Pub on Nunhead Green & waiting for your donations of the following:

Sleep suits, Sleeveless body suits, Long sleeved bodies, Trousers, Dresses, Rompers, Cardigan, Jackets and coats, Bundler/pram suits, Socks, hats, tights, mittens. Muslins, Bottles, Baby toys, Children?s Books. Moses baskets, Grobags, Blankets / swaddles. Newborn, 0-3m/ 3-6 / 6-12 / 12-18 month clothes.

The following items if unused: Nappies, Cotton wool, Wipes, Nappy cream

Following the collection all items will go to these charities:

Nell Gwynn Nursery School

Ann Bernadt Nursery School and Children's Centre

Peckham Settlement

Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers

Southwark Women's Refuge services

Should you have any questions about the collection please contact

Tori Reeve on [email protected] or join our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/321067798322/

If you want to help, but cant make the 12-3 timeslots then please let us know, we may be able to call at your home at a time to suit, to pick up items.

[Moos]

I'd be happy to donate but can't come - is anyone thinking of going and would they be prepared to take along a bag of my stuff if I dropped it off to you one evening?

[DishandtheSpoon]

Hi Moos

Thank you, we'd be happy to collect if you cant make it. Could you possibly send a note of your address to Tori on the email address above?

Shona

[catgirl]

Is anyone going to this and able to take a bag of stuff from me? I can't make it but could drop my bag off to someone this morning. Thanks.

[DishandtheSpoon]

Hi Catgirl

If you really cant make it, and no one else is going that you know, Im sure we could come and collect it from you, maybe tommorow? If you are happy with that please PM me somewhere to collect from.

To everyone else, today is our final collecting day, we have so far had 12 sacks full of items dropped into the pub on Friday, plus recieved several other donations over the weekend either at the pub or at volunteer homes. After today, we'll take stock of any items recieved plus any still to arrange collection for, and then start to package up the items into age appropriate bundles, which makes it much easier for the charties then to place with a suitabe family.

If you have promised a donation and havent heard from in the next day or so to collect please get in touch.

Shona

[lenster]

Is there somewhere to park nearby? Will try to get there this afternoon.

Catgirl, will pm you.

[DishandtheSpoon]

So sorry, I am not getting emails from the site when I get a new message for some reason.

There is parking right outside the pub, and all around it, no restrictions. Are you able to drop off or not? If yes, the pub are fine about hanging out to things for us for the next day or so.

Many thanks

[carrieon23]

Hi, I have some things to donate but unfortunately couldn't bring by on either of the days. Is it ok then to drop them in at the pub tomorrow ( or to another address?)or is someone able to collect from me. Thanks, Carrie

[DishandtheSpoon]

Hi Carrie

Yes please do drop them in tommorow and we'll get them from the pub.

Many thanks

Shona

[DishandtheSpoon]

Hello

My final post to the thread hopefully (dont want to clutter up the board) as we held the last general collection day yesterday and have started to process all of the lovely things people have given, (see a picture of just a few of our boxes ready for deserving charities) https://www.facebook.com/groups/321067798322/

Final call for anyone who wanted to get along to the pub and didnt, we have limited opportunities this week to do house calls to collect items, so please if you havent already, do get in touch with Tori [email protected] to let her know where you are and what you have. For some people with larger items we are endevoring to place them directly with the charities and get them to come along and collect from your door, this makes more sense as most have vans etc.

All the best and thank you all for the support you've given.

Shona