June Newsletter 2020

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Hello Knitters, We hope you are all keeping well, and enjoying knitting! We are determined to continue to respond to urgent requests for both knitting and yarn and needles. You can see some of the  feedback below. We have sent out to care homes, women’s refuges, community groups, mental health projects, particularly yarn but also urgently needed clothes and blankets. We even managed to supply plastic darning needles to a…

Knit for Peace Newsletter May 2020

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We’re keeping calm and carrying on! Greetings Knitters. We hope you are all knitting, with its proven benefits ofreducing anxiety. We have been very busy, responding to urgent requests from care homes for lap blankets, shawls, twiddle muffs, dolls and bed socks. We have requests for yarn and needles from community groups, homeless hostels and care homes. We are running low on yarn because our deliveries have been stuck at…

March Newsletter 2020

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We have been sending out lots of items to care homes in the UK. Here is some nice feedback. “We are so grateful for the two sacks of blankets, toys and twiddlemuffs that you have sent our residents they are absolutely delighted with them and we can see that a lot of hard work and love has gone into making them. Thank you again” – Care home in the West Midlands…

February Newsletter 2020

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This month we are sending large quantities of knitted items to care homes all over the UK, refugee drop-in centres, and hospitals and community centres in poor areas. Please keep the lap blankets, bed shawls, bed socks, mitts & gloves coming.  Nice feedback from recipients “We received the gorgeous hats and scarves on Thursday and I just want to thank you so much for them all.  The kids were Absolutely…

January Newsletter 2020

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In the last month we have sent out hundreds of sacks to refugees on Lesbos; to hospices and hospitals; scarves and hats for the homeless, twiddlemuffs to the Ambulance Service to calm down anxious patients, and children’s clothes to community based charities throughout the UK.Please help us meet the cost of sending warm clothes to those in need by sponsoring a sack. Dedicate a sack in the name of a…