Thanks to Kev for sharing details of this important appeal to help the Isle of Wight homeless. Ed
Every year homeless people on the Isle of Wight are sleeping in the cold, watching people happily passing by with their Christmas shopping.
Let’s bring a bit of happiness to them too. Fill a box with some of the suggested items and put a smile on their faces.
The Open Arms Project, The Salvation Army and the Christian Respite Centre will all be involved in distributing the shoe boxes.
Suggested items
- Hats
- Scarves
- Socks
- Gloves
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Baby wipes
- Comb
- Shower gel
- Sanitary towels
- Sweets
Extra if you can
- A torch
- Blanket
- Jumpers
- Thermals
- Maybe even something personal like a card
If you’d like to decorate the box, wrap the lid and base separately in Christmas paper then seal with a rubber band.
Drop-off points
Apse Heath/Arreton:
Jubilee Garden Centre, Newport Rd. Branstone PO36 0LT Just past Fighting Cocks pub.
Bembridge:
Wight Yoga & Pilates, Weavers Yard, Lane End, Bembridge PO35 5US
Brighstone:
Grange View, Galley Lane, Brighstone
Chale/Niton:
6 South View Cottages, East View Lane, Chale Green PO38 2JW
Cowes:
Lancaster Lettings, 64 High Street, Cowes
Beresfords Barber Shop, 2 Shooters Hill, Cowes
East Cowes:
9 Albany Road, East Cowes PO36 2AA
Freshwater:
3 Jessamine Cottages, Queens Road, Freshwater PO40 9HE
Newport:
Doris Pinks, 16 Carisbrooke Rd, Newport (IOW) PO30 1BL
Ryde:
39 Southfield Gardens, Haylands, Ryde
Ryde Academy, Pell Lane, Ryde
Threads, High Street, Ryde next to Hobbs Jewellers
Lancaster Lettings, High Street, Ryde
Sandown:
The Heights Leisure Centre, Broadway, Sandown PO36 9ET
Shanklin:
Tutus and Tailcoats, 63 Regent Street, Shanklin PO37 7AE
Ventnor:
Central Carvery & Grill, 64 High Street, Ventnor
Wootton:
Homebray House, Brannon Way, Wootton
Please drop off between 9am – 5pm
If you need more information either contact Kev Newton on 07900 735 667 or check the Facebook page, Christmas Shoebox for Homeless IOW
