Wrap Up London launches 2016 campaign for coats
Melanie May | 7 November 2016 | News
The sixth annual Wrap Up London takes place this week, asking Londoners to donate their unwanted coats to help people in need.
Organised by Hands On London, in partnership with William Blair, this year’s target is 15,000 coats and jackets, which will be sorted and graded, and then given to 110 organisations, which help a range of people including the homeless, elderly, refugees, women who have fled domestic violence and children in poverty.
Coats can be donated at 15 locations across the capital including London Underground stations and Safestores. Coat collections begin on 7th, 8th and 9th November from 7am-11am, at Kings Cross, Victoria, Waterloo, Canary Wharf, London Bridge, Highbury & Islington, Euston, Liverpool Street, and the Broadgate Centre near Liverpool Street station, as well as Safestores on Pentonville Road, Clapham North, Notting Hill, and Clarendon Road.
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Donate coats: jumpers, hats, gloves and scarves at various stations see link for where #WrapUpLondon pic.twitter.com/NM6E15tXwU— Ange conway (@therandomrandom) November 6, 2016
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CollectPlus is also involved in the Wrap Up London campaign for a second year, and, working with wnDirect, is offering over 5,800 drop off locations enabling people to donate coats from across the UK.
Last year, more than 10,000 were collected at London Underground stations, with Victoria station collecting the most, followed by Canary Wharf.
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.