Lanark church is pick-up point for aid to refugees
Erskine Parish Church is running convoys of aid down to the refugees, and churches elsewhere in Scotland are giving that scheme their backing.
Greyfriars Church is now acting as a collecting point for supplies, and is accepting items at the office, at the side of the church on Friars Lane, on Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings, or at the church on a Sunday, or any time the hall is open.
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Hide AdItems needed are: trainers, hiking boots and wellies in UK size 7-9, tens, covers, tarpaulins, sleeping bags, blankets, jackets (size S&M only), socks, candles, belts, tracksuit trousers, smartphones with Sim cards, soap and shampoo. toothbrushes, toothpaste, woolly hats, pants, pots and pans, travelling bags and plastic bags.
Details have been passed on to other churches in Clydesdale.
Cash is also needed to meet the costs of transporting the donations down.
“The response has been really good already,” said Greyfriars minister the Rev Bryan Kerr on Monday.
See full story in this week’s Gazette, out on Wednesday.
And let us know if you are organising any fundraising events, or opening your doors to refugees.