{"id":32710,"date":"2019-11-13T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=32710"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:00:13","slug":"wrap-up-london-help-the-homeless-warm-for-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wrap-up-london-help-the-homeless-warm-for-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrap Up London: help the homeless warm for this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Got an old coat you no longer use? Here\u2019s where to use it &#8211; Wrap Up London returns this November.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wrap Up London is an annual project,\u00a0which is in its 9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this year. The campaign has been held as part of the Hands On London charity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The aim of it is to help the vulnerable people in the winter season, including the homeless, refugees, children living in poverty and people fleeing domestic violence across the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32713\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32713\" class=\" wp-image-32713\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/EJPRywnWwAEEHUM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit to Wrap Up London<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People are urged to donate their old, unwanted jackets and coats in all shapes and sizes to various locations across London. Collected items will be distributed to those in need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last November, more than 1200 people came and collected over 27,000 warm coats. Jon Meech, CEO from Hands On London said,\u00a0 \u201cIt is a truly humbling experience to see hundreds of people coming together to support those most in need of help, in the community every year\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Safestore, the UK<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s largest self-storage company, is again supporting the campaign this year. It has created drop-off points at Safestore locations in Westminster, Kings Cross, Notting Hill, Chiswick and Clapham where members of the public can donate coats by 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shahid Kadodia, Digital&amp;Marketing at Safestore stated that it has a huge impact on the coat collection campaign to help vulnerable people during the cold time of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The temperature in London fell to 2.6 degrees last night &#8211; for those without a place to live, the weather can be life-threatening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrapUpLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrapUpLondon<\/a> coat collection at Tube stations is officially finished for 2019\ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>BUT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXp4NkEqD3\">https:\/\/t.co\/HXp4NkEqD3<\/a> has all the details you need to donate a coat in other ways \ud83e\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrapUpFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrapUpFamily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeTheChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeTheChange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldKindnessDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldKindnessDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WBCares?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WBCares<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RjEW7WckUw\">pic.twitter.com\/RjEW7WckUw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wrap Up London (@WrapUpLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrapUpLondon\/status\/1194573296542605312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&#8217;d like to come and give a hand to keep Londoners warm this winter, here&#8217;s the detail:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday to Friday (7 a.m.-6 p.m.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Westminster &#8211;\u00a0QEII Centre, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Broad Sanctuary, Westminster\u00a0SW1P 3EE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday to Sunday (7 a.m.-6 p.m.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">King\u2019s Cross- 79Pentonville Road\u00a0N1 9LG<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notting Hill- Camelford Walk, Clarendon Road\u00a0W11 1TX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clapham- 4 Timber Mill Way, Gauden Road\u00a0SW4 6LY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chiswick- Chiswick Lane, 22 Sutton Lane North, Great West Road\u00a0W4 4LD<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1f7h-pmnKRum0iqIoHNA6wQhDZtZPs9bB&amp;w=640&amp;h=480]<\/p>\n<p>Words: Wanchen Cao l Google Map: Wanchen Cao l Photo: Wrap Up London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got an old coat you no longer use? 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