A massive thank you to everyone who kindly donated gifts for prisoners' children over the last few weeks. We handed over about 100 bags of gifts to CrossReach, the social care arm of the Church of Scotland, at our Gift Service yesterday (December 10th) and once again, they were delighted to receive so many items
Congratulations and a massive thank you to the Bee Happy volunteers whose 'Doorstep Donations' last week yielded another huge haul of items for our Foodbank Collection Point! Thank you too to the residents of Crosslee Crescent, Hillfoot/Hillside, Back o Hill, the Neuk and surrounding areas for their generosity, and also to Jason Andrews who very
Houston Kirk Postie is back! Our Sorting Office opens at the West Halls, Main Street from Monday 11th December to Thursday 14th December inclusive. Simply drop your Christmas cards off to us between 10am - 12noon or 7pm - 8pm on each of these days and we will do the rest. Guaranteed delivery to anywhere
Are you looking to find a unique Christmas present for the person who has everything? How about making a charitable donation, which will provide some feed for the Chicken Project in Mwandi, on their behalf? Your gift will help support vulnerable young people into employment, so it's a great way to spread some Christmas
Once again this year we will be collecting Christmas gifts for prisoners’ children, which we will hand over to CrossReach, the social care arm of the Church of Scotland, at a special service on December 10. CrossReach run a visitors’ support and advice service at HMP Perth, and a visitors’ centre family hub at HMYOI
A massive thank you to everyone who donated hats, scarves, mittens, gloves and socks to our Winter Clothing Appeal this year. Sue Campbell and Janice Anderson kindly delivered all the items to Barnardo's Threads on Friday, where the staff were absolutely delighted to receive them. Threads is a Family Support Service based in Paisley. They
Did you know that our Foodbank Collection Point at the West Halls has been running every Tuesday since the start of the first national lockdown in April 2020? Since then, donations have totalled more than 47 tons - the equivalent of a staggering 105,000 meals (figures based on information from Renfrewshire Foodbank). We currently have
Thank you so much to all those who came along to support the Guild's Autumn Cream Tea on Saturday, despite the rain. There was a great turnout and we all enjoyed seeing lots of familiar faces and welcoming some new ones too. Together we raised a fabulous total of £673.66! Well done everyone.
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This year our Local Outreach Team are collecting warm hats, scarves, gloves/mittens and socks for babies, children and young people of all ages (baby to young adult) to support the work of Barnado’s Threads as part of our annual Winter Clothing Appeal. They are unable to take bulkier items, like jackets and fleeces, due to
