Two Circuit Sewing Bee meetings have now been arranged:
The aim of this community project is make quilts for children in the village where Julya lives. No special skills required! An opportunity to meet and chat with other sewers in the Circuit.
Donations of bags for clients to take away their chosen clothes will be gratefully received – thanks are expressed to Tesco and Morrisons for supplying strong bags for this purpose.
The Clothes Bank will be CLOSED during the Dundee fortnight i.e. 23rd July to 2nd August. Sadly, we do not have the staff to man it.
Dundee Foodbank’s main distribution centre has moved to St John’s Episcopal Church Hall, 110 Albert Street, Stobswell.
The Foodbank website gives the locations of all the distribution centres, and their opening hours.
Liz expresses thanks for all donations to the FoodBank, with the reminder that during school holidays, there are children who may be more hungry in the absence of school meals. Our continuing, prayerful support is invited.
“Do you like sewing? Would you like to join with other members in our Circuit to help in making quilts for the children in the village in Bulgaria where Julya (Walsh) lives?”
Janice Swankie, of St John’s Methodist Church, Arbroath is contacting the Circuit’s churches as she is hoping to set up a “sewing project” as part of our common community outreach.
She would like to start a community sewing project within the 5 churches in our circuit and is inviting help from anyone interested.
“You don’t need any special skills. We need people who can sew a straight line with a sewing machine, cut material and iron the blocks for assembling into quilts.”
Support could also be offered through donations of fleece blankets, cotton material and “wadding layers”.
Janice suggests that this would not only be a worthwhile project in itself but give a chance to meet and get to know each other better, with time for chat, laughter and “a cup of tea”.
If you are interested in hearing more, please contact Janice.
Asda have kindly donated £300 to the Clothes Bank. This will help us to replenish our stocks of new underwear for our clients.
The picture shows Sue and the Community Champion.
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The ClothesBank continues to provide a service for those whose resources are very limited.
We have a loyal group of helpers, but we will all need a break at some time over the summer. This could make it difficult to staff what is a much-needed facility.
If you feel able to offer to help for as little as one session a month, please contact Margaret or any member of the ClothesBank team.
We do not open to clients unless we have at least two team members present, so new volunteers would never be left on their own. If you wish to sort donations, rather than deal with clients, that’s fine.
Sessions are 10am to 12noon Mondays and 1pm – 3pm Thursdays.
Foundation Level refresher training is mandatory for the following groups of people.
If you belong to one of these groups, and did not receive the training last year, you should make every effort to attend now.
The sessions, however, are open to all, regardless of membership of these groups.
Sessions will be held as follows
Marketgait Tuesday 5th June 2.30pm to 4.30pm
St John’s Arbroath Thursday 7th June 2pm to 4pm
SCYD, Blairgowrie Friday 15th June 1pm to 3pm
Scott Street, Perth Tuesday 26th June 1pm to 3pm.
Please let Marcia Mackenzie know if you intend to attend one of these sessions.