Community project creates blankets for people in Ukraine

Local knitters and crocheters have been busy making blankets to send to Ukraine to support displaced people.

The Holy Trinity Eco Church Community Blanket Project makes blankets which are sent to Ukraine via the Swindon Humanitarian Aid Partnership. More than 200 blankets have been delivered since the beginning of the crisis.

“At the beginning of March, another 52 adult blankets were collected as well as cot blankets,” said Lynne from the project.

“The blankets are made from squares created by ladies from the community and further afield and are very welcome in the cold winter months. There are already more squares being made and waiting to make more blankets.”

Blanket squares can be made at home or at Woolly Wednesdays, a weekly group that meets every Wednesday at 2pm at The Weavers pub in Dilton Marsh.

People who would like to find out more or join the project can email Lynne at vercoelynne@gmail.com or meet Penny Hill, who heads the project, at a Woolly Wednesdays session.

Pictured: Carol Picket from Swindon Humanitarian Aid with Richard Courtney of Highworth and District Lions who used their vehicle to pick up the blankets