Clothes, furniture and other essentials

Clothes

The Cowshed in Reading https://www.thecowshed.org/ for free of charge clothing etc.

High quality clean and ironed clothes, toiletries, baby food, children's toys and books and baby equipment. You will need to fill in their form here and your guests will need to be able to provide a photo of their Ukrainian passport or other ID.

The Clothing Warehouse in Newbury http://www.theclothingwarehouse.org/

A huge range of second-hand clothes for adults and children, including school uniform, for sale. Email John (theclothingwarehouse1@gmail.com) with details of what you need, or visit them to see the full range.

Free unwanted clothes including school uniform and other items - local Facebook group

Baby clothes and equipment

Equipment and clothes for children under 5yrs from The Cowshed in Reading (see under 'Clothes').

Half-price Haircuts

Emma@Salon 46, Bartholomew St, Newbury, is offering half-price haircuts to all Ukrainians who have arrived.

Email her on emma.spanswick@yahoo.co.uk or call on 07966086003

Furniture - furniture loans, hairdryers... Community Furniture Project https://www.n-c-r-c.org/community-furniture-project/

Laptops - Community Furniture Project will give a reconditioned laptop to each refugee family https://www.n-c-r-c.org/community-furniture-project/

Bicycles, car seats, bike helmets etc - Community Furniture Project https://www.n-c-r-c.org/community-furniture-project/

Tampons, sanitary towels - https://periodbox.uk/request-an-all-yours-box/ for free period products. State on the form they are for a Ukrainian guest.

Other items

https://www.childrenofourworld.com/ you can put out an appeal on this website for clothes/equipment and local people may be able to help.

https://uk.freecycle.org Items can be offered or requested in the local area.

Too Good To Go - This is an app to reduce food waste. You can purchase a magic bag from a number of local retailers who have signed up for a fraction of the goods' purchase price. These bags will contain a selection of food that otherwise would go into landfill from e.g. Honesty cafes, Starbucks etc.