Thankyou, Urgent donations, short term storage

[Tams]

Thank you,very much to everyone who has given something.

On Friday I took a car full of surplus things for children and babies - clothes, toys, books, etc etc, to the

Best Western Hotel in Crystal Palace. Please see my photo in post of 20th Dec below.

I then took a half car full on 21st December. Thanks to some very generous East Dulwichers.

Between now & Christmas, volunteers from Lambeth Refugee Welcome will be delivering 19 Christmas bags of gifts for 40 children whose parents arrived in Lambeth over the last 6 years from Syria, Kurdish lands, Somalia and Afghanistan. Many of these gifts were donated be EDFers. Many thanks from the recipients.

There are 400 refugees ?temporarily? housed there, some with resettled status and some seeking asylum.

If you are a local landlord, please consider whether you would be prepared to rent a property at the local housing rate, as determined by the Councils, ie much lower than the market rate.

If you have good quality, complete, undamaged, clean items of warm winter clothing, toys, pra s and pushchairs, please consider taking there. But please nothing else, and no large items because when people leave they are only allowed two suitcases. The hotel provides nappies but they gladly received the ones I took.

Updated 10th December

Unfortunately Lambeth has still not secured another property for Afghan refugees from a private landlord, so I?m only able to collect a few very much wanted items for evacuated Afghans and Syrians as follows:

Specific Donations requested:

Superking mattress protector. (please specify the width)

1 mountain or hybrid bike, 26? wheels for a 13 year old boy.

Warm Winter coat and fleece for average size 18 year old girl

College Rucksacks for 17 year old boy and 18 year old girl

Please only items in good, clean condition without slogans or overt branding.

Subtle, modest designs for girls please

White Goods:

Washing machine - that should last 5 years - dimensions: depth - 52cm, width - 59cm, height - 84 cm.

(I think this is the standard size for 5 KG),

Only the following Bedding in good, clean condition needed now:

Extra long single mattress protector - 196 cm long.

(All bedding to have recently been washed at 40 degrees or more please )

Baby:

Double Stroller for Toddler, (Maclaren?) to replace a stolen one

Furniture

Coffee table, black or grey

Kitchenware:

Medium Wok

Pressure cooker

Tech:

TV base stand for large Panasonic TV

Freeview or FreeStat box.

Somebody good at setting up ?old? but Smart TVs who can tell me how to - they are all Greek to me.

General:

Sewing machine

Furniture:

Ikea 105cm wide Micke Desk with screw holes at the back for fitting an Upsatand

When a property has been secured from a private landlord:

Lambeth Refugees Welcome (LRW) will furnish with donated essential items to prepare homes for Afghan?s evacuated by the Home Office. 2 Lambeth homes are now complete and occupied.

LRW are waiting for Lambeth Council to secure 3 properties with private landlords. Therefore I can?t collect any more items other than those specifically listed above, until then, as we have nowhere to store. But when we have keys to the next property, I will post a request for essential items such as those listed below:

(Meanwhile, looking for secure, dry storage for up to two months for furniture up to 2m long, and preferably dry enough for mattresses in order to be ready to furnish these properties. ) If you can offer storage, please tell me your:

maximum space for storing anything free of charge and your deadline for needing your storage vacated.

But please let me know in advance if you have any essential items to give away, which you can hang on to until a Lambeth property is secured. They must be in clean, fit for purpose condition (without a need for sourcing parts, mending, fixing, gluing or painting).

They would have to fit in the boot of my car or yours.

Mine is: L 205cm, H 81cm, W at base 107, W at top 114cm.

If heavy, I will need help collecting and delivering.

If needing disassembling and assembling, I would love help with this.

If upholstered, I will need a confirmation photo of intact fire retardant labels.

For all furniture, a quick photo, dimensions in cm, and a deadline for removal please.

For all electrical and white goods eg lamps, microwaves, TVs, DVD players, radios, washing machines, please confirm they are safe and fully functioning.

Sorry no printers/coffee machines etc as too costly to run.

If you have phones, tablets or laptops, I may have a local friend who can generously check, wipe and enable Arabic script for Syrians or Dari & Pashto for Afghans. He may be able to replace batteries/screens/on off switches etc but at cost price which I would ask you to pay. All Phones must be unlocked.

We aren?t, but other organisations are collecting general adult clothes and food and the Salvation Army, Camberwell, collects baby and toddler items, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers will take some warm adult and baby clothes. https://www.sdcas.org.uk/, Check our Lewisham Donation Hub for donating most things for refugees.

Emmaeus in West Norwood and British Heart Foundation in Brixton for large items to donate or purchase.

Care for Calais also collecting warm winter clothes for all ages and I think some food banks might be too.

Good, clean, complete toys & books without lots of pieces could be donated to Barry House - temporary accommodation for Asylum Seekers - at the top of Barry Road.

When the next Lambeth property is ready, it will definitely need the following Essential Items:

General:

Hoover, mop & bucket, door mat.

Kitchen:

Tupperware, Kettle, microwave, toaster,

Wok, saucepans, casserole dishes, Pyrex.

Teapot, sugar bowl, jug

Kitchen utensil holder

Baking trays

Oven gloves

Bathroom:

Soap dishes, toothbrush holder, shower mat,

Sanitary items

Thank you EDFers, no more towels needed for now.

Thank you so much for considering.

[Tams]

List updated

[jenny pink]

Hiya,may post in the lounge & gossip section too,as wider audience...Jenny

[Tams]

Thank you

[Tams]

Thank you and still looking

[Rose79]

Hi Tams I have two IKEA tables going free. 1 coffee table and 1 side table. They have some visible signs of paint chipping but still very solid and sturdy. They are light weight as well to carry.

Collection would be near goose green park

[bidni]

Hi, I have a large sofa if interested. I will send you a pm with my contact number

[makuba333]

I have this drop leaf dining table. We would need you to collect from brixton/herne hill though as don't have a car.

[frejadilys]

hi

this looks great. would it be possible to collect this today?

thanks Freya

[north2south]

I have a whole set of plates, bowls, side plates etc. They're very used - and some have chips - but might these help? Can also throw in a few baking things...cake tin, muffin tin etc.

Also some saucepans etc.

[JMB2012]

Hi, we have a free Sat receiver with remote control that is in full working condition. Very happy to donate this. Let me know if wanted. Jo

[Tams]

Urgent items listed at the top.

[Iloveeastdulwich]

Some bedding available here

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,2239094

[jenny pink]

Hiya Tams,have you posted in the residential section too,reg.temp.storage ?

also for the kids stuff,may post in 'family classifieds' section,nearer the time...Jenny

[jenny pink]

Hiya,

there is a charity called Emmaus,who supply furniture for the needy,well worth contacting,they are across London......Jenny

[jenny pink]

Hiya peeps wanting to donate,please click on the first comment,not me,with your offers....Jenny

[dencpn]

Hi,

I have a coffee table to donate; I can drop off, if that?s helpful.

I also have a 3 seater dark brown leather sofa, no fire retardant tag though!

[HRB2]

Two large canvas pictures originally Dunelm, could you use them? I can deliver, 100cm x 80 cm.

[Mrs Humm]

I have some kingsize bedding and an eastpak rucksack.

Would that be any good?

[gabys1st]

Sorry can'thelp

by providing any items but looking forMorrisons which until very recently was advertising a laudrette with superlarge machines at reasonable price found that he page a 404 however the followingmight help if you have bedding but not the machinery large enough towash and dry some of the bedding wanted.

https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/launderettes/52557-laundromat

[Lau]

Hello, I have a Jools Geo buggy I would love to donate. It comes with a bassinet to use from birth and then converts to an upright seat. We also have a kick board attachment for an older child to stand on. Its in good condition, and we are on Landcroft Road if you want to collect it or else we can drop it off if easier. Please DM me if you want this! Thanks, Laura

[Jellybeanz]

We have a washer dryer - you would need to collect please - I will PM you

[Jellybeanz]

Have you also thought about setting up a crowdfunder? I'm sure lots of people would like to donate if they don't have items to give?

I have PMd re Washer dryer but we would need someone to collect and deliver - perhaps someone on the forum might kindly volunteer to help if they have a van?

[Tams]

Some of your donations ready to go: