HOMELESS people in Oxford will be a little warmer at Christmas thanks to donations from city residents.
The Gatehouse has been appealing for gifts of essential items such as socks, pants and hats to hand out.
Yesterday volunteers gathered at the homelessness charity’s St Michael’s Street base to wrap the 200 parcels ready for delivery.
Ann Poulter, 65, from Whitehouse Road, has volunteered there for 12 years.
She said: “We try not to do too much about Christmas because it can bring back painful memories but these packages go some way towards including people in the festivities.”
Each package includes a hat, a pair of socks, pants, gloves, a scarf and a chocolate bar and will be handed out to those who drop by the centre tomorrow and Christmas Eve as they leave.
The Gatehouse provides food, shelter and company for Oxford’s homeless and poorly housed population. It will soon be moving to newly refurbished premises in the Parish Rooms of St Giles’ Church, in Woodstock Road.
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