A HOUSING developer has attempted to warm locals’ hearts by donating 1,000 electric heaters to a charity shop.

Bloor Homes, which is building 140 homes in its ‘Dovecote’ housing estate in Drayton near Abingdon, donated the £20,000 worth of hardware to the British Red Cross in Wantage.

The charity will sell the heaters to raise money to support people in crisis in this country and abroad.

Red Cross retail manager Toni Starczewski added: “The work that we do is reliant on the generosity of the British public and we would like to thank Bloor Homes whole heartedly for selecting us as the recipient of such a significant donation.”