Visitors and volunteers from Chorley Help the Homeless were delighted this week by a generous donation of 2,000 toilet rolls from hygiene and health company Essity, who produce Cushelle and Plenty locally in the North West.
Chorley Help the Homeless has been running since 1995 and provides emergency support in the form of food parcels, hot meals and advice and support on a range of issues including housing, debt and health, not just to people experiencing homelessness but to residents across the borough who are facing crisis situations.
Mark Jackson from Essity’s Skelmersdale paper mill said, “We were very happy to help such an important local charity with our donation. Each year Essity donates over 2.2 million hygiene products to charities around the UK and we understand how important it is for food parcels to also include essential hygiene items.”
Lucy Perkins, a trustee of the charity said “We are so pleased with the donation from Essity, we can never have too much toilet roll and are always looking for ways to keep the charity’s shopping bill down. If any other organisations have surplus stocks they think we might be able to use we would be happy to talk to them.”
Chorley Help the Homeless, which is almost entirely run by volunteers, operates from a premises called The Gateway which is on Friday Street in Chorley.
Lucy continues “As the cost of living crisis hits and the services of the charity are more in demand we are also looking for more volunteers to help out, even if it’s just a couple of hours a week, it all makes a huge difference.”
If you feel you have a bit of time to offer, please get in touch either by telephone on 01257 220077 and ask for Susan Martland or email susan.martland@chth.org.uk.
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