Daventry Community Care Project

We are currently working with a number of families across Daventry district where the parents of our most vulnerable children are struggling to provide clothes for their children.

We are on a mission to provide pre loved clothes which will make a difference to their lives. If you have any clothes that your young children/teenagers (age 5 plus and mainly boys) no longer wear please consider donating them to these children.

Drop off point is at Daventry Police Station Monday to Friday 10-4.

Thank you 😊

Good afternoon everyone. As you will see the page has been a bit quiet lately. Now that the worst of the pandemic seems to be over and the people who run this page are back to working full time we have made the decision that this year we will not be able to take in donations. This doesn’t mean that we won’t in the future. Massive thank you to the ladies who have supported this in the last year and to all you who donated and received from it. Thank you also to Daventry police station for accommodating us. We will keep the group open in case we have to use it again. Fingers crossed we don’t!! 🥰🥰

Good morning, as you will have the seen the page has been quiet for a while now. As things have started to reopen we are trying to work out how best we can help the community. We are looking for suggestions as to what we can do to help. In the meantime if you are in need of items please do get in touch 😁😁

Good evening all. The family that you have been kindly supporting now have a go fund me page.

If everyone in this group was kind enough to donate even £1 we could al together raise over £500.

As always so grateful to each and every one of you 🥰🥰

https://gofund.me/748c5a5c

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Morning! Dropped the first car full of donations over to the family who lost everything in the house fire. They are incredibly grateful and asked me to pass on their thanks. They are currently sorting through the items that have been donated and will update us next week with what’s needed! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. 🥰🥰

Good afternoon, we are currently supporting a young lady who is in need of some clothes. Ladies size 10/12. If you have any items that might suit a young person please can you bring them to Daventry station between 10-4 thanks

Firstly can we take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to you all. It’s safe to say that we honestly couldn’t have done what we have done in the last year without the help and support of the generous community. With your donations we have been able to support over 200 families with clothes, toys, books, games, toiletries and even small kitchen appliances.

However with that in mind the time has come for us to close our doors on the scheme for any further donations. As the government is now on the road map to reopening non essential shops next week and we return to normality we will wind the scheme down.

The library and the toys will stay out the front of the station so please come in and help yourself. The page will remain open for anyone who is in need and we will happily put appeals out for items. We currently have a large amount of baby items in and the smaller size clothes which we will put up on another post.

So thanks again. Daventry you are amazing!!

Don’t forget that as well as clothes we have toys games and books to collect. Feel free to come and collect for yourself, your family or perhaps someone you are helping while they are shielding/self isolating. Station is open today till 4pm then we reopen again Tuesday at 10am.

Looking for boys 14/15 clothes please. They can be dropped to the station 10-4 Monday to Saturday thanks 😀😀

UPDATED POST!!

The following clothing bundles are ready for collection

Boys
9-12
12-18 x2
2-3
4-5
10-11


Girls
NB/ up to 3 months
3-6
6-9
12-18 x2
5-6
9-11
4/6/8 ladies would suit teen

Collection is 10-4 Monday to Saturday from Daventry police station

Thank you for your recent donations but we are now closed while we process the items! There will be a full list of what we have available shortly.

Did you know that we can not only support the community with clothes but we can also support with basic toiletries.

In our front reception area we also have a library with both adults and children’s books and DVDs and a selection of toys.

Please feel free to come in and help yourself. We are unfortunately not in a position to hold items so it is first come first served :)

We are currently looking for toiletries and sanitary products that would be suitable for children/teenagers. If you have any that you would like to donate please drop off at Daventry police station 10-4 Monday to Saturday. Thank you 😊

Sure by how we have all heard the news from the prime minister. This is a reminder that the project is still running, we just took a small break over Christmas. We are here to support the families and people of Daventry with clothing, toys, games, books, food and toiletries. You can drop us a message and we will sort a package of items for you to collect during your daily exercise. There is no need to struggle, there is support there for you. Take care and stay safe 🥰🥰

Christmas is different this year and it’s ok to not be ok. Although the police station is closed we are still able to access the supplies that are held there for anyone in need. We have some food items, clothing, toys and gifts if anyone is struggling. Just drop an inbox message we we will see what we can do for you.

You are not alone. We are a community and we will get through this 🥰💪🏻

Huge thank you to all that have kindly donated but we are no longer able to take ANY kind of donation for the foreseeable future. We are full!!!

This week we decided to help those further afield by donating summer clothes and shoes to these children in Uganda! I want to share this humble photo with you all.

Thank you!!! Thank you!! Thank you!! You’re all wonderful 🥰🥰

Good morning, just wanted to let all you kind people know that due to your generosity we are now closed to all donations except for those listed in the photo.

Im sure many of you at this time of year would have been preparing for nights out and Christmas parties, just wondering if any of you could spare a small amount for someone who is struggling this year or living in refuge?

We have 299 likes on this page so imagine the good we could do if every purchased just 1 extra item when they went Christmas shopping!!

Good morning to all the new likers of the page. For those that don’t know, let me tell you a bit about the project. It started at the beginning of lockdown when the shops were closed and people were unable get clothes for growing children. Since then we have gone on to help hundreds of families with clothes, games, books and toiletries.

It’s located at Daventry police station so a central location where we are open 10-4 Monday to Saturday with no need to make an appointment.

It’s a simple process. You drop us an inbox message asking which children’s or adults clothes you need and we message you back if we have them. If not then we send an appeal out asking for those sizes. The items are bought to us, quarantined and then distributed to where they are needed.

There’s no charge and because it’s all done by private inbox there’s no need to publicly announce who is receiving the donation.

There are always toys and games available in the front reception area.

We only ask you to follow some simple basic manners. Don’t take more than you need, we want to help as many families as we can. The police station is dealing with other members of the public during your visit so please be respectful of that.

Some people have asked about making monetary donations for the items they are taking, could we ask that if you wanted to donate you bring in good quality items that your children no longer use or play with, alternatively could you bring in non perishable food items with a date of at least January 2021 so that we can keep the scheme running, we honestly can’t do it without you!

Unfortunately we cannot accept travel systems, car seats or footwear. We are also not connected to the police station, other than using the facilities so please don’t inbox us about police matters.

Thank you for reading this long post!!

No need to be bored this half term, there are lots of toys and books at Daventry police station to keep the children occupied. Open 10-4 Monday to Saturday, all we ask is that you only take what you in need in the spirit of the scheme and that you remember this is a working police station. Thanks!!

We are looking for donations of goods that we can make up into hampers, to be delivered to the vulnerable and elderly during the month of December 🎄

Suggested items for donation (but not limited to) -
• Tea Bags • Coffee • Hot Chocolate • Biscuits • Mince Pies • Christmas Cake • Christmas Pudding • Chocolates • Sweets •Savoury Biscuits • Chutney • Mustard • Jam • Anything non-perishable but with a best before date of at least January 2021.

If you can help by donating please bring any items to Daventry Police Station Monday - Saturday between 10-4.

Thank you 😊

Over the next couple of weeks we are looking for donations of children’s, women’s and men’s winter coats. If you wish to donate please drop them off at Daventry police station Monday - Saturday between 10-4. Thank you 😊

Daventry police station have a selection of free baby and toddler toys, please feel free to come and look 😃

If anyone can help out we can arrange delivery over to Northampton!!

****EDIT****What an INCREDIBLE response! 😲😲😲THANK YOU SO MUCH! We will reply as soon as we can to each of you.

We need tiny, newborn and 0-3 months sizes

Please note we do have an amazon wishlist, which you can find here... 😁😁😁
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1SPLZN5HBQJJ?ref_=wl_share

THANK YOU ALL 😊😊😊

We are in desperate need of Baby Grows / Sleepsuits - as you can see our boxes are all but empty.
Please can you help?

We are desperately in need of girls clothes aged 8-9 to support a young lady in refuge is anyone able to help out?

Can I ask if anyone of you wonderful people might be able to assist? We already take donations of clothing and toiletries for the refuge but if you can donate any one these items then the contact details are in the post ☺️☺️

Thank you all for your donations over the past couple of weeks, we have received some wonderful items which have now found new homes.

We are still looking for further donations. All you need to do is drop them into the police station between 10- 4 Monday - Saturday.

We are looking in particular for girls clothes age 7-8 and 8-9, if you wonderful people could help that would be amazing! 😊

Morning all!!

Now the children are back at school, if you get chance to have a sort out, we are open for donations again. The items we are looking to take are

Ladies, men’s, children’s clothes.

Books, children’s and adults.

DVDs, games and jigsaws.

Toys

Toiletries

We cannot accept footwear, underwear, bedding, duvets unless brand new and wrapped.

Office is open 10-4 Monday to Saturday but best to message in advance as this is a working police station and we may be busy. Many thanks

Good morning to you all. I’m sorry to start the day with such negative news but it has been bought to our attention that some members of the page have been collecting items from the Daventry community care project and then selling them on for profit. This has really saddened the admins as the point of the project was to assist people who were in need for whatever reason and create a community of giving. We have been made aware also that these same people are collecting free items from other social media sites and apps and selling those at profit too. While this is not illegal it certainly undermines the spirit of the group. Thank you to all those who have given and received items. Rest assured those people who have been caught our are now gone from the group. Keep positive you generous people of Daventry xx

We have had a number of enquiries about us being able to take large furniture items. Unfortunately we do not have the space to take them but we do know that the council run a fantastic scheme to help those who need items. You can get I touch with them on this email address. The items are used for people who may be coming out of homelessness or refuge.

[email protected]

http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/furniturehub

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Another donation going out to a lady who has a 3 month old baby and needs assistance. It’s great to be working along side the Daventry breast feeding group in supporting this family ☺️☺️

Morning!!! Just added some toys to the library area. Pop up and take a look, Daventry police station open 10-4 Monday to Saturday. We have a bundle of GCSE guides out there and still have plenty of bags of clothing. **more being added daily**

Quick update, since launch at the start of this week we have managed to provide 16 families with vital clothing items. We are now able to start taking donations again. We will take good quality clothing, toys, games and toiletries.

We are currently UNABLE to take books and will no longer be taking shoes of underwear.

Donations can be dropped at Daventry police station between 10-3.30 Monday to Saturday where they will be quarantined and processed.

Gentle reminder that the whole point of the scheme is to help out people who are struggling due to financial stress, circumstance and not being able to source items during lockdown, this is not a scheme to fill your wardrobe!