Winter 2020

At the end of what has been such a strange and difficult year for us all, the Community Furniture Project in Bone Lane, Newbury, is looking forward to providing some much-needed Christmas cheer ! Once again, we are working with Swift Logistics Group to ensure that children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds won’t miss out over Christmas. The Christmas Toy Appeal collects and distributes new, un-used gifts to children up to the age of 19. Gifts will be on display upstairs at the Furniture Project between 1st - 24th December. Parents and carers referred by West Berkshire Council and other agencies working to support young children, will be able to visit during our opening hours, 9am – 12.30pm and 1.30 – 5pm, Monday to Friday, to make their selections. The week before Christmas, we will be serving Christmas lunches every day for our dedicated team of supported volunteers. The supported volunteers, who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health issues, take part in skills training sessions provided by our Training and Community Support Centre, next door to the Furniture Shop. Many of them are members of our ‘Kitchenwise’ cookery training project and are looking forward to helping their Training Officers to peel and cook hundreds of sprouts during the week! Stuck for gift ideas for family and friends? The Furniture Project always stocks a great range of donated, pre-used items, including bikes, books, pictures, mirrors, ceramics, glass and other bric-a-brac, which make ideal ‘environmentally-friendly’ Christmas presents. The shop also has a wide selection of Christmas decorations on offer. All our staff and volunteers would like to wish readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to welcoming you to the Furniture Project in 2021, when we hope life will eventually be able to return to normal again. CHRISTMAS CHEER AT THE COMMUNITY FURNITURE PROJECT

Unit F, Hambridge Road Industrial Estate, Bone Lane, Newbury RG14 5SS Telephone: 01635 43933 enquiries@cfpnewbury.org www.cfpnewbury.org

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