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Electricity workers Christmas collection for Sussex homeless
Power workers in Crawley ran a Christmas collection for a charity helping Sussex’s homeless, on the company’s doorstep.
UK Power Networks Services’ employees launched a foodbank appeal for Crawley Open House, in Stephenson Way, Crawley, to support homeless people across Sussex who have nowhere else to go.
A dozen boxes of goodies were donated to support the charity’s essential work in the run-up to Christmas. Tea and coffee, soup, tinned food, biscuits, shampoo, flasks, umbrellas and woolly hats were all on the charity’s Christmas wish-list.
Colin Burke, head of finance at UK Power Networks Services, said:
The company’s depot in Crawley operates next door to the hostel, and staff wanted to lend a hand to boost the extraordinary work the charity does to tackle homelessness.
Every night, the Crawley shelter is ‘home’ to 55 people who would otherwise sleep rough across Sussex towns including East Grinstead, Cuckfield, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Horley and Crawley. As the only residential homeless shelter across a 25-mile radius, it serves a large catchment area and is constantly in demand.
Ian Wilkins, from Crawley Open House, said:
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