Arun family charity’s appeal for helping hand(bags)

HANDBAG hoarders are being asked to cull their cupboards and de-clutter their drawers for the sake of a vital family support charity.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Mar 2012, 14:00 BST

Home-Start Arun is holding a handbag sale later this month and is appealing for donations of any of the unwanted accessories.

They will be sold to help the Arundel-based charity to continue its work of assisting young families under pressure, and at the same time raise the profile of Home-Start to recruit new volunteers.

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“All bags from handbags to man bags, will be kindly accepted as long as they are in good, saleable condition. We will clean them up and stuff them,” said Bridget Richardson, Home-Start Arun senior organiser.

She added: “It’s fun, and just what we need at the moment to cheer us through the dreary weather and the icy economic climate.”

Bags can be donated at the Home-Start offices at 5c Park Farm, Chichester Road, Arundel, telephone 01903 889707, or dropped off at the charity’s family groups, on Monday morning at The Hub, Bognor, or Tuesday morning, at Yapton Children and Family Centre,

The sale be at The Body Shop Trading Post, Watersmead, Littlehampton on Saturday, March 24, from 11am-3pm.

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