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UPDATE: With your help, we raised an amazing £17,839.49 for Emmaus! Read more here.This Christmas season, the purchase of any SOCKSHOP Advent Calendar means a donation to homelessness charity Emmaus. We're donating 15% from the sale of each Advent Calendar to Emmaus, to help them continue and grow the incredible work they do and have been doing since their inception in 1991.
Emmaus is a national homelessness charity supporting homeless people by giving them a home, work experience in a social enterprise, support in whatever form it is needed, training, and the space to get themselves back on their feet.
Commenting on the initiative, Alok Ruia, Director of SOCKSHOP, says: “In times of great uncertainty, we all look for things that make us feel safe and grounded. The SOCKSHOP Advent calendar will bring Christmas cheer, warmth and happy feet within our homes. We are delighted to be teaming up with Emmaus UK for a second year so that we can donate some much-needed funds to one of the UK’s most admirable charities for homeless people.”
Simon Grainge, Emmaus UK Chief Executive, says: “This is the second year running that SOCKSHOP have donated funds from the sale of their Advent calendar to Emmaus and this year it’s needed more than ever. For many people 2020 has been a life changing year and the disruption caused by the ongoing global pandemic is putting more people than ever at risk of losing their homes. We know we have a lot to do if we are to respond to this new and unprecedented challenge and the donations we receive from SOCKSHOP will help us to do this.
Everyone who purchases one of the 2020 calendars will play a part in supporting people who have experienced homelessness to regain control of their lives. We are incredibly grateful to SOCKSHOP and their customers for their support – it really does make a difference.”
| SockShop began working with Emmaus in early 2018. See what happened when we went to visit Emmaus Bolton. |
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Companions are offered a place in the community for as long as they need it, provided that…
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 The Emmaus Van is always out and about picking up goods to be sold/refurbished |
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Having worked with Emmaus for a short while – providing socks for them to distribute to those in need, we recently went along to visit their Bolton community, just a stone’s throw away from SockShop HQ. Emmaus Bolton’s Executive Leader, Tony Stephenson was there to welcome us, show us around the community and explain in detail the wonderful work carried out by Emmaus, their staff and the companions. |
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| As well as living quarters for their companions – including private rooms for each companion, and communal living, eating and laundry facilities – the community plays host everything that fuels Emmaus’s social enterprise ventures, which are key to the way each community works. From a range of shops, selling second hand furniture, white goods, clothing, books, music, bric-a-brac, and children’s toys and clothing; to a greenhouse and gardening area with home grown plants and a hanging basket restoration service. |
 The Community Café offers tea, coffee, cakes, and a range of breakfast and lunch items |
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The ever-growing community also houses a café offering tea, coffee, cakes, breakfast and lunch items, as well as workshops which allow companions to carry-out the community’s restoration services – fixing up, recycling and upcycling everything from furniture and white goods, to bikes. |
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| As we toured the community, it was clear to see companions involved and working hard in every aspect of this unique setup, which “provides meaningful work for companions but also generates the funding that maintains our communities.” |
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To find out more about Emmaus, find your local community or donate, visit www.emmaus.org.uk. |
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