Calderdale SmartMove to benefit from blanket auction

Calderdale SmartMove will be one of the charities to benefit from an auction of hand-knitted blankets this month.
By Tom Scargill
Published 16th Nov 2020, 12:39 BST
Some of the blankets donated to Calderdale SmartMoveSome of the blankets donated to Calderdale SmartMove
Some of the blankets donated to Calderdale SmartMove

The blankets have been made by The Framework Knitters, whose community project has seen more than 400 volunteers from across the UK take part, either through knitting, donating wool or sewing.

More than 12,000 knitted squares have been donated with volunteers sewing up the squares into blankets.

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Nearly 200 blankets have been produced so far. Each blanket takes over 100 hours to complete, and each one is unique.

The five charities who will share the proceeds of the auction are Action Homeless, Leicester; Glass Door, London; Meadows Hope Food Bank, Nottingham; Small Acts of Kindness, Watford; SmartMove, Calderdale.

SmartMove were also donated 15 blankets to us for their clients.

For more information and to bid in the auction, go to https://www.lizgreen.co.uk/blanket-auction.

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