People are being asked to donate their old coats and help keep Londoners warm this winter.
Transport for London (TfL) have teamed with up Wrap up London for their sixth annual campaign and organisers are hoping it will their biggest event to date.
Homelessness is a big issue in London and in 2015, a total of 8,096 people were sleeping rough in the capital.
The coats are collected by more than 110 organisations, and then they are sorted and graded.
Collections will take place over three days in locations across the city.
The coats will be donated to the homeless, elderly, refugees, women who have fled domestic violence and children in poverty.
People can donate their old coats from November 7-9 from 7-11am, at Liverpool Street station at the Broadgate Centre, and the following tube/train stations:
- Kings Cross
- Victoria
- Waterloo
- Canary Wharf
- London Bridge
- Highbury & Islington
- Euston
- Liverpool Street
Read more:
Harrow reaches out to community in efforts to help end homelessness woes
To be defined as ‘homeless’, people must be without a place to live or unable to stay in their current accommodation.
For more information visit the website at: http:wrapuplondon.org.uk
A guy just donated the coat off his back! Just starting sack 40 - if you're passing through bring your coats to Canary Wharf! #WrapUpLondon
— Louise Thomas (@_louisethomas) November 7, 2016
Help #WrapUpLondon this winter by donating your old coats and jackets! See https://t.co/LiVfRSnCKz for more details. Thanks all!
— Maggie Towne (@MaggieTowne) November 7, 2016
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