FORMER Haslemere resident and recent temporary assistant town council clerk Jenny Bennett has launched a Christmas appeal for unwanted toys for children living in women’s refuges.

Donations to the appeal she posted on her Facebook page, have already flooded in, but more are welcomed and can be dropped off at Haslemere Town Hall in the High Street.

Jenny said: “I’d been wanting to do something special for Christmas this year, so I posted the appeal on my page asking people to buy an extra gift for the mums and children who would be spending Christmas in one of the refuges provided by the Southern Domestic Abuse Service.

“Some of these women have to leave life-threatening situations with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. I wanted them to know how brave we all think they are and take the worry of presents for the children off their shoulders.

“I want to give a massive thank you to Sew Creative in Petersfield and the staff of Haslemere Town Council at the town hall, who offered to be drop off points for the gifts. This wouldn’t have been possible without them.”

Jenny will be making the last collections from Haslemere on Monday, December 18. They do not have to be wrapped.

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