The BASIC Life

We always say that our customers are the best and one of them, Janet Forrest, contacted us with a great idea.

She asked why we didn’t collect shoe boxes of goodies for local children in the same way they are collected for children abroad?

Good question we thought!

For over ten years now BASIC have been providing Christmas sacks of seasonal items to lonely or vulnerable people in our town. The number has steadily grown ot around 100 and we receive referrals each year from Social Services and other community organisations.

So Janet’s shoe box idea will be a great way to pass on some seasonal community goodwill.

We also realised that there are many older people in care homes in the town and we have expanded the idea to include them.

We’re asking for people to make up a shoe box and fill it and then mark on the outside the appropriate age group, sex (if applicable) of the reipient. So it might say ‘Girl 6 to 8 years’ or ‘Older lady’ for example.