What’s on in Haddenham? February 2010

FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY. A new clothing and textile bank has recently been installed outside Haddenham fire station to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity, which helps and supports injured full-time and retained fire fighters, support staff, retired personnel and their dependents ? with a help-line and 3 centres providing therapy, rehabilitation and recuperation. Adults? and children?s clothing (including underwear), household linen, handbags and shoes in pairs are sent for recycling (to countries in Africa) by the commercial firm running the facility and a 20 per cent donation is made to the charity.

The Haddenham bank is the 7th to be installed in Bucks (there?s another at the Fire Brigade HQ at Stocklake, Aylesbury) and clothing banks across the country, which have now been operating for just over a year, have already proved to be a valuable source of incom, at no cost to the charity itself – providing about