County Councillor Gordon Yarranton, dropped in to meet with the All Saints Wribbenhall Knit and Natter Group last week and to say thank you to the members for the good work they have done for local and overseas charities in the last year.

“The group was started some 12 years ago and brings together local people who meet in the church to socialise and to knit. The articles they produce are given away to charities both locally and around the world. For example we make blankets for a local nursing home and contribute to baby packs for needy families which are distributed by Elim Church. We support Cancer Research and Seroptomists’ projects for women’s aid and homeless families in need.

We send baby garments to Walsgrave Hospital, Worceter Royal Hospital and the British Legion. We help Hands World in Thailand, charities in Uganda, refugees in Kyrgystan and Samaritans Purse Shoebox Appeal.

We run craft sessions on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Some of our ladies knit at home and bring in their articles. We welcome new members and we are always grateful for gifts of wool”, says organiser Gail Lawrence.

“I am a great supporter of the Knit and Natter Group and I have been involved since its inception. I admire the work the group does and the opportunity it presents for people to meet up who might otherwise lack social interaction. So I would like to thank the group on behalf of Wribbenhall residents for providing something very special to our community. I would also encourage others to support this group in any way that they can”, says Gordon Yarranton.

Picture Shows: All Saints Knit and Natter Group members Olwen Jahoor, Gail Lawrence, and Susan Didlick with Councillor Gordon Yarranton