Taylor Wimpey East Midlands hosts charity appeal

Taylor Wimpey has teamed up with the KitAid charity to appeal for people to donate their unwanted football gear at developments of property for sale in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire.

Taylor Wimpey is celebrating the start of the new football season by encouraging people to donate their unwanted football kits at its developments of new homes for sale in the East Midlands to help KitAid, an international charity for underprivileged children and adults.

Football fans are being invited to drop off their old football shirts, shorts, boots, goalie gloves and shin pads at the housebuilder's developments of new homes in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Peterborough, where they will be packaged up by the Taylor Wimpey team and sent on to KitAid.

Suzanne Irons, Regional Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey East Midlands, says: "Whether you're an armchair footy fan or play yourself for a local team, the start of the new season often means purchasing new kit.

"We're taking this opportunity to appeal to local people to consider donating their old kit to a really worthy cause. Simply give it a wash and drop it off at your nearest Taylor Wimpey development of new build homes in the East Midlands, and we'll do the rest."

KitAid is a registered charity which collects and sends unwanted football kit to children and adults who love football but live in some of the poorest parts of the world.

The charity, which has former England manager Graham Taylor OBE as its patron, has sent out over 150,000 kits to children and adults worldwide.

Derrick Williams MBE, KitAid's founder, says: "We're delighted that Taylor Wimpey is working with us to give our campaign a real boost at the start of the new football season. We see first-hand the difference that these donations can make to young people in some of the poorest parts of the world and would like to thank the people of the East Midlands in advance for getting involved."

Taylor Wimpey will be accepting KitAid donations at the following new homes developments across the region until the end of October:

DERBYSHIRE
Briars Chase, Ilkeston

LEICESTERSHIRE
Cedar Walk, Hallam Fields

LINCOLNSHIRE
Isaacs Place, Grantham
Oak Springs, Bourne
Roman Fields, Witham St Hughs

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Brooklands Meadow, Silverstone
Buttercup Meadow, Ashlar
Paddock Fields, Gretton
Southwood, Stanion

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Brackens Court, Nottingham
Chaworth Gardens, Ravenshead
Lime Tree Gardens, Mapperley
Rufford Grange, Rainworth

PETERBOROUGH
Broadway Fields, Yaxley
Willowcroft, Eye Green

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Date Published: 05 August 2011

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