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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte

Jan 16, 2022, 6 tweets

1/. In 2018, when freezing temperatures hit, we put a clothes rail outside a church with a sign:

IF YOU'RE COLD, TAKE ONE

IF YOU CAN HELP, LEAVE ONE

What happened next was miraculous

Four years on, this simple, sticky idea is still going & is spreading #TakeOneLeaveOne #TOLO

2/. If you’re feeling the cold tonight, image what’s like to be homeless, sleeping rough or struggling to heat your home

Why not drop off some warm clothes at your nearest #TakeOneLeaveOne rail or set up a #TOLO rail where you are?

See @Take1_Leave1👇
Insta @take_one_leaveOne

3/. To set up a #TakeOneLeaveOne rails

1 Get a rail
2 Find good location
3 Get👍/help from locals
4 Make a sign or order one from print@adelphigraphics.com £30+p&p
5 Hang clothes
6 Make it COVID safe
7 Contact local media
8 Post on social media #TOLO+
See TakeOneLeaveOne.org

4/. “The idea is unbelievably great. That something so simple having such a great impact on the lives of so many people”

Victor from #TOLOThortonHeath which, like #TOLOVauxhall, has being running non-stop for a year

Why not set up a #TakeOneLeaveOne rail

5/. The #TakeOneLeaveOne site in Brighton is running every day

Whilst it’s great that #TOLO rails are popping up across the UK, the fact that they should be needed in one of the richest economies in the world is an obscenity & is a failure of government.

6/. In Leeds, the #TakeOneLeaveOne rail has made a welcome return

This simple idea to help homeless people & those suffering hardship has grown from 1 rail in 2018 to more than 30 rails in 2020 & 2021

This winter - with your help - there’ll be even more

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