1/. "If you're cold, take one. If you can help, leave one"

#TakeOneLeaveOne isn't a charity or an organisation - it's an idea

Why not set up a #TOLO rail wherever you are, offering warm clothes to those in need?

We'll send you a free banner

See interview with @AlStewartOBE👇
2/. Over the last 5 years, #TakeOneLeaveOne has grown from a single rail - set up during the 2018 freeze dubbed the Beast From The East - to 150+ rails across the UK & beyond

This year @Take1_Leave1 was given a Local Heroes Award & £250 by @belVita owned by multinational
@MDLZ
3/. Our ambition - a #TakeOneLeaveOne rail on every high street

It would be great if @Shelter @crisis_uk @SalvArmyIHQ @save_children @oxfamgb etc could put #TOLO rails outside their charity shops or supermarkets @sainsburys @tesco @asda @coopuk
etc could put one in their foyer
4/. Incase you were wondering, the little fellow who joined me at the end of my interview was Farringdon Bear - a homeless Koala found at Farringdon station last year

Selflessly, he became a mascot for the #TakeOneLeaveOne, an initiative providing warm clothes to those in need
5/. Farringdon Bear shot to fame in 2021 when an appeal on @lostteddybear went viral

Hopes of a happy reunion with his owner were covered in the press, only to be dashed when it was realised he was the wrong koala

As a bear who’d been homeless, he was a perfect mascot for #TOLO

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1/ “Everything I know about morality & the obligations of men I owe to football” (Camus)

Football teaches us about team work, courage & fair play but most importantly it teaches us that some things are more important than winning #WorldCupFinal #Arg #fra
2/. The lessons offered by football extend beyond the pitch

They teach us about individual & collective responsibility

Just as there are universally accepted rules of football, so there are universal human rights & freedoms governing how we should behave ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/world-cup-play…
3/. Just as the rules of football ensure fairness on the pitch, so human rights law governs behaviour globally

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1/. “If you're cold, take one. If you can help, leave one"

5 years ago, #TakeOneLeaveOne launched our first rail

Since then, 150+ have sprouted across the UK

On Friday, with temperatures plummeting, we’re having our press launch 1-2pm, at @ToloVauxhall
2/. Intended originally for homeless people & rough sleepers, #TakeOneLeaveOne now provides warm clothes for anyone facing winter hardship

Why not set up a #TOLO rail where you are?

We can send you a banner & help find local volunteers

See TakeOneLeaveOne.org for info👇
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The #CostOfLivingCrisis is impacting almost everyone

@Take1_Leave1 is a sticky plaster NOT a solution but with temperatures set up hit -6 degrees, why not get involved?👇
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