Woolly Hugs is a voluntary group and online community making special blankets to bring comfort, support and love to babies, children and families.
Our ongoing projects are linked to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow and the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle (comforting Little Hugs for babies and children and also Angel Teds for bereaved families in PICU) and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, (Angel Hugs for babies lost and their bereaved families). As well as these UK based projects we support children in developing and low income countries with World Child Cancer through our Billie’s Blanket project and are making and sending blankets and warm clothing to refugees in Kurdistan, Lesvos and through the Red Cross to refugees in the UK.
In addition we have projects such as our blankets for children affected by Chernobyl, yarn bombing with Children’s Hospice South West and knitted/crocheted breasts for breastfeeding units in the UK. We also run Craft Sales to raise much needed funds for other charities, such as WAY (Widowed and Young) Together for Short Lives, MIND, Winston’s Wish, CarersUK and the Honeypot Children’s Charity for young carers.
Woolly Hugs
They are keen to welcome knitters and crocheters who can help by making blanket squares in specified colours and sizes for each of the projects they have ongoing. Financial and yarn donations are also gratefully received.
You can find out more about the work Woolly Hugs do and how you can get involved on their website, woollyhugs.org as well as on Facebook and Twitter.
