Link to Hope Shoebox Appeal

Local charity and chamber member Link to Hope has launched its 2025 annual Shoebox Appeal. For nearly 35 years this locally based charity had delivered thousands of shoeboxes filled with gifts to people facing poverty, displacement, and injustice across Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. These shoeboxes are filled by businesses, organisations, schools, churches and individuals.  The charity sent out nearly 26,000 shoeboxes from Ferring last year alone.

The charity supports a wide range of education and social care projects as well as humanitarian aid projects throughout the year. For the last three years in particular, the focus has been on supporting communities affected by the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in neighbouring countries as well as Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania.

The national deadline is 7th November, but local supporters can drop shoeboxes off at one of Link to Hope’s five local shops in Littlehampton, Goring, Chapel Road and Rustington or their Ferring office until the 28th November. To take part, please register on their website at https://linktohope.co.uk/shoebox-appeal-2025/