FUNDRAISING shop Rasmachaz is appealing for donations of essential winter clothes for refugees in Calais.

Staff are collecting SNUG packs which means socks, neck scarves, underwear and gloves, packed into a clear plastic bag.

To fill one bag they need, three pairs of new socks, three pairs of new underwear, one warm practical hat, one warm scarf and one pair of warm gloves.

You don’t have to donate a complete bag, you can donate individual items.

The clothes need to be new and can be for either gender or size, but the biggest need is for men’s size small and medium.

For more information see bit.ly/2xOd8kY, and donations can be taken to Rasmachaz, 47 High Street, Stroud, which is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am until 5pm.