For the Lent term the UCL Conservative Society will be taking part in the Surprise Supplies initiative. Other Conservative societies around London will also be taking part.
It involves sending parcels to the British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is brilliant idea and one that can be done all year round, and not just at Christmas. Our country needs to thank our troops more for the work they do and this is just a small token of thanks from hundreds of people all over the UK.
How to take part?
To make the process nice and easy parcels will be put together by the Committee. We ask that members make donations of money to Committee members at the events. We will then go out and buy items for the parcels.
So simply come along to our events, as always, and make a donation!
Each parcel can take around £10 of stuff so hopefully we can send lots of parcels during the term. Postage is covered by Royal Mail so we only need to send as many parcels as we can. We will publish photos, and information on the number of parcels, on this site so that members can see how things are going.
What is Surprise Supplies?
Surprise Supplies came about because of an idea Lexi Douglas had whilst her son was serving in Afghanistan in 2007. She regularly sent him parcels stuffed full of cakes and other nice things and when Charlie wrote home he said how appreciated they were but that not all of the boys received parcels from home so he would share his out with them. Lexi told her friends and they volunteered to send parcels and the idea grew from there. You can read more about it here.
Who will get my parcel?
Your parcel is being sent to one of two addresses in either Iraq or Afghanistan. From there they will be distributed throughout theatre. You won’t know who has received your parcel but you can be sure that a deserving soldier will be very grateful.
Michael Rock & Starbuck Coleman with the first shipment of parcels.
Laura-Rose Saunders with one of the parcels.
The second shipment of parcels.