{"id":20238,"date":"2013-12-03T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T14:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=20238"},"modified":"2013-12-03T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T14:09:03","slug":"rucksack-project-carries-joy-to-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/12\/03\/rucksack-project-carries-joy-to-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rucksack Project carries the joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Rucksack Project Cardiff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/539844436106348\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rucksack Project<\/a> is looking for further support to bring some light back into the lives of Cardiff\u2019s homeless community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20256\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20256\" alt=\"The Wallich Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20256\" alt=\"The Wallich Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/Wallich-Centre-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Wallich Centre on Cathedral Road will be accepting rucksacks until 6 December before distribution [photo credit: Sophie Jones]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Facebook-driven campaign, which already has over 270 attendees, involves volunteers donating a rucksack full of items \u2013 from necessities like food and clothes, to little luxuries \u2013 to help the homeless through the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Cockcroft, 23, is heading the campaign in Cardiff, in association with <a title=\"The Wallich Homeless Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewallich.com\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wallich Centre<\/a>. When the <a title=\"Save the Children Wales\" href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.uk\/where-we-work\/united-kingdom\/wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save the Children<\/a>\u00a0employee saw the project on Facebook, she recalls, \u201cI was so excited. It was the first time in ages I had seen something I really felt was worthwhile \u2013 something that would really make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can drop off your rucksack until Friday 6 December, between 9-5pm at <a title=\"The Wallich Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ku32h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wallich Centre on Cathedral Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Caitlin\u2019s campaign video and get involved by sharing the event:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIIi1rW-RZg[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pack your bags to help the homeless have a more comfortable Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":20395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[268,3536,448,113,3537,3538,3539,3540,3541],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-aid","tag-caitlin-cockcroft","tag-christmas","tag-homeless","tag-matthew-white","tag-rucksack-project","tag-save-the-children","tag-wallich","tag-wallich-centre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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