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Teddies for Tragedies

Other Charity Knitting

This little boy in Kosovo is thrilled.  Could you knit one?
This young boy in Kosovo look very pleased with his clown.

Charities seeking knitters

Charity Clowns Hope and Aid Direct loved the knitted clowns they were given launched the clowns website to encourage more knitters. Knitting clowns is a real challenge, but think of the smiles they'd bring.
Missions to Seafarers Missions to Seafarers Knitting patterns there are hats, balaclava, mittens etc.
Feed The Children Check the Feed the Children knitting page to find out what they're needing at the moment.
Samaritan's Purse Operation Chistmas Child Shoe-box appeal have knitting patterns
Teddies are also accepted and there's a tiny teddy pattern below, perhaps more suitable for a shoebox.
Ray of Hope Patterns and more about knitting for premature babies.
Cuddles A volunteer, non-profit organisation based in the UK who support the families dealing with the loss of their baby through miscarriage or stillbirth.

Always check before knitting and/or sending to these charities, needs change and we don't want to flood them with things they can't use.

Websites that might help in your search

Loving Hands Loving Hands Charity Knitting Group has over 200 like minded individuals who knit, sew and crochet for various charities.
Head Huggers A charity of volunteers making, collecting, and distributing chemo caps to be donated free of charge to those who need them. Patterns are available on the website for crochet, knit, and sewn hats.
The website has links to more possible charity knitting projects.
Jean Greenhowes There are free patterns on the site you can find them at Jean Greenhowe free patterns but you may be tempted to buy others they're rather special.
Knitting for Charity Find out what others are doing. Also many different ideas on how to make a blanket.
If you know what you want to knit but don't have a pattern, put "free knitting patterns" into your search engine (Google) there are plenty to be found.


Patterns to download

If you'd like to try these patterns, just download and use them for the charity of your choice.

Aids Jumper
(pattern)
Given to newborns so they had something to wear when leaving hospital
Tiny Teddy (pattern) Perfect for a shoebox
Don't forget. This is not the Teddies for Tragedies pattern.
Children's Mittens (pattern)
Children's mittens

Patterns are PDF files and you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. If you haven't got it download it here Acrobat Reader

If you'd like to find out more about the Charities that help get our teddies to needy children, here's a few of them.
Mercy Trucks is a small charity based in Hexham Northumberland they do great work - visit the website to find out more.   
Mercy Trucks
The Rotary LifeBox helps those in need by providing basic provisions that we take for granted but are so desperately needed by those affected by earthquake, flood, drought and war.   
LifeBox
When your family has lost everything, you can share your troubles with your teddy.   
ShelterBox
Albert Camus, the French Philosopher said that where there is no hope, we must invent it.   
Hope and Aid Direct
Recently Education Action have sent teddies to Sudan and Uganda.   
Education International
Women and Children in Africa - Working to alleviate hardship and suffering by funding projects which provide a sustainable benefit and help give women and children in Africa a better quality of life.   
WACIA
Imagine ships crewed by doctors, nurses, water engineers and agriculturalists visiting some of the world's poorest countries. Now imagine their life-changing services offered free of charge...   
Mercy Ships
Grassroots is a Christian charity focused on enabling and supporting individuals to know and serve Jesus better.   
Grassroots
You can see pictures of teddies in Bantul on our teddy travels page.   
Bantul Kindergarten Project
Project Peru is a totally voluntary Guildford-based charity supporting a children's refuge in the desert shanty towns of Lima.   
Project Peru

Please don't send unsolicited teddies to charities. They may not have storage facilities and there is a limit to how many a charity can cope with at one time.
Check with the website and your teddies will go where they're needed.
Also keep a look-out in local papers, they are a good source of new outlets.
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