I've just spent three wonderful days away in Bath with a friend, her family, a beautiful Dachshund and her eight (yes, eight!) young puppies - Lucy was besotted with every single one, always to be seen carrying and cuddling as many as she could. It made me realise how precious warmth and shelter are; also not only how lucky my own children are to have these basic necessities, but how lucky these pups are too - watching them cavort around in comic fashion, chewing pretty much everything that crossed their path, mostly my friend's slippers...
Which leads me on to donning your own slippers for a very good cause. The charity Shelter helps millions of people a year struggling with bad housing or homelessness - and they campaign to prevent it as much as is humanly possible. This Christmas, 120,000 children in Britain will be homeless. Will you consider joining in to help these children?
I will be wearing my own slippers for 'National Slippers for Shelter Day' on 9th December, as well as donating - you can join in too here - show us your slippers over on Instagram and Twitter on Friday, 9th December - please use the hashtag #SlippersForShelter and get donating to this tremendous cause to give as many children as possible the chance for warmth and shelter this Christmas and beyond...
Thank you <3
- Ali x