Free clothing and bedding will be distributed to those in need in the Bridport and Beaminster area.

Bridport Clothes Bank, which is run by a small group of enthusiastic volunteers, will be giving out the items at St Swithun's Church in Bridport on Saturday, March 2 and Saturday, April 6.

The sessions will be held between 10.45am and 12.15pm on both days.

Bridport Clothes Bank formed nearly two years ago to collect clothes etc to be sent to Ukraine. When refugees started arriving in the area with only a rucksack or a small suitcase the group was able to help them get started in their new lives.

Operations have since expanded and the clothes bank has since worked in tandem with food banks at Prout Bridge in Beaminster and St Mary’s and St Swithuns in Bridport.

All are welcome to the sessions and everything is free. If people can’t find what they need volunteers may be able to source it for them.