Knitting group ‘casts on’ for SCFS

The 200-member knitting group based in the Salvation Army’s Ballymena Charity Shop are now kniting & crocheting hats in support of a good cause that’s new to them - the Seamen’s Christian Friends Society (SCFS).
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Oct 2013, 10:16 BST
Colin Jenkins, of the Seamen's Christian Friend Society, is pictured with Chris Torrington, Thelma Irwin, Yvonne Wylie, Doreen Armstrong (Salvation Army Shop) and Elizabeth Pritchard (Salvation Army), with goods collected by the Knitting Group and members of the Salvation Army, that Colin will take with him to Cork. INBT43-269ACColin Jenkins, of the Seamen's Christian Friend Society, is pictured with Chris Torrington, Thelma Irwin, Yvonne Wylie, Doreen Armstrong (Salvation Army Shop) and Elizabeth Pritchard (Salvation Army), with goods collected by the Knitting Group and members of the Salvation Army, that Colin will take with him to Cork. INBT43-269AC
Colin Jenkins, of the Seamen's Christian Friend Society, is pictured with Chris Torrington, Thelma Irwin, Yvonne Wylie, Doreen Armstrong (Salvation Army Shop) and Elizabeth Pritchard (Salvation Army), with goods collected by the Knitting Group and members of the Salvation Army, that Colin will take with him to Cork. INBT43-269AC

And in doing so they are helping Ballymena man Colin Jenkins raise awareness that there are some one million men at sea, involved in the world’s trade.

Colin is pictured with Chris Torrington, Thelma Irwin, Yvonne Wylie, Doreen Armstrong (Salvation Army Shop) and Elizabeth Pritchard (Salvation Army). INBT43-269AC

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