Last year’s Jacket Drive was the the first held by AMCN with the assistance of Shannons Insurance together with Victory and Indian Motorcycles in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. With every Shannons Insurance branch around Australia issued with a collection bin, the 2016 AMCN Jacket Drive is now officially underway and will run until Friday, 22 June. The distribution phase will then swing into action with Warmth Rides in both Sydney and Melbourne on Monday, 27 June (see breakout). As in previous years, the AMCN Jacket Drive will wrap up at the Sydney Homeless Connect at Town Hall on Friday, 7 July.

2016 AMCN Winter Jacket Drive
2016 AMCN Winter Jacket Drive

Blankets for the North

With so many jackets collected in 2015, supply outweighed demand in the warmer northern areas. This year Shannons offices in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory will only be collecting blankets. If you have a blanket which is longer being used, it could have a second life giving one of Australia’s estimated 110,000 homeless much needed warmth and comfort this year.

Shannons Branches

SA – 863-865 South Road, Clarence Gardens, 5039

VIC – 321 Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, 3192

NSW – 65 Reserve Road, St Leonards, 2065

ACT – Unit 20, 2 Yallourn Street, Fyshwick, 2609

TAS – 337-341 Argyle Street, North Hobart, 7000

WA – 52 Burswood Road, Burswood, 6100 – BLANKETS ONLY PLEASE

QLD – 5B 305 Montague Road, West End, 4101 – BLANKETS ONLY PLEASE

NT– Hidden Valley Motor Sport Park, Hidden Valley Road, Berrimah, 8028 – BLANKETS ONLY PLEASE

You can also hand over your jackets for the homeless to a Shannons representatives at Shannons- supported events around Australia.