FOR close to 25 years, one local woman has ensured thousands of people in need have access to the warmth of a woollen wrap.

By co-ordinating the local Wrap with Love program, Helen Dean and her husband Alan have helped to make sure that thousands of knitted square rugs go to the disadvantaged.

The program began in Australia in 1992 after the late Sonia Gidley-King OAM wondered how she could help...