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Active Recruiters has begun collecting for people in Turkey and Syria after at least 20,000 people are thought to have been killed and thousands others injured by a huge earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday.

Located at Basepoint Business Centre the firm, which was launched in November, has already collected donations from the community and is keen to get others involved too, sharing their campaign on social media platforms and through their businesses connections.

The recruitment company have been supported by other small businesses, members of the public, clients as well as family and friends of staff.

Staff at Active Recruiters, a firm in Waterlooville acting as a collection point for supplies for Turkey and Syria following the ‘horrendous’ earthquake.

Recruitment director and one of the founder’s of the newly established firm, Shannon Preston, was touched by the images she and her colleagues had seen in the news of the aftermath of the earthquake, which was registered as a ‘major’ 7.8 on the Richter scale, and decided to help.

Shannon said: ‘My recruitment manager and I were looking through the photos in the office. I saw a photo of a father holding his daughter’s hand underneath the rubble after she had passed away. A lot of people in Turkey and Syria are very religious, so he obviously wanted a proper burial. I said this is horrendous, and she said we need to do something.’

Recruitment firm hosts collection point for Turkey and Syria and is appealing for help with travel

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