Since the start of the year, the curtain bank has been given more than 200 curtains, which now need to be lined and given to low-income families. To cope with the response, the curtain bank has moved to larger premises at the corner of Andersons Bay Rd and Queens Dr.
Dunedin Curtain Bank Trust chairwoman Virginia Driver said there had been a massive reaction to the call for old curtains.
It had been so big they had had outgrown The Hub in South Dunedin, where they were based, she said.
''We need quite a bit of room to store all the curtains and do what we need to do to them so we were quite restricted in The Hub.''
As well as more room, the curtain bank also needed more funding to make sure it could continue, Mrs Driver said.
''We really do need more funding - and funding from anywhere - so we can keep the doors open so people can come in when they need us.''
Mrs Driver had spent time talking to service agencies in Dunedin so people could be directly referred to the curtain bank.
They also needed people who were willing to help sew liners on to the back of the donated curtains, she said.
''We are looking for people who can sew and even people who can't sew . . . We can teach people at the same time they are helping us.''
However, the new building was just a temporary home until the trust could find a permanent home, Mrs Driver said.
''We have been given a great deal on the rent by our landlord but that is only for six months so hopefully we can find something more permanent by then.''
The curtain bank would not be officially opened until the end of May but people could still drop in and find out how they could help, she said.
For more information: email curtainbank@gmail.com
