Oxford's Asian Cultural Centre has been inundated with clothes donated to its India earthquake appeal.

Rooms at the centre in Manzil Way, east Oxford, are crammed with bags filled with clothes destined for victims of the Gujarat earthquake.

Organisers say they cannot cope and are now asking people to hold on to any more clothes they have collected until the backlog is cleared. They are also appealing for volunteers to help with transport to take the clothes to a temple in London. The appeal for cash is continuing.

Velu Vesudevan, vice-chairman of the Asian Cultural Association, said: "We now have more clothes than we can cope with at the moment. There is just no room to store them. Until we can clear the backlog we have asked people to hold on to any more they have collected."

Mr Vesudevan said more than £800 had been donated so far. More has been pledged.

He said: "We are very pleased with the response. Volunteers are working together. Many different communities in Oxford have come together to help the English, the Indians, Pakistanis and many more.

"We will hand the money to the Indian embassy. It will be up to the Indian government to decide how it will be spent. We want it to go direct to the victims."

The Asian Cultural Association is appealing for anyone with vans that could help clear transport the clothes to a temple in London, from which they will be delivered to Air India and flown to Gujarat.

Call 01865 425000 if you can help.

Meanwhile, schools across Oxfordshire are doing their bit to help. Children at Longworth Primary School, near Abingdon, paid £1 each to leave their school uniforms at home yesterday, raising about £50.

Schools in Faringdon and John Blandy Primary School in Southmoor, near Abingdon, are to follow suit later this week.