We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s Christmas gift drive. With over 500 presents donated, you have helped us to smash our previous record, around 300 gifts, which was set just last year.
We collected a fantastic selection of traditional Christmas favourites, including chocolates, toys, toiletries and more. These gifts are being given out at our Young at Heart Christmas lunch, After-School Club, community meals for refugees and asylum seekers, and more. We’re delighted to be able to give gifts to so many of our service users this year.
There are too many to thank individually, so here is the list of organisations that donated towards the campaign:
- Department for Education
- Government Legal Department’s communications team
- Home Office
- McLaren Construction
- Informed Solutions
- Structure Tone
- Westminster School
- Keltbray
- Mace Group
- Shaftesbury Capital
- Nestlé
- Nespresso
- 105 Victoria Street
- Boots
- John Lewis
- Total Media
- The Other House
- Young Westminster Foundation
Big thank yous also go to our service users and everyone else who donated as an individual.
Special thanks go to the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, who kindly volunteered to help us wrap the presents, and London Projects, who donated and decorated two Christmas trees to brighten our centre.
While many people will be enjoying the festivities next week, many others will be struggling, financially or emotionally. We are so pleased to be working together to support these people and spread some joy this Christmas.
Many, many thanks to everyone who contributed to our biggest ever Christmas gift drive.
