For some, this year Christmas may be especially difficult due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hunstanton's Mayor Cllr Tony Bishopp has launched The Mayor's Christmas Gift Appeal to help those less fortunate.
The gift appeal is an opportunity to help someone less fortunate by adding an extra present to your Christmas shopping list to donate, giving someone a smile this Christmas.
The Mayor will be working alongside St. Edmunds Church, the Food Bank, local community groups, charities, and care homes. The voluntary elves will sort out and distribute your gifts.
All gifts must be new and packaged but not wrapped to ensure each gift is distributed to the person best suited. Once donated, all gifts will be quarantined for a Covid-safe period.
Gifts for all genders and the following categories are required;
- Birth-5 years
- Primary 6-8 years
- Primary 9-11 years
- Secondary 12-16 years
- Women's (mums)
- Men's (dads)
- Elderly
- Homeless
Donation ideas;
Dolls, teddies, toy trucks, and cars, skipping ropes, small puzzles, and games, dressing up, or role-play items.
Art and craft sets, painting sets, pens, pencils, coloured pencils, felt tip pens or crayons, stamping sets with ink pads, notebooks & paper, calculators, colouring & picture books.
Toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps, bubble bath, shower gels, shampoo and conditioner, bath fizzers, flannels, brushes, combs, hair accessories.
Hat, gloves, scarves, socks, jewellery, nail polishes, cosmetics, cups, books, candles, wrapped sweets and chocolate and, manicure sets.
Please note that that confectionery or sweets that contain nuts are unable to be accepted. As well as, balloons and, loom bands.
Drop off locations are inside the Turret Door at the Town Hall, inside the Hunstanton Community Centre, The Heacham and District Community Care Scheme Office based at The Community Centre, as well as local participating shops and churches- just look for the marked collection boxes.
If you work with families or children who would benefit please get in touch so, as many people can be reached out to.
Gifts must be donated by 11 December.
If you know of any residents who would benefit form a gift or would like further information please contact the Town Clerk by email at [email protected] or call 01485 532402
