Astley Sports Village Christmas Gift Appeal 2024

19 Nov 24

We need your help to ensure local families in need get to have a magical christmas that every child deserves!

We have now launched this years Christmas Gift Appeal across all Stamford Park Trust venues!

Christmas should be a time for happiness and the coming together of family and friends, sharing gifts and experiencing a magical time together.

Sadly, for many in our local communities the financial challenges they face means this magical experience will not happen. For many kids, without appeals like this they will face waking up on Christmas Day without the magic that Christmas should bring for them with no presents to open.

For the past 5 years we have ran this appeal and we are now asking for your help to ensure we give the best Christmas Day for local children and families who are desperately in need.

 

 

 

 

How Our Appeal Works....

The Pre Launch

Over the past few weeks we have been in contact with local primary schools to our Stamford Park Trust venues. We speak directly to the schools head teachers, family liaison and safeguarding staff to identify families in genuine need of support this Christmas.

This direct contact ensures the donations go directly to those kids and families who need it the most and why its so important we make this appeal the biggest we can make it.

 

Appeal Launches

We launched our appeal across our social media pages and the hub site for the appeal is here at Astley Sports Village. You will see on our You Tube and Social media pages SPT Sport, Community & Leisure Mark Storie launch the appeal and send out regular updates of key donations we need and how to donate.

The ASV Christmas Tree goes up in the main reception on the 9th November and is where donations and presents are put under the tree and over the weeks will grow in size! (Imagine below shows our Christmas Appeal 2023)

How to donate and be involved

We ask our local community to donate brand new toys, games, clothing etc. We have included a list of suggested donation ideas on the section below as well.

If easier and your not too sure what to buy for the appeal you can donate a financial donation to the appeal via bacs. We will then purchase key donations that we need on your behalf as we can then buy specific for the kids and age we know we have on our list this year.

Local businesses can support this appeal by making a financial donation and in return not only are you helping local families and children have a magical Christmas we will also share your business across all our social media pages.

Our bacs payment details are:

Account Name: Stamford Park Trust T/A Rayner Stephens High School

Sort Code: 20-16-24

Account Number: 13801063

Reference: (Name) ASV Gift Appeal

 

Appeal donation ideas
  • Board Games 
  • Toy Cars, Remote Control Cars, Trains and Train Sets, Model Planes
  • Arts and Crafts Sets, Colouring Sets, Bracelet Sets
  • Children's Books
  • Football, Rugby Balls, Basketballs, Nerf Sets
  • Action figures, Dolls, 
  • Selection Boxes
  • Hats, Scarfs, Gloves, Socks

 

operation wrap & deliver

All donations need to be in for Thursday 12th December 9pm

We then begin operation wrap! This is where we allocate all the donations to each of the children and families. On the evening of Friday 13th & the morning of Saturday 14th we ask for as many present wrapping helpers as we can to come and wrap the children's presents. 

Once all presents are wrapped and bagged we then deliver the present sacks to the schools we are working with so they can arrange with the children's families to collect the presents ready for the big day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lets help make our Christmas Gift Appeal 2024 the BIGGEST year to date. Local children and their families need our support this year. Every child deserves to wake up on Christmas Day to presents under their tree and this is why we do this appeal.