Please buy a gift for those most in need at Christmas
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, many people are facing stark financial struggles and worries.
There are some amazing charities in the borough that offer help all year round but they particularly need help to support people at Christmas.
They include Calderdale Lighthouse, which supports vulnerable families by providing children’s clothes, nappies, and vital baby equipment. It is asking for people to donate a selection box, toy or book. These can be dropped off in Halifax at Dean Clough’s main reception or The Piece Hall’s information centre.
Mothershare, based in Halifax, also helps some of the area’s struggling families. The team there are inviting sponsors to donate gifts to nominated children so that they can ensure that some of the most disadvantaged children in Calderdale are not left out. Anyone who can help can message Mothershare on Facebook or email mothershare@outlook.com
Brighouse-based Focus4Hope is appealing for help providing food and gifts for families. It has come up with a food wish list to create hampers, making sure no one goes hungry on Christmas Day. And it is appealing for gifts for children aged from birth to 18, including fluffy socks, pyjamas, toys, colouring books and pens or crayons. Anyone who would like to help can drop food off at Focus4Hope’s hub at Bethel Street Car Parkin Brighouse Monday to Thursday between 10am and 2pm, Project Colt in Elland Monday to Thursday between 10am and 2pm and Replenish on Huddersfield Road in Brighouse on Saturdays between 10am and 3pm. Toys can be dropped off at the same times at the Focus4Hope hub and Replenish.
St Augustine’s Centre in
Halifax, which supports refugees and asylum seekers, is appealing for good quality backpacks, sturdy all-weather adult umbrellas, hot water bottles or £10 gift vouchers from One4All. Its Christmas appeal will ensure those who have been forced to flee their homes will have something to open on Christmas Day. Its donation collection is open until December 5 at its main centre building on Hanson Lane. For more information visit www.staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk