Give the gift of kindness this Christmas

Want to help within your local community this Christmas? We're always after extra support during the festive season and especially on Christmas day itself. There's so many ways you can get involved this year, from donating items or money to helping write cards and wrap presents, to helping deliver dinner on the day to those facing social isolation - have a look below at all the ways you can give the give of kindness this Christmas... 

Christmas at St Vincent's Centre, Leeds

Christmas is the busiest time of year for us at St Vincent's Centre, Leeds and every year, St Vincent's Centre, Leeds' Christmas provision grows due to the ever growing needs of those within the local and wider community.

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Information Regarding Giving This Christmas
Last year, 164 festive food hampers helped feed 512 individuals
Donating items this Christmas

Every festive season, we accept donations of gifts and food items in order to re-distirbute to those in need, to ensure we have enough for everybody in need, we have compiled a list of items we would like:
 

Food: 

  • Mince pies

  • Chutneys and jams

  • Cracker selection boxes

  • Biscuit selection boxes

  • Chocolate selection boxes

  • Sweets

  • Cakes

  • Christmas puddings

  • Toiletry sets

  • Tea/coffee

  • Gift items: 

    Young adult male gifts:

  • Deodorant/shower gel sets

  • Clothing and accessories

  • Books and comics

Young adult female gifts:

  • Makeup

  • Nail varnish

  • Clothing and accessories 

  • Books

  • Bath/shower sets

Donating money and fundraising

We are collecting monetary donations via JustGiving this year, to ensure that all Christmas funds raised go directly to our Christmas campaign and that all elligable donors are able to apply GiftAid: 

Visit our fundraising page for more details and ideas on how to raise funds for our services and specifically our Christmas provision. 

Volunteering

We love our volunteers and always need extra hands during the festive period, both individuals and corporate volunteers are welcome and for all enquiries please email: xmasleeds.svp.org.uk 

This year, we're hosting bespoke volunteer drop-in days in which anybody that would like to, is able to pop by the centre to give their time: 

Events

This Christmas we have a number of festive events to get everybody in the Christmas mood! These include: 


For details of December's Healthy Holidays, please visit the dedicated Healthy Holidays webpage, where details of activies and food provision will be uploaded. 

Donate

Fundraise

Corporate Volunteering