Christmas Charity KS2.pdf

17.10.16 KS2 Christmas Charity Dear Parents & Carers, This year the Harvest donations received from Years 5 & 6 went to Response, a homeless refuge for teenagers. The generosity was greatly appreciated. Our School Councillors would like to continue supporting this worthwhile cause and have expressed a desire to take gifts to the refuge at Christmas. On their request the refuge was contacted, please see the response received from the telephone call: Hi Zoe Phil my colleague passed on your message yesterday about your pupils very kindly donating Christmas Hampers to the young people we work with and support. This is a lovely gesture and one that I know young people appreciate at this time of year, particularly as some of them are estranged from family and therefore Christmas can be quite a lonely and isolating time. With regards to gift ideas and or items included, as it is a Christmas hamper previous suggestions that have been made are toiletries/toiletry gift sets, selection box’s, PJs (always go down well), novelty socks, gift vouchers such as cinema/Asda/Tesco, or any other small gift to represent a Christmas present makes a difference. As we are not a charity and do not get funding to provide luxury gifts like this for young people, your help and support is very much appreciated. Kind Regards

Kira McSorley Response Housing Support & Resettlement worker Universal Youth Support Service Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

If you would like to donate a gift for a Christmas Hamper, please send it to the school office clearly labelled as “Response” by Thursday 3rd November 2016. We appreciate that not every family will send a donation. It is not obligatory, anything from the suggested list will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support. Yours sincerely, Years 3, 4, 5, & 6 Unit Leads