Cash for Kids

As we all pack up and get ready for the Christmas break, we just wanted to take this chance to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for everything you’ve done for Cash for Kids this year 🥰 Whether you’ve fundraised, donated, taken on a challenge, been to one of our events, taken part in Cash for Kids Day, our Sports Challenge or Mission Christmas; together we’ve made 2024 AMAZING 🤩 Thanks to YOU we’ve changed the lives of so many children & young people, and we can’t wait to tell you in the New Year just what a difference you’ve helped us make 🥹 We’ve got so many exciting plans for 2025, it’s going to be our BEST YEAR EVER and we can’t wait for you to be a part of it. However you’re celebrating and whoever you’re with, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we’ll see you in January.

Thanks to 𝐘𝐎𝐔 Santa will be visiting all of these children this Christmas 🎅 None of this would be possible without the amazing community that builds around Mission Christmas. So if you dropped off a gift, fundraised, made a donation, got your company, school or community group involved, volunteered at our Mission Christmas HQ or helped spread the word about our mission to encourage others to get involved, a massive 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 - you should feel really proud to be a part of what we’ve achieved 🥰

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐧 ✨ As Christmas draws closer, Santa still has a long list of children waiting for their special moment of joy. While our collection points are now closed, there’s still time to help. Every donation you make today turns into a carefully chosen gift tomorrow - one that could be the only present a child wakes up to this Christmas. Imagine being the reason a child feels seen, loved, and remembered on the most magical day of the year. There’s still a chance to make it happen, but we need your help now. 🎅 ☃️ Donate today and help us bring Christmas to every child still waiting for Santa: https://lnkd.in/gZJ8qbfb 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒑. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆.

Last Wednesday morning when Magic Radio Breakfast with Harriet and Harry joined us at our Mission Christmas HQ in Manchester, they revealed that Mission Christmas has received a very generous donation from 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 🥰 George was a committed supporter of good causes, and this donation comes from some of his record royalties from the sales of “Last Christmas”, which this year is celebrating its 40th Anniversary! They also heard how the George Michael Fund donation has been turned into £𝟓𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 thanks to another of our wonderful supporters, Rachel Lowe MBE from Destination Board Games 🎁 This is going to make such a HUGE difference to thousands of children this Christmas 😍 Rachel also previewed something really exciting coming for Mission Christmas 2025 🤫

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 🎁 If you've bought a gift but haven't had a chance to drop it off yet, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 do it today, there's a searchable map of all of our drop off points on our website 🎁 Or if you haven't managed to buy a gift yet, maybe you could head out during your lunch break or after work today? 🎁 You've also only got until 𝟐𝐩𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 to buy a gift from our online Gift List at cashforkids.org.uk/mission We still need gifts for over 𝟕𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 so please help us 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 if you can 🙏

🎄 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 🎄 Step into the Mission Christmas warehouse, and you’ll see shelves filling up with what makes this season special: the thoughtfulness of a community coming together. Piles of toys, each one a gesture of kindness are sorted, packed, and sent out, ready to make a child’s Christmas morning unforgettable. Each doll, book, and puzzle represent someone’s decision to share a little extra joy this year. Every cash donation we receive means we can carefully choose presents for age groups often overlooked - like babies and teenagers. Every single gift whispers : 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 🎅 ✨ 🎁 This is the heart of Mission Christmas. Your generosity filling these shelves, and your compassion turning wish lists into gifts that children can hold - a simple reminder that they’re not forgotten. And it’s not too late to be part of it. While you’re out shopping, grab an extra toy and drop it at your nearest collection point by tomorrow : https://lnkd.in/dTiMbiP - or give what you can to help us reach every child on our list : https://lnkd.in/gZJ8qbfb 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔.

🚨 !!URGENT MESSAGE!! 🚨 There's now less than 72 hours left to change Christmas for all of these children. If you've already helped Mission Christmas this year a MASSIVE THANK YOU 😍 But it's a sad fact that we still need lots more gifts to reach every child this year. So, if you can, please... 🎁 Take a new, unwrapped gift to one of our thousands of drop off points across the country (there's a map to search for your closest on the website) or; 💻 Buy a gift from our online Gift List and it'll be delivered direct to one of our Mission Christmas HQs or; ✨ Make a donation on our website and we'll buy a gift on your behalf. The info for all of these ways to help is at cashforkids.org.uk/mission but you've only got until the end of❗️THIS WEDNESDAY❗️(as we need time to turn around your donations and to get them to the families who need them in time for the big day.) 📣 Please help us spread this urgent message by re-sharing this post, or by linking to it or sending it in your WhatsApp and Messenger groups. Mission Christmas is one big team effort - WE. CAN. DO. THIS. 💪

B&M Retail are INCREDIBLE supporters of Mission Christmas every year 🥰 Not only can you drop off your gifts in many of their stores, they also donate thousands of pounds worth of presents themselves. This year we sent our Chief Christmas Elf Owen Warner on a trolley dash around his local B&M... 🎁

We were so thrilled that Kate Wogan, Helen Faulkner and the team at Uh Oh Milo chose to support Mission Christmas this year. All profits from the sale of "The Excited Elf" are being donated to Cash for Kids 🥰 We also found out that Sam Thompson from Hits Radio has always wanted to do one of those bedtime story readings that you see on the telly, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to make his dreams come true! So allow us to present, Sam Thompson reading "The Excited Elf" (You can still buy a copy of the book from our Mission Christmas Shop at cashforkids.org.uk/mission)

🆘 We've only got 5 days left to find gifts for 172,617 children across the UK 🆘 If you're finishing your Christmas shopping this weekend, please buy an extra gift and take it to one of our drop off points. Or if you're shopping online, head to the Gift List on our website and your gift will come straight to one of our Mission Christmas HQs. All the details for these ways to help, and how you can make a donation, are at cashforkids.org.uk/mission