A Christmas Thank You!
This Christmas season, your generosity has made a real difference, because of you, families we support will experience the joy, comfort, and excitement that every child deserves at Christmas. Your donated gifts are more than presents, they are messages of kindness, hope, and community. We would like to thank…
- Rochester Utilities for donating 10 £50 Tesco Vouchers
- Salvation Army for their donations of Christmas Gifts
- St. Andrews School for donating over 300 Christmas gifts
- KICC Church for their donation of 25 food hampers
- Everyone who donated through the Amazon Wishlist program, which in total saw £315 worth of gifts donated. Thank you to those who donated to this. Many of you wanted to remain anonymous, but for those we know of, a special thanks to; Sarah, Joan, Donna, Julian, Sally, Jordan, Siobhan, Linda, Sarah and Claire.
This year we would like to give a special thank you to Danielle Perry for her donation of 49 sacks through her Christmas Box Appeal. This is her 12th year of this amazing campaign that seeks to support vulnerable children across Medway. This is her 3rd year supporting Home-Start Medway. Please see the video below to see her work. Danielle also received a special gift this year with the birth of her baby daughter, Ivy, who arrived on Sunday 7th December 2025.
From these donations…
We have been able to;
- Give 53 Children who attended Santa’s Grotto a present from Father Christmas
- Provide 59 Christmas sacks for Home-Start Medway families. We have also been able to provide additional sacks to the local children and family hubs for the families they are supporting.
- donate 25 Christmas food Hampers for families in financial hardship
