Donate Christmas hampers and gift boxes

You can help people in need this Christmas by donating a gift box for a child or a hamper full of Christmas food.

Gift boxes and hampers help to alleviate the many financial pressures and allow people to celebrate Christmas rather than exist through it. After receiving gift boxes last year a mother said: ‘It took the stress out of Christmas a bit. The kids loved their items’, and another family said ‘you have just lifted a huge weight off my shoulders’.

In 2023 the foodbank distributed 968 hampers and 1247 children’s gift boxes to families supported by local agencies and schools including Children’s Services, Finding Freedom and Andover Young Carers.

The foodbank was able to distribute hampers and gift boxes because of the generosity of local individuals, companies, clubs and schools, and a fantastic team of volunteers.

Find out more about gift boxes from our information sheet and gift box leaflet which has labels and lots of ideas for gifts. All items must be new and unused, sweets must have a use by date on each individual packet (loose sweets or packets from multipacks without a date cannot be distributed), and free items such as toys from restaurants and toiletries such as basic toothbrushes or soap should not be included.  The foodbank distributes these toiletries separately.

To donate a hamper you can complete 12 Days to Christmas. There are 12 dates on which you add 12 items to your hamper or bag for life starting on 1 November 2024. You can follow 12 Days to Christmas on Facebook and Instagram adding items on specific days at or do your shopping in one go.

Please share the information with colleagues, members of groups or clubs you attend and friends.

You can also donate online £15 helps us produce an exciting box of gifts and £30 a bag full of Christmas food.

Gift boxes must be delivered to the foodbank by Friday 8 November 2024. This guarantees that care workers have time to discreetly deliver the gift boxes to families in time for Christmas. Hampers must be delivered by Sunday 24 November 2024.

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