Still time to Give A Gift
Couldn’t be easier to join in
Donating to the Stirling Observer’s Give A Gift Appeal couldn’t be easier thanks to a range of drop off points across the area.
Among them is now the Thistles shopping centre, where our donation box has a prime spot - in The Entertainer toy store.
Observer reporter Kaiya Marjoribanks said: “While people are willing to go out of their way to donate, we like to try to make it as easy as possible.
“Having a donation box at The Entertainer store is ideal as I’m sure people who are in buying toys for their own families will spare a thought and buy an extra gift for the appeal. They can also deposit any other gifts they have bought for the appeal.
“We are so grateful to the team at The Entertainer, and indeed to all the many other drop off points across the area, as they really do help gather in as many toys and gifts as possible and make the appeal even more visible.”
Schools, businesses and workplaces are also amongtst the army of individuals who make the effort to support the appeal each year.
The appeal receives and distributes donations of new toys and gifts for sick, disabled, needy and disadvantaged children and young people - from babies to teenagers - at Christmas.
Among the charities and good causes which help to distribute the gifts donated every year to the Stirling Observer Give A Gift Appeal are Stirling Young Carers; Home-Start Stirling which supports families with young children going through difficult times; Stirling Women’s Aid; Stirling Council social services; PLUS, the local organisation which provides social opportunities for children and young people with disabilities; Stirling Interfaith Community Justice Group, which helps families and children at the Family Help Hubs at Cornton Vale and Glenochil; Support4Families, which supports those affected by a relative’s substance abuse including kinship carers; Barnardo’s; KiDS group for children with Down’s Syndrome; and Forth Valley
Royal Hospital children’s ward.
Collected at our offices in Upper Craigs and with the support of a host of dropoff points across the area, the gifts aim to ensure no local child goes without on Christmas morning and that those children and their families going through difficult times know their community has them in their thoughts.
The appeal also exists to ease the pressure many of the charities face over the festive season and allow them to put resources they may otherwise have had to use for gifts into their other areas of good work.