Coronavirus rules out cuddly toy donations

Toys and gifts – This year we would ask supporters not to donate cuddly toys as the charities may have difficulty placing these for health and hygiene reasons. Gifts should be left unwrapped.

Vouchers – Given the current pandemic, we are also giving the option of donating gift cards and vouchers to offer some flexibility to both those donating and to the charities. Please mail vouchers and cards, marked‘give A Gift’, to Stirling Observer, 40 The Craigs,

Stirling FK8 2DW.

Please include details of the value of the gift card or voucher.

If you would like a confirmation of receipt, provide your name and postal address or email address.

●Drop off points - Please note that the Observer office is closed for the time being and will not act as one of the drop-off points this year. However, we are grateful to the many other drop -off points who will be happy to accept the items.

These include: STIRLING – Morrisons supermarket, Springkerse Retail Park; Barber Co, 20 Upper Craigs FK8 2DG; Nationwide Building Society, Port Street; Jintz Express, 1, 5 Munro Rd, Stirling FK7 7SY; ABERFOYLE – Station Coffee Shop, Main Street; BALFRON Andrew Anderson & Sons, 64B Buchanan Street G63 0TW; BANNOCKBURN – Jintz Express/post

Office, 17 Quakerfield; DUNBLANE – Beech Tree Cafe, 2 Beech Road; Dunblane Centre, Stirling Road; RAPLOCH - Andrew Anderson & Sons 90 Drip Road FK8 1RN.

Any businesses, schools or organisations are also welcome to offer their premises as a drop-off point or to hold their own in-house collections.

Other drop-off points will be added in the coming days and publicised in the Observer and on our social media pages.