Help us spread joy...
We are aiming to provide Christmas gifts for 1,000 people who are going through really difficult times - families living in poverty, elderly people who are on their own, and people who are isolated and vulnerable.
We have set up Amazon wish lists, so you can choose a gift and it will be sent directly to the organisations we've partnered with to give to the people who need them. Wherever possible - particularly for the children's gifts - we have chosen things that they have specifically asked their parents / carers for.
If you make a financial donation, 100% of it will be used to buy gifts (we try to buy from high street stores with these donations as much as possible).
How to Buy a Gift
1. Choose who you'd like to help from the list below.
2. Select a gift from the Amazon wishlist.
3. Checkout ... when you checkout, choose the 'gift registry' address. This will mean your gift will be sent straight to the organisation. Please don't choose the 'gift wrap' option, but you can include a gift message if you wish.
4. Feel Good :)
Make a donation
If you would like to give a financial donation, you can donate online or by text. We will use 100% of your donations plus the gift aid to buy gifts.
Donate by text: Text 'Gifts' and the amount you wish to donate to 70450
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Send a Christmas Card
You can send a Christmas card or kind message for someone instead. You can post a Christmas card to: 52 Lives (Christmas), PO Box 3154, Reading, RG1 9AT.
Buying a gift on behalf of someone else?
Use our Christmas gift note to let them know you have bought a gift in their name - there's a printable and an email version.
Click here to email or download a gift note
Buy a Gift
If you are unsure how to buy from an Amazon wishlist, we have produced this handy guide! (Please note: If you can't add an item to your basket, try clicking on the item, and then adding it to your basket.)
School children in Hanworth
We're working with a local school on the edge of London that has a high number of pupils who are living in poverty. For the past few years, we have helped them to set up a special free Christmas 'shop' where families in need of help are discreetly invited in to choose gifts for their children. It has made a massive difference for those families and we'd like to be able to do it again for them this year.
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Families relying on food banks in Manchester
Emmelines Pantry helps many struggling families in the Manchester area with food and essentials. Leading up to Christmas, they also try to provide people using the food bank with gifts to give their children.
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Struggling families in Wales
The team at Home Start in Ceredigion work with vulnerable families who are living in poverty and who are affected by issues such as domestic violence, substance misuse or mental illness. In their words, they would love to be able to 'give these children a little bit of hope and happiness this Christmas.' We want to provide Christmas presents to the families they support.
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Families living in poverty in Berkshire
The Cowshed charity in Berkshire provides gifts for so many vulnerable individuals and families - including refugees, care leavers (who have little or no family support), people who are homeless, and families living in extreme poverty. The gifts you buy will be delivered by their volunteer elves!
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Thanks to the support of Eagle Eye, Brighton Prep Kensington and David Lloyd in Dudley, we will also be helping hundreds more children in need, plus more than a hundred women and children who are living in women's refuges in Berkshire and Scotland and refugees and asylum seekers in Sussex.