🎁 Safe at Christmas 🎁
While many families get together for Christmas, others are rebuilding their lives in refuge accommodation, often with very little, just a few clothes and personal items they grabbed as they left. Until the day when the adults and children who live in refuge can celebrate the holiday in their own homes, show them that you care.
We have talked to women currently living in refuge about Christmas to find out how we can all help them celebrate the season, and beyond, when they move into their own home.
Survivors have shared with us what it means to them…
“We have nobody and people help us, it takes courage to help people in need”
“One day when I’m okay, I’m going to do the same and help others”
“Shows the light, we are not alone, there are people there”
“Helps me take baby steps towards a better future”
“Help from others, helps and motivates us”
“I don’t really think about what I want, it’s about the children”.
Please remember, we support men and women who are on their own too.
We will soon be helping the children write their letters to Santa. Last year the children and young people wrote:
‘My Christmas is different to others’
‘I hope Santa will find us’
‘We will soon have our new home, I am happy though as I no longer live in fear, being with my Mum and Brother is all I need this year’
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A voucher may not seem exciting, but one word came up over and over again, ‘choice’. This is something that many domestic abuse victims are denied and for the first time they can make their own decisions, and they know what is best for their children.
We would love to give all adults and children at least one gift.
You can make their Christmas wishes come true…🎁
Adults:
- Beauty products and toiletries set
- Hair products (including for afro/curly hair), hairbrushes/combs
- Snuggly blankets, pyjamas, fluffy socks
- Book vouchers that can be used for audio/books in any language
- Amazon vouchers
- Iron tawa (flat pan for cooking roti)
- Headphones
- Cinema or restaurant vouchers i.e. Nando’s
- Netflix/Apple/Google gift cards
Children’s gifts:
- Book series (children) e.g. Harry Potter, Tom Gates, Isodora Moon, Julia Donaldson.
- School lunch boxes, brightly coloured school bags
- Tractors/Diggers
- Dinosaurs and jungle animals
- Disney characters/dolls – Bluey – Avengers and Spiderman
- Sensory toys for toddlers
- Fire engines – Police cars – Ride on toys
- Family board games
Teenagers:
- Headphones
- Cinema or restaurant vouchers i.e. Nando’s
- Netflix/Apple/Google or any entertainment gift cards
- Hairbrushes/combs
- Wallets/purses
- Bags
- Boots/Superdrug/Lush gift cards
- Hot chocolate bombs
Moving on items:
- Bedding sets – single
- New dishes/crockery
- Pots and pans
- Curtains and curtain poles
- Oven trays and gloves
- Washing lines, pegs and clothing airers/dryers
- Air fryers
- Mops/buckets/sweeping brushes/cleaning products
- Rugs and bathroom mats
- Microwave
- Toaster
- Kettle
- Vouchers from Home Bargains/B&M or similar.
Thank you so much from all of us at The Elm Foundation! We wish you a happy and healthy holiday!🎄
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