2021 Buckinghamshire Christmas Gift Appeal

Let's raise £10,000 for our 2021 Christmas Gift Appeal to help Buckinghamshire's vulnerable children and families

Your response last year to our appeal to help support Buckinghamshire's children and families at Christmas was truly overwhelming. Your generosity made sure that hundreds enjoyed the festive period with a bit extra than they could otherwise afford. Whether it's a present for a child, help for a struggling family or something to help a young person leaving care to live independently, your valuable support made a crucial difference. This year, we are looking for your help again.

With 2021 continuing to be just as difficult with the effects of Covid continuing, the rising costs of energy and pressure on supply chains, Christmas for our most vulnerable in Buckinghamshire looks just as challenging. Factor in money problems, unemployment, instances of domestic violence and mental health issues and you can understand the range of additional pressures facing many of our families across the County. For some, the stark reality is simply fighting to keep a roof over their heads with no extra money to buy presents for their children.

That's why our Christmas gift appeal, and your support, might be the only way our local children and families can get a little extra cheer this Christmas and enjoy what most of us take for granted over the festive period.

To manage the appeal and provide more support to our families in crisis this year, a new charity, Inspire Bucks, has been created and registered with the Charity Commission. Staffed by the same enthusiastic people and support from some new faces and better storage facilities too, Inspire Bucks will be working with Buckinghamshire Council and other organisations to provide that bit of extra support and to help make Christmas 2021 one to remember for our most vulnerable, rather than one to forget.

How you can help

Our fundraising appeal will help raise money to buy presents and giftcards for Buckinghamshire children whose families are facing difficulties or for families that have broken down, as well as young people leaving the Council’s care. We hope this will bring a bit of brightness to what continues to be a really tough and difficult time for many families in Buckinghamshire.

The money raised will support children and young people in Buckinghamshire who really need our help. So please, give as much as you can to make someone else’s Christmas a little happier this year.

Thank you so much for your support at this important time of the year.

The Inspire Bucks charity team