Every year, as the festive season approaches, thousands of families in our community make the difficult decision to contact their local charity and ask for support for Christmas gifts and food provisions during the holidays.

At Big Hearts, we've been supporting struggling individuals and families since 2015, and understand that asking for help is a big step, which can impact self-confidence and wellbeing.

Our focus this winter is to provide relief and free access to essentials in a way that is right for people. Big Hearts is committed to helping those most in need stay in control of how they will spend the festive season: from what they will eat to what they will put under the Christmas tree, making their own decision with the financial support from our charity.

Your donation to our Winter Appeal will help make that difference, and enable the families we support to feel trusted and empowered at a time of the year when things are difficult. You can make it happen.

• £10 would help Big Hearts provide a free festive meal to an older person
• £30 would enable our charity to offer one-to-one mental health support
• £50 would allow our staff to create a bespoke Christmas eve activity box 

The funds collected on this page will go to our efforts over Christmas and our mission to help adults and children live a safe and fulfilling life. Thank you for changing lives with big hearts.

Big Hearts Community Trust, registered charity SC037311