07/12/2025
Teesside at Christmas 2025 - you made this happen 💙
Every year I am blown away by the kindness of people across Teesside, but this year has felt extra special. We are a small charity with almost no budget, run in spare hours, but held up by people who simply refuse to let others go without.
Because of you, this year we have:
🎁 Packed and delivered around 1100 gift bags and boxes
🎁 Given over 100 extra gifts to people in real need
🎁 Sent out 100 food hampers
Behind every one of those numbers is a person who will wake up on Christmas Day to something they were not expecting. And we aren't talking just a single gift. You packed full shoeboxes and gift bags with care, thinking about the person who would open them. You chose things that would make someone feel remembered, not forgotten. That is the real magic of Christmas.
We only ever ask for what we are referred. We do not collect “extras” to store away or just give away like a free-for-all. Your donations go straight to people who have been identified as needing support, in our own communities, right now. In a world that can feel harsh and unfair, you have helped make sure that families here feel seen, valued, and included.
This year we have been able to support:
RCBC - Children Social Care, Nite Light CIC, TEES, Grangetown Generations, Dave Saunders Football Academy, TCD Middlesbrough & Teesside, Nepacs, Linthorpe Community Primary School, The Chris Cave Foundation, Rosedene Nurseries and more...
We have also had incredible support from local businesses who chose to stand with us and rally their staff, customers, and friends:
Normanby Court, Middlesbrough, ArtAV, Rosedene Nurseries, Priory Woods School and Arts College, Newcastle Building Society (Stokesley), Vision Training North East, Eton Environmental Group, ARC Stockton, SUEZ UK, Hope Netball Club, The Devonport Middleton One Row, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Boro Runners, UKSBS, The Grenfell Club, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Teesside always shows up. We look after our own. When times are hard, this community pulls together so that no one is left behind and fewer people feel alone. That spirit is what Teesside at Christmas is built on, and you prove it year after year.
To every individual, every family, every workplace, every group that donated, collected, shared posts, organised, sorted, lifted, drove, and cared – thank you. You have given more than gifts. You have given people a reason to feel hopeful this Christmas.
Please tag everyone involved so they can see our THANK YOU. 💙
Note: We had an amazing film crew, Lucy and Joe, on site yesterday to record the events - hopefully we can share our new video in the new year.
