Santa Sleigh, North West

04/10/2026

🎄🎁 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – CHILDREN’S TOY APPEAL 🎁🎄

Christmas is fast approaching, and our Children’s Toy Appeal is getting underway. We’re now looking for some fantastic volunteers to help us make this year’s appeal as successful as possible. ❤️

We need help with:

🎁 Collecting toys and gifts
🛍️ Buying new toys with donations received
📦 Sorting and organising all the wonderful donations
🚗 Helping with general preparations and deliveries

We are particularly looking for volunteers who can spare some time during the last week of November and the first week of December.

And please don’t think you need to give up a whole day — even an hour of your time would make a real difference. Every bit of help is genuinely appreciated.

The more volunteers we have, the more children we can help and the more manageable the workload is for everyone involved. ❤️

📢 Banners and posters will be going up very soon, with full details of where toys and gifts can be dropped off.

If you think you could spare an hour, a morning, an afternoon — or perhaps a little more — we would absolutely love to have you involved.

Let’s come together as a community and help make Christmas a little more special for local children. 🎅🎄🎁

If you can help, please get in touch.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support the appeal — your generosity and time really does make a difference. ❤️

11/09/2026

Please help support this very worthy cause. Every penny raised from this very demanding physical event will go towards the children’s toy appeal supporting less fortunate children within the local community.

Thank you 🙏

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11/07/2026

Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 best of luck lads 🙏

15/02/2026

We hope everyone had a great day

24/12/2025

‼️ Santa Sleigh and children’s toy appeal update ‼️

Good evening everyone, well that’s a rap for the Santa Sleigh North West and children’s toy appeal for another year. As always it’s been a very, busy time of year with demand for our services increasing year after year.

This year Santa, Mrs Claus and the naughty Elf visited 4 primary schools, 1 SEN children’s centre, 1 Christmas lights switch on, a Santa’s Grotto and countless housing estates within the local area.

A very common question we get asked is are you the Rotary Club or anything to do with the Round Table. In short the answer is no we are not. We are completely privately owned and as such we can dictate when and where we go with the sleigh. Initially I took the sleigh around Garswood and Downall Green but soon after following numerous requests I included areas such as Billinge and Ashton in Makerfield.

The sleigh was built in 2020 during the Covid pandemic by myself “Jason Shawcross” so I could bring the joy of Christmas to the younger generation albeit socially distant. We are all well aware of the cost of living crisis but I am heartbroken at the shear number of children in need within our local area.

Back in 2022 a decision was made to start collecting money for what became the “Children’s Toy Appeal”
We are a completely non political and non judgemental group and liaise with schools locally asking them to identify families in need. This year we have provided toys for 70 children from 32 families within our local area. We are firm believers that no child should feel they have been forgotten on Christmas morning regardless of family circumstances. Unfortunately we are unable to help everyone, it’s not for a lack of presents but simply because we can’t make someone better or bring a loved one back.

To build the sleigh, maintain and house it, the costs have run into thousands of pounds. I will never take a penny from the money raised as we need every single penny for presents. All I would say is if you can support this group either by making a small donation or a gift it would be much appreciated.

In order to facilitate an event around a local area we rely upon volunteers. Sometimes we have lots but other times I have to give serious consideration to cancelling the event. We not only need bucket collectors but stewards to ensure a safe event. This year we nearly had to cancel some events due to a lack of stewards. Hopefully next year with plenty of advance notice more people will walk with the sleigh and embrace a fantastic community event.

The list of people I would like to thank is huge but a special mention must go to Cheryl Andrew’s 🧑‍🎄, Sue Murphy 😇, Glenda 😇, Amanda 😇, Senely Green Parish Council, Graham (Santa) 🎅Cllr Danny Fletcher 🫡 and everyone else who helped makes dreams come true 🙏. Thank you for your help, stay safe, lots of love.

15/12/2025

Although the weather is not great today (Monday) Santa and his sleigh will be out and about tonight around Garswood and Downall Green.
Please come and help support this event. We need volunteers to walk alongside the sleigh and help to collect donations.
This is the main fundraising event of the year for the children in our local area. We appreciate that many people don’t carry cash but tonight please make that effort as every penny really does make a huge difference.

Many thanks

Santa 🎅

14/12/2025

Santa’s🎅 Grotto is today 😁

Although it’s cold and wet outside it’s nice and warm in Santa’s grotto. Why not come down to Garswood United football club this afternoon from 2pm. (Sunday)

There will be lots of fun games, entertainment and the opportunity to meet Santa, Mrs Claus and the elves.

Ho, ho, ho 🎅🧑‍🎄🌲

06/12/2025

🎄✨ ELF VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED! ✨🎄
We’re getting ready for a magical Christmas season — and Santa needs your help!

We’re looking for friendly, festive, and reliable Elf Volunteers to help bring the Christmas spirit to life at our Santa’s Sleigh 🛷 events.

Roles include:
🧝 Greeting families and children
🎁 Helping Santa with gifts
📸 Assisting with photos
🎉 Bringing fun and festive cheer to the event
🧝🧝‍♀️ Collecting monetary donations

No experience needed — just enthusiasm, reliability, and a love of Christmas!
Big pointy ears 👂 are not necessary but will be welcomed 😁

If you’d like to join Santa’s team and help create unforgettable memories, please message us or get in touch, thank you.

Let’s make this Christmas magical! ✨🎅🎄

Santa Sleigh North West

06/12/2025

🎅✨ Father Christmas Is Coming to Town! ✨🛷

Get ready for some festive magic — Father Christmas will be visiting in his sleigh!
Bring the family out to say hello, snap some photos, and enjoy the Christmas cheer as he makes his way through the area.

Keep an eye out for the twinkling lights and jingle bells… he’ll be arriving soon! 🎄❄️

Monday 15th Dec from 6pm Garswood (starting at Tesco express)

Monday 15th Dec from 7.15pm (starting at the Blue Bell pub car park)

Tuesday 16th Dec from 6pm Billinge. (starting at the St Mary’s social club)

Thursday 18th Dec from 6pm Ashton in Makerfield, start point and route TBC by Cllr Danny Fletcher

Please 🙏 bring some money with you as all money raised will 100% go towards the local children’s toy 🧸 appeal. If you don’t have money we have card readers, please be prepared to make a small donation, thank you all and Merry Christmas

Best wishes

Santa 🎅 Mrs Claus 🤶 and all the elves🧝 🧝‍♀️