Spirit of Christmas

Spirit of Christmas Spirit of Christmas is a registered charity that runs 3 projects to help promote families and communities and alleviate poverty.

Projects are Christmas parties; Christmas shop (toy bank) and Banana Toy Box Project. Registered charity number: 1185011 Our story began in December 2008 when my family and I had a long talk about Christmas and agreed that Christmas should be a time of giving. However for many families Christmas is a time of great pressure and stress as they try to create a great family Christmas with limited fina

nces. From this talk came an idea of trying to do something local that would be family orientated, demonstrate giving, encourage people in the community to help and be affordable for all. We thus determined to run a family Christmas party in 2009, booked the main hall in the old Abbey Leisure centre and ran two parties at which around 140 children plus adults came along. Encouraged by the attendance, we continued to run parties in Selby from 2010 to 2012. and also partnered with Doncaster Refurnish (a social enterprise) to run parties in the Carcroft area of Doncaster. During this time we catered for 1200 children plus adults. From 2008 till 2013, we also raised in excess of £2300 for charity and around 20-25% of financially disadvantaged families were given tickets for the parties. After selling party tickets, we took out the hall rent and any monies remaining were given to charity. As the parties continued to grow it became impossible for us to fund it entirely on our own, and in 2013 we became a small charity called Spirit of Christmas. We have continued to expand and have added two more projects, The Christmas Toy Bank and the Banana Box Toy Project. The Christmas Toy Bank allows invited families to visit a "Christmas Toy Shop" and select a present and two books for each child they have. We provide gift wrapping as well to ensure children are surprised on Christmas day. The Banana Box Toy Project provides educational and special needs toys to families throughout the year. We work with other organisations with these two projects to ensure that we reach those most in need. As of December 2021 we have catered for 4420 children plus adults at our parties, 666 children via our Banana Box Toy Project and 800 children via our Christmas shop (toy bank)

We are grateful to Sonia and the committee who ran the Burn Big Lunch on our behalf. All proceeds will go to providing e...
14/06/2026

We are grateful to Sonia and the committee who ran the Burn Big Lunch on our behalf. All proceeds will go to providing events and presents for children in our locality.

 

There are still places available for our next neurodiversity stay and play session this month. This is a FREE event, how...
11/06/2026

There are still places available for our next neurodiversity stay and play session this month.
This is a FREE event, however you need to book your childs place via our website (shown on image below).
There is a car park on site and we also provide free refreshments.

We would like to thank everone who stopped by our stall at West Park Goole car boot sale this morning. We raised £128.60...
07/06/2026

We would like to thank everone who stopped by our stall at West Park Goole car boot sale this morning. We raised £128.60 for funds (that is almost 2% of what we need to run each year!).

There are still 10 places available for our next neurodiversity stay and play session this month. This is a FREE event, ...
02/06/2026

There are still 10 places available for our next neurodiversity stay and play session this month.
This is a FREE event, however you need to book your childs place via our website (shown on image below).
There is a car park on site and we also provide free refreshments.

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Our next neurodiversity stay and play session is in June. This is a free event, however you need to book your childs pla...
25/05/2026

Our next neurodiversity stay and play session is in June. This is a free event, however you need to book your childs place via our website (shown on image below.

We are grateful to Lindsay for asking family and friends to donate to our charity rather than purchase christmas present...
23/05/2026

We are grateful to Lindsay for asking family and friends to donate to our charity rather than purchase christmas presents for her birthday. We received a number of brand new toys and a combination of cash and gift vouchers to the value of £80.
Thank you to everyone who donated to us via Lindsay.

Our next neurodiversity stay and play session takes place on the 19th of June. Places are free but you need to reserve y...
16/05/2026

Our next neurodiversity stay and play session takes place on the 19th of June.
Places are free but you need to reserve your childs place via our website at https://www.spiritofchristmas.org.uk/events/
Your child does not need to be formally diagnosed in order to attend.
Free refreshments.
Please book your place as it give you a chance to make new friends and see your child play in a safe non judgemental environment.

We would like to wish Steve all the best as he takes part in the Great Selby Bike Ride tomorrow.Steve is raising funds f...
16/05/2026

We would like to wish Steve all the best as he takes part in the Great Selby Bike Ride tomorrow.
Steve is raising funds for our charity and there is still time to sponsor him by visiting
https://www.justgiving.com/page/steve-milner-2
Thank you.

Help Steve Milner raise money to support Spirit of Christmas

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