Local children design Christmas card art
John Gray & Co – Holywood hosted a ‘Design a Christmas Card’ Competition.
Children age 3 to 4 from Holywood Nursery School participated with an overwhelming 94 entrants.
The winning design judges by Gordon Dunne MBE MLA was drawn by Ariah aged 3 and was printed on 200 cards for the school to distribute.
All the children received Christmas Santa’s and colouring books/pencils.
Local children design Christmas card art
James Brown & Sons, Lisburn Road hosted a ‘Design a Christmas Card’ Competition.
Children age 11 to 13 from Victoria College in Belfast participated with an overwhelming 100 entrants. First, second and third prize winners were chosen by David Cooke from David Cooke Locations, as follows:
Winners
Katie D- £50 x 1 Hobbycraft voucher
Katie W – £30 Hobbycraft voucher
Sophie E- £30 Hobbycraft voucher
150 cards of the winning design were produced and given to the school to distribute.
Care Home donation
J & L Sturney Funeral Directors donated funds to Oak Tree Lodge Care Home so that the team can make life even more comfortable for their residents.
Oak Tree Lodge is a residential care home providing care and support for up to 19 residents.
Supporting Devon Air Ambulance
JH Way Funeral Services in Teignmouth which have given their window to the Devon Air Ambulance to decorate for January2.
Funeral Director Caz Denning said:” We have had lots of interest and several people asking for brochures for this worthwhile charity.”
Christmas Window Display
Team members at JH Way Funeral Services created this wonderfully creative Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Guess the name of the Snowman competition brings cheer to the community
The team from Walker & Morrell in Washington provided some festive cheer to children in the local community with a ‘Guess the name of the snowman’ competition.
The lucky winner was given an array of chocolatey treats as well as diaries and pens.
Lest We Forget
A H Rogers & Sons Hedge End and Shirley decorated their windows in support of the Royal British Legion and to honour both fallen and serving members of the Armed Forces community.
Lest We Forget
Simply Funerals decorated their windows in support of the Royal British Legion and to honour both fallen and serving members of the Armed Forces community.
Supporting local hospice
HAVEN Funeral Services were thrilled to be able to donate valuable funds to Michael Sobell Hospice which provides care, comfort and support for local people facing life-limiting illnesses.
As our teams are not able to offer their volunteer fundraising services because of national restrictions the hospice is low on funds so a donation of £250 was made.
We hope that this small gesture will go some way to supporting the hospice and their committed frontline health care teams to continue with their vital work.
Supporting local hospice
The team from GH Dovener & Son Funeral Directors have donated £500 and a food hamper for the healthcare teams at Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is in Headingley, Leeds. Their teams provide expert palliative care to people with a life-limiting condition, their loved ones and family.
Christmas Window Display
Team members at Walker & Morrell inn Washington created this wonderful Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Christmas Window Display
G & M Goold team members created this wonderful Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Christmas in Knowle
Thomas Bragg & Sons in Knowle created this wonderful Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Turning empty sweet tubs into money for charity
Devon-wide recycling firm DCW Polymers is stepping up a post-Christmas campaign by collecting, regrinding, and then selling the granules from plastic confectionery tubs.
In 2019 more than 100 businesses and individuals across the region collected more than 15,000 tubs, resulting in £1,200 being raised for charity.
With the help of 78 businesses within Devon and Cornwall this year’s collection takes in an expanded range of tubs and will raise money for Dartmoor Zoo, Mind and Macmillan.
Collections will begin at the end of January, and local collection points are Torbay & District Funeral Service in Torquay; Herring Shoes in Kingsbridge; Michael Howard High Quality Family Butchers in Moretonhampstead; The Cridford Inn at Trusham; Chudfridge in Chudleigh; Co-op Food in Bovey Tracey; The Sugar Mill in Chudleigh and The Auto Centre in Teignmouth.
If you would like to donate to the appeal, we encourage you to do so as part of your daily exercise or essential shop. Lets all stay safe.
Christmas Window Display
Funeral Partners branches across the country brought local communities some festive cheer by transforming their funeral homes with decorations and memory trees and by showing support for charity collections over the Christmas period.
Torbay & District Funeral Service, Torquay, created a festive display in their front window which encouraged donations of food to Feed a Child Torbay, the charity fighting child hunger in the region, as well as collecting advent calendars for Sanctuary Safe Housing, which shelters children in danger.
Community rallies for local children at Christmas
This year, once again the team at Torbay & District Funeral Service went above and beyond to help kids in Torbay over the 2020 Christmas period.
Every year the team appeals to the community to donate advent calendars for children living in safe houses in Torbay as well as Feed A Child Torbay, a charity held very dear. There is an annual foodbank at the funeral home but at Christmas the appeal is expanded to include Christmas items for children living in poverty. Currently there are over 3200 Children registered in the Bay as living in poverty.
When the members of Paignton Lions Club heard that Torbay & District Funeral Services were collecting Advent Calendars, Toys and Gifts, toiletries etc. for Feed a Child Torbay and for those Children in Safe houses within the bay, they immediately answered the call by purchasing over 100 Advent Calendars along with a good number of Xmas selection boxes and various chocolate.
There are 14 safehouses in Torbay. The appeal provides calendars, sweets, toiletries for the mums and the older children as there are often children up to the age of 18.
Funeral Directors Sarah Lockton and Mark Carr want to thank everyone who donated to the appeal.
Sarah said: “So many people have come forward at this very difficult time to donate their kindness to our appeal
Without our wonderful public of Torbay, we would never of achieved this appeal. Hundreds of kids in Torbay will now receive an advent calendar or boxes of sweets and toys and gifts on Christmas Day who without the help of everyone who donated may not have been fortunate enough to have a small but very meaningful gift this Christmas.”
Christmas Window Display
Wm Dodgson in Kippax created this wonderful Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Christmas Window Display
Pinks created this wonderful Christmas window display as they do every year to bring festive joy to the local community.
Whilst Christmas did look a little different in 2020 and we were not able to do everything we would normally do at this time due to Covid-19; we will continue to do what we can, and our windows will be decorated to show our support especially for local causes.
Winkle in the Window
Funeral Director and Winkle Club member Tony Hart created this Winkle Club window display in support of the club and local community.
The Winkle Club is an internationally famous charitable organisation formed by Hastings fishermen to help the less fortunate families of Hastings Old Town.
Santa Claus still came to town
Ian Brown Snr and Ian Brown Jnr bought some much-needed Christmas cheer to the local community.
With a sleigh belonging to a local school for those with additional needs Ian arranged to borrow the sleigh for Christmas Eve and Ian Jnr organised it’s decoration with lights and tinsel and Christmas music to play.
A Santa costume was borrowed, route map created and on Christmas Eve the two set off on their travels.
Adults and children stood at their gates and doorways ringing bells as Santa travelled round the streets of the Village. Great fun was had by all and people are already asking will this become an annual event.
Festive Tree Competition
Festive trees of many designs and sizes delighted visitors to St Peter’s Church in Old Woking on the weekend before Christmas.
The church ensured strict Covid-19 health and safety precautions were in place so they were able to stage this much-loved biennial community event.
There were 28 entries for the festival, mainly from church and community groups and also from families.
More than 70 family groups toured the trees over the weekend, as carols played in the background with a simultaneous collection for the Woking Hospice charity and the St Peter’s fabric fund.
Visitors voted for their favourite tree and Woking Funeral Service was second with its tribute to the NHS.
