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About Bags of Blessings

We are a charity, local to Nottingham, which distributes donated gifts to deprived young people in the Nottingham area. â€‹â€‹ In our first year, 2018, just two months after our inaugural meeting, we collected enough donations to make the Christmas of 335 young people a happier time and 2019 saw us distributing toys and gifts to 810 children and teenagers. Each year we have successfully increased the number of toy sacks we deliver. In 2020 we delivered 1,200 sacks, 2021 we delivered 1,435 sacks and in 2022 we delivered 1,791 toy sacks bringing children across Nottingham a little Christmas joy. The Hygiene Hub was launched in 2023. In 2024 we supplied toys and gifts for 2020 individuals. Including hygiene, Easter and summer packs we have sent out over 23,000 bags.

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None of this would have been possible without the support of helpers who collected donations and volunteer drivers. Funding comes from our own fundraising events and support from local councils, plus individual donations and grant-making organisations.  We cannot adequately express how grateful we are for all the help we are given.

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Some of our volunteers from left to right, Janet,  Elaine, Maggie, Janet, Chick

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