Christmas Appeal
Thank you for all your help in making the Christmas Appeal 2024 happen!
Highlights from the 2024 Christmas Appeal
In 2024 we delivered gifts to 3,374 children and their siblings - this is an increase of 18% compared to gifts delivered in 2023! Alongside, over 900 festive food hampers were delivered to families.
Please watch this space to find out when the Christmas Appeal 2025 goes live!
Why does the Christmas Appeal exist?
The Christmas Appeal is about more than gifts; it’s about providing hope and relief to families navigating immense challenges. For many, Christmas isn’t a season of abundance but one of survival.
A young child facing homelessness with their dad after losing a grandmother.
A family where both parents are battling cancer amidst extreme poverty.
A single mother of three, fighting mental health challenges while holding her family together.
These are real people and real stories, and your support makes all the difference. Thank you for being part of this vital effort.
The history of the Kids Inspire Christmas Appeal
Since 2009 we have successfully run a Christmas Appeal to source, wrap and deliver presents, and hampers, to nominated children and their families in Essex.
Every year we ask for help from the local community to support the appeal and every year we are overwhelmed by the response and the desire to help give children a better Christmas.
The options to be involved have remained the same throughout: to Donate, to Give a Gift or to Give a Hamper - or quite simply to share about the appeal to help raise awareness of the need.
We couldn’t do what we do, without your generosity. Thank you
Who supports the Christmas Appeal?
The Christmas Appeal would not be possible without all our supporters and organisations who make donations, provide gifts, and make up food hampers.
In 2024 our 251 volunteers gifted a total of 1,251.5 hours wrapping and delivering to make the appeal happen.
Christmas Appeal 2023
In 2023 we delivered gifts to 2,850 children and siblings - double the gifts delivered in 2022 - and over 700 families received food hampers.
Christmas Appeal 2022
In 2022, 1,615 young people from across Essex received gifts from the Christmas Appeal and over 500 families received food hampers
My daughter said that it was like a birthday with all the goodies, and my son keeps saying how amazing Kids Inspire are and I must say we all agree. - Parent
Our Volunteers
We’re always so grateful to our Christmas Appeal volunteers. If you would like to be considered for future appeals please contact us.
Who nominates?
Nominations into the Christmas Appeal come from Social Workers, Schools and our own professional team.
If you would like to know more about our nomination process for a child you know to receive a gift or hamper please contact us
Any further questions?
Should you have any further queries please contact christmasappeal@kidsinspire.org.uk or call the team on 01245 348707
“The Christmas Appeal is such a great and important cause at such a special time for children and families it makes a real difference. We are happy to be part of it once again.”
On behalf of all the families we support at Christmas and all year round, thank you.
More than gifts
Stories behind the appeal
Christmas Appeal 2023
All the news and views from the 2023 appeal
Christmas Appeal 2022
Who gifted what and when?
Page updated: 20 December 2024