Donations and Gifts to LEAP Housing for Christmas

Gifts for Christmas at LEAP

We all love Christmas. However, at LEAP, Christmas for our clients can be hard; no presents, no tree and many other comforts we all take for granted. So this year, thanks to a range of local companies and organisations, Christmas for our clients has been made possible. We received over 100 separate presents ranging from chocolate to, well we couldn’t ruin the surprise!

Firstly, we sent out letter’s asking for help to make our clients Christmases a little more like Christmas. We are astounded at the response received from the local organisations and businesses, keep reading to see the organisations that helped save Christmas. We are eternally grateful to these organisations and companies at LEAP and so our clients, some clients left quotes regarding the presents.

Perfect, felt really lovely to receive gifts – Danielle

Leap has been very kind to me and his family and I couldn’t thank them enough for their kindness – Assad

The gifts are great as my baby can grow into them , very happy – Charlie

Read about the organisations and companies that helped make Christmas for our clients at LEAP below:

Tesco’s gift’s to LEAP

Tesco Wragby Road and Canwick Road both donated to help the cause. The supermarket chain donated over 40 boxes of biscuit assortments. This helps our clients at LEAP massively, and we greatly appreciate the difference they help make. The residents that live with us at LEAP will be tucking into a cup of tea and a biscuit thanks to Tesco’s. It may not seem like much but this can help make someone’s Christmas. Check out Tesco’s site here.

Morrison’s gift’s to LEAP

Both Morrison’s Gainsborough and Morrison’s Lincoln both donated gifts. The supermarket chain donated over 60 boxes of biscuit assortments as well! We are so grateful for this at LEAP, not only does this help clients not go hungry, but gives them a sweet treat for that special day. Thank you to Morrison’s for this donation, and our clients thank you for helping make their Christmas that little bit more comforting. Check out Morrison’s site here.

Integrity Software’s Gift’s to LEAP

Integrity Software came by our Lincoln office and donated Christmas gifts for our residents. They donated pre-wrapped presents for the children at LEAP and 28 selection boxes. Integrity software offer a Construction Accounting software, and have been providing solutions to the construction market for over 40 years!

Their software is used by some of the top-performing construction businesses throughout the UK and Ireland, check out their page here. A massive thank you to Integrity software for their fantastic wrapping skills, and for helping make peoples Christmas.

Lincs FM, Mission Christmas gift’s to LEAP

Lincs FM’s Mission Christmas, donated over 40 gifts for children at LEAP! Mission Christmas is a movement from Linc’s FM who’s mission is ‘Christmas for every child’. They understand that ‘Heat’ or ‘Eat’ is a real choice for so many families this winter. Christmas is something families simply can’t afford. However, thanks to their movement, they have made Christmas possible for children with us at LEAP.

A massive thank you from us at LEAP to the people who have donated to the movement and a massive thank you to the movement itself. We appreciate Linc’s FM for the difference it’s helped make this Christmas. Find Lincs FM’s homepage here for a range of hits and memories for Lincolnshire and Newark. Furthermore, find Mission Christmas’s page here, help them to make a difference this Christmas.

Adis Legacy gift’s to LEAP

Adis Legacy is a non-profit community interest company. They rely on donations to help the local community or those that need a little bit of help due to unforeseeable circumstances. Their motto is ‘Together We are Stronger’. Paula Green from Adis Legacy donated presents for two of our clients children. This has helped to make these clients children’s Christmas. If you want to help make a difference, Aids legacy is a great place to help, they make use of unwanted items, like so with their donation to LEAP.

Previously we participated in Adis Legacy’s platform. We donated pillows and curtains to her group, these will go to help people that have been homeless to furnish their new home. If you want to take part and help make the difference this Christmas, find her Facebook page here.

One Stop’s gift’s to LEAP

One Stop 103-104 High St, Lincoln, is a convenience store chain. They donated a whopping 31 assorted selection boxes! These boxes will help to keep our clients full and having sweet treat’s on Christmas day. Maybe even tempt in Santa and some Reindeer! We are so grateful for the gift to our clients, this helps make all the difference around Christmas. You can see the mountain of chocolate provided from the photo below and the lovely shop owner. Visit one stop’s website here.

Donations for Christmas at LEAP

William Wealth Consultancy

William Wealth Consultancy donated a huge £500 cheque to us at LEAP on the 14th of December. What a Christmas Miracle! During Christmas a donation this big can help change peoples lives. William Wealth Consultancy provide financial planning services from our offices based in Lincoln. They are are committed to building and sustaining long-term relationships based on trust, superior service and the quality of our initial and ongoing advice.

A donation this large can help us provide our support services to our clients. Our support team offers services to our clients such as; budgeting, emotional support, practical skills and life skills, which these donations help us provide. Furthermore, they can also help us to cover utility bills for our clients from as little as £11.55 a week to ensure clients have; water, electricity, and heating. With donations like these we can really make a difference to peoples lives throughout Christmas.

You can find William Wealth Consultancy’s here.

Freemason’s Donation

The Free Masons group, ‘Knights of St Thomas of Acon’. The group donated £250! They were formed based on the legend of Knights who revered St Thomas of Canterbury from the 12th Century. Their unit meets at the Masonic’s rooms in Gainsborough for anyone wanting to participate. A donation like this can help us make all the difference over Christmas by helping provide the most valuable comfort of all. Shelter!

Another way we could use the donation is to create welcome packs for our clients. Offering these to our clients costs £40 per person to help them get settled in. They contain: a quilt, pillows, covers, a laundry basket and bath towels. A huge thank you to the Free Masons who Minster Lodge No. 8702 also donated to us recently.

Co-Op Community Champion

We have been selected to be a Co-Op Community Champion from Sunday 4th December 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023! This means every time a member uses their dividend card in either CO-OP travel, post-office, funeral services or pharmacy. A donation will be made to LEAP and other Community Champions. In addition, money is raised from carrier bag sales, collection boxes, event days and colleague fundraising.

The money we raised from the CO-OP Community Champions will go toward laptops for our Community Hub in Gainsborough. These Laptops will be available to the public to use to give less fortunate individuals access to a computer for employment, finance or educational purposes. This can make a world of difference before Christmas, maybe even make a Christmas miracle of that dream job come true!

LEAP’s Christmas Events

Ashcroft Green

We also recently held a stall at the Ashcroft Green Christmas Fair. At the Fair we held a range of fundraising activities, such as a prize every time bag. These bags were sold at £1 per bag and had prizes in them ranging from cans of drink to various admission tickets and gift vouchers to different venues including:

We held a few other fundraising activities such as name the dog, who ended up being called Nick and Face Painting. We also used the Christmas Fair to hand out Leaflets about our Community Hub and spread the word about the help that the community hub spreads.

Nick-Name-the-dog-prize - LEAP Housing Ashcroft Fair Prize

How can you help?

All these companies have made a world of difference. and at LEAP we provide housing and support to vulnerable individuals facing homelessness in Lincolnshire. The easiest way you can also help us to continue our work is to is to support us through fundraising, donating or raising awareness through sharing posts like these or our social media content.

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Christmas Gifts and Donations for Homeless