Christmas is fast approaching and Radio Lollipop Newcastle are looking for schools, businesses and shops to help us out with our post-Christmas toy drive for children at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Will you be doing a Christmas clear out to make room for the new toys and gifts you will be getting at Christmas? Dont just throw away your older toys as there is a good chance that we can use them to make a sick child smile.
If your wasted toys are in good, clean condition, we can arrange to have them delivered directly to sick kids on the wards of Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary over the course of the year.
Every small gift we can provide for these kids turns a frown upside down, so have a look through your cupboards and see what youve got
Examples of items that are especially useful to us include:
Smaller items like
Keyrings
Hair slides and bobbles
Stationery of any kind
Model cars and trains
And any other small gift items you may have in the back of your drawer these are the most useful things for us!
We can also make good use of
Board games.
Books.
Videos
DVDs
Music CDs.
Console (especially original playstation) games
Nightlights
Small jewellery items
Anything you can think of really as long as its in good working order!
Clean clothing which is in good condition is also very useful for families whose children are rushed into hospital very quickly without any time to prepare.
Dont forget that children in hospital can be any age from 0-18 so items for teenagers and young adults are also very welcome.
If you think you may be able to help to arrange a toy drive at your school or place of work, or you have a small donation of items that you would like to arrange to deliver to us or have collected, please get in touch via the contact Newcastle page.
We cant wait to hear from you. Your donations will be used all year round to provide gifts for children who need a smile.
PLEASE NOTE: The only thing we can’t accept are cuddly toys as they are difficult to clean fully and carry more risk of cross infection if they are passed from child to child.