insideKENT Magazine Issue 45 - December 2015 | Page 171

Christmas is the season of goodwill, so how better to prove that old adage than to give the gift of charity this year? Not only does a gift like this give something back to the charity itself, but it is also something for your friends and family to enjoy, to give them an insight into a cause that is close to your heart, and in some cases it is something that will actually help someone a lot further away from home in a much more literal way. It’s not about the amount of money you give to charity, it’s about the thought that goes into it, and the amazing results that are able to happen because you have. Take a look at these fantastic charities and how they are making alternative gift giving a dingdong merrily good idea! Gifts include: • Help Deliver a Baby (provide midwifery equipment to deliver a baby with this eco gift): £27.50 • 5,000 Water Purification Tablets: £21 • Chalk Boards for 100 Children: £16 • Nursery In A Box: £145 • Heat a classroom for Syrian children: £105 www.unicef.org.uk Save The Children Save the Children works in 120 countries across the world, saving young lives, fighting for children’s lives, and helping them fulfil their potential. It’s a hard task – some might say Unicef impossible – and yet selfless people are out there every day doing these things to help. And you With Unicef there are dozens of different charity can help too. Use the Save The Children’s online gifts you can choose from, and each one, from wishlist to pick a much needed item to send to the bicycle that means a little girl can now get those poor children, and in return you’ll be able to school, to the bowl of porridge given to a to give your recipient a beautiful card detailing starving child, makes a huge impact on the lives exactly what you have donated on their behalf, of children. and exactly how it will help in the everyday lives A gift from Unicef is sustainable, waste of children who need that help the most. free, and ongoing, meaning that one Christmas Plus, until 31st December, whenever you present can last for many years to come; what purchase a Wishlist item, the UK government other gifts can truly be that useful and that will match your donation pound for pound up to thoughtful? Once you have chosen your gift, you £5 million. That means your gift will have double can create a personalised card or e-greeting to the value and enable Save The Children to do give to the recipient so that they know exactly twice as much at no extra cost to you. what you’ve bought, and who it’s helping. 2413 canterbury christmas carol ad _Layout 1 14/10/2015 15:30 Page 1 Gifts include: • Shoes (in many countries, shoes are an expensive luxury. Many schools make footwear compulsory, so not having shoes can stop a child receiving an education): £10 • Tree Saplings (when it grows into a fruit tree, the family will have nutritious food and can sell spare produce at the market. The fruit from four trees alone can raise enough money to help a child through an entire school term): £12 • Teacher’s Kit (everything a teacher needs for their lessons. This kit includes chalk, crayons, erasers, notebooks and pencils – enough to teach 50 children for three whole months. Even looks forward to welcoming you to A Celebration of Christmas Canterbury Cathedral Raising funds for vital children’s hospice care in Kent Friday 18 December at 7.30pm Featuring: • The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, directed by Dr David Flood, Organist and Master of Choristers • Traditional Christmas Carols for all the family To book tickets please visit www.demelza.org.uk or telephone: [phone] For more information please email: [email protected] Tickets prices for Canterbury Concert: Adults: £12/£15/£18 Child: £6/£7.50/£9 (depending on view) ALSO AT: The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on Thursday 10 December at 7.30pm and Eastbourne College Chapel, East Sussex on Sunday 13 December at 3pm. Ticket prices vary per concert. 171 Registered Charity Number: 1039651