This year a group of staff are working to support the Christmas Complete 2016 project, run by Southampton City and Region Action to Combat Hardship (S.C.R.A.T.C.H.) by making it accessible and convenient for staff and students to drop off their donations at the University.
The Christmas Complete project operates each year and is a way of ensuring that local children and young people can all enjoy Christmas. This project could not help all the families that are referred to them without very generous donations from individuals, local schools, churches and businesses. This year, staff and students at the University are invited to help.
Donations of toys and gifts suitable for babies, children and young people up to the age of 17 years are needed by Friday 9 December 2016.
The sorts of things the project needs are:
- Art and craft items (including colouring books, pencils and felt tip pens)
- Books
- Games and puzzles
- Gift Vouchers
- Age related toys (please no guns or war related items)
- Sweets and chocolates
- Toiletries and other items suitable for teenagers (there is always a shortage of items for teenagers)
Please do not wrap the gifts as this will be done later.
Items can be dropped off at any of the following locations:
- Avenue Campus, Building 65, Reception, Ext. 28645, email: [email protected]
- Boldrewood Campus, Building 176, Room 3043, Sue Smith, Ext. 22316, email: [email protected]
- Guildhall Square, 1GS, Human Resources, Level 3, Julie Balcombe, Ext. 29428, email: [email protected]
- Highfield Campus, Building 37, Human Resources/Tempbank, Level 4, Room 4123, Geraldine Witt, Ext. 24054, email: [email protected]
- Highfield Campus, Building 40, Level 2, The Advice Centre, Emma Pruce, Ext. 25354, email: [email protected]
- Highfield Campus, Building 44, Room 4057 and the FOS office (Level 2), Ext. 25083, email: [email protected], or Allyson Marchi, Ext. 29674, email: [email protected]
- Highfield Campus, Building 67, Health Sciences, Room 4015, Claire Reidy, Ext. 27628, email: [email protected]
- Highfield Campus, Building 67, Health Sciences, Room E4009, Anne Rogers, Ext. 26830, email: [email protected]
- NOCS, Building 68, Room 166/09, Frances Bradbury, Ext. 25898, email: [email protected]
- SGH, South Academic Block, Health Sciences, Level A, Room AA97, Deborah Knight, Ext. 71-3919, email: [email protected]
- SGH, South Academic Block, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Level A, Room AA71, Claire Ballinger, Ext. 71-6570, email: [email protected]
If you are interested in volunteering with Christmas Complete this year, you can help with sorting and packing on Monday 12 December 2016 at the premises in Green Lane, Millbrook. Please contact Annette at S.C.R.A.T.C.H. by email.
