Donate a gift and make Christmas reyt special for our patients

Our Trust charity, EyUp!, is appealing for help from the community to support their Christmas gift appeal ‘The season of reyt goodwill’.

Around 500 patients will be staying on wards at our Trust this festive season. For many, being away from home and loved ones on Christmas Day can feel especially isolating.

We want to ensure every one of them wakes up to a thoughtful gift to open on Christmas morning.

You can help by donating gifts suitable for people aged 18+, ranging from young adults to older people on their dementia wards. These can include books, jigsaw puzzles, socks, chocolate and art and craft items.

Items that are sharp or have blades cannot be accepted. You don’t need to wrap your gift – just place it in a small box or gift bag with the intended age and gender of the gift labelled.

Gifts can be dropped off at convenient local collection points in Barnsley, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Pontefract and Wakefield, including select supermarkets, leisure centres and libraries.

You can also pop into your local Dunelm stores in Wakefield, Huddersfield and Doncaster and select a tag from their ‘delivering joy’ Christmas tree to donate a present.

If you would prefer to donate instead, you can contribute on EyUp!’s Just Giving.

Lisa Bradbury, EyUp! charity community and event fundraiser said “Christmas is a season of giving, a time to spread joy and kindness. Donating a gift will bring that extra bit of cheer to those spending Christmas in hospital.

“We appreciate any support that people can give whether that is helping spread the word or being able to donate a gift.”

Want to get involved? Find out more information and where you can drop off a gift.

For further information, contact the charity team eyup.charity@swyt.nhs.uk