Welcome to Christmas Care - we have been providing food, warmth & hospitality for the homeless & lonely at Christmas since 1988.
Financial Donations
The easiest method for us to receive donations is via bank transfer to the following account:
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Bank: The Co-operative Bank
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Sort Code: 08-92-99
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Account Number: 67319718
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Account Name: Christmas Care
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Reference: Please use your name.
Individual UK taxpayers may increase their donations by 25% with no cost to themselves by the filling in our online Gift Aid form.
For other ways to donate, please see our Donate page.
Donations in Kind
In 2024, we have the following donation days in place:
Saturday 14th December - 10am - 2pm
Sunday 22nd December - 10am - 2pm
Both donation days will be held at The Haven, Queens Drive, Swindon (next to the ambulance station). A map can be seen on our Contact Us page.
For details of items we need, please refer to our Donations page.
If we find we are low on specific items, we will post on our Facebook page, so please follow and like, and keep an eye on this page on and around our donation days.
We thank you in advance for any donations you can provide.
Latest update (28th November 2024):
Rotas Are Complete
Thank you so much to everyone who applied to be part of Christmas Care 2024! Our elves have now completed the rotas for this year and have emailed them out to all who applied. We've had a massive response this year so, although we've tried to, we haven't been able to offer everyone a shift. If you applied and haven't heard back from us, please check your emails, including your junk mail folders.
Thank you again for your incredible support - We really couldn't do this without you!
Our attention now turns to our donation days. Any donations no matter how large or small make a massive difference to so many peoples lives.
The donation days this year will be held at the Haven (opposite Burger King by the Magic Roundabout - see our contact us page for a map) on the following days:
Saturday 14th December 10am - 2pm (for frozen and long shelf-life food); and
Sunday 22nd December 10am - 2pm (for short shelf-life food).
For a more detailed list, including ways you can donate money, please see our donation page.
Christmas Care is a Swindon charity that has provided hospitality for homeless and vulnerable local people every Christmas since 1988. We are based in The Haven Day Centre, Queen's Drive, Swindon SN3 1AR.
We provide a drop-in day centre for homeless and isolated people in the Swindon area over the Christmas period.
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The dates we are open - from Christmas Eve for a week (exact dates are determined each year). This year our last day will be Sunday, 29th December.
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Our opening times for guests are 9:00am - 5:30pm each day, other than Sunday when we close at 3:00pm.
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We offer a full English breakfast, a hot home-cooked lunch and an early evening snack. In between, there are hot drinks, chats, companionship and festive cheer.
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Guests do not need to book in advance.
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For insurance reasons, we are unable to accommodate anyone under 18 years old, guest or volunteer.
It is run entirely by volunteers and a small committee, and is funded purely from donations, both cash and donations in kind.