The 2023 Tameside Toy Appeal has been another fantastic success thanks to the work of our amazing volunteers who worked tirelessly to collect and drop off toys to our Tameside communities, Children’s Centres, local businesses, and of course the generous donations of toys and gifts from Tameside residents.
Special thanks to our partners, Tameside Radio and Reporter and Tameside Council’s Children Centres, who work hard to make the Tameside Toy Appeal so successful each year.
This year, in light of such difficult and challenging times, the Appeal received 488 referrals and over 1,000 children and young people received a gift on Christmas Day. In addition, our Just Giving page raised a further £2,768!
Civic Mayor, Councillor Tafheen Sharif joined us the see all the donations and was overwhelmed at the success of the response, She commented;
"Thanks to the Tameside Toy Appeal 2023, no child will go without presents this Christmas. I would like to thank all of the businesses that have contributed, the community organisations, the community itself, the Family Hubs and Children’s Centres, and Action Together, for making this happen. Thank you.”
The Action Together team is once again honoured to be a part of such an uplifting demonstration of community spirit by the amazing Tameside Community.
“On behalf of myself, the Chief Elf of the Tameside Toy Appeal, and the Action Together Team, I would like to thank every single person, business, school, church, community centre, and Charity that has supported this year’s appeal. It is so heartwarming to see people coming together to help others in times of need. Every toy that was donated made a difference. Every toy donated meant that one last child would go without a present on Christmas Day. Thank you.” Lisa Hannibal - Chief Elf of the Tameside Toy Appeal and Volunteering Support Officer at Action Together
Take a look at our Toy Appeal Video HERE, thanking everyone who contributed and demonstrating the appeal's huge success!
You can also read more about of the individual stories from the 2023 Tameside Toy Appeal on our blog, HERE.