Westquay Purchasing Centre turns into the primary assortment level
17/11/2023
Councillor Kaur (Chief of Southampton Metropolis Council), Councillor Successful (Cupboard Member for Youngsters and Studying) and Laura Learn (Common Supervisor of Westquay Purchasing Centre) pictured on the toy and present drop off level, Degree 3 Westquay Purchasing Centre
The Southampton Toy Enchantment was formally launched at Westquay Purchasing Centre on Friday 17 November by Councillor Alex Successful, Cupboard Member for Youngsters and Studying and Laura Learn, Common Supervisor of Westquay.
Communities, group organisations, native companies and charities are invited to donate new toys and items to the Southampton Toy Enchantment and assist unfold festive cheer to our susceptible youngsters and younger folks this Christmas.
The donations of recent toys and items might be distributed to youngsters and younger folks aged 0-18 years who’re supported by Southampton’s Youngsters’s Providers, in addition to plenty of households experiencing extreme monetary difficulties.
Quite a lot of toy and present drop-off factors can be found within the metropolis together with Westquay Purchasing Centre. Here’s a checklist of accessible drop-off factors:
- Westquay stage three, subsequent to Auntie Anne’s Pretzels – Any day (9am-8pm)
- Civic Centre or One Guildhall Sq. reception desk – Monday-Friday (9.30am-5pm)
- Libraries: Central, Shirley, Lordshill, Thornhill, Bitterne and Portswood – Monday-Saturday (10am-4pm)
- Tudor Home – Monday-Thursday (10am-3pm) and Saturday-Sunday (10am-5pm)
- Southampton Metropolis Artwork Gallery – Monday-Friday (10am-3pm) and Saturday (10am-5pm)
- Sea Metropolis Museum – Any day (10am-5pm)
- Marlands Buyer Service Desk on the bottom flooring – Any day (9am-5pm)
- The MAST – Any day (10am-5pm)
- St Patricks Catholic Main Faculty, Woolston – Monday-Friday (9am–3pm)
All drop-off factors might be open till 4pm on Sunday 17 December.
On behalf of the kids and younger those who obtain the brand new toys and items, we’re grateful for each donation. Nevertheless, we’ve discovered that there’s an elevated want for items for younger folks, particularly males aged 12-18, so a want checklist has been created. We might be very grateful for any of the next gadgets:
- Man luggage
- Contact display screen gloves
- Headphones
- Hair dryers
- Ruck sacks
- Hats and gloves
- Lava Lamps
- Sports activities tools (soccer, basketball, goalie gloves)
- Wi-fi audio system
- Boxing gloves
- Make-up
Laura Learn, Common Supervisor at Westquay provides:
“We’re proud to assist the Southampton Toy Enchantment as soon as once more this Christmas. We hope that our local people and clients may also help be sure that susceptible youngsters and younger folks in Southampton obtain a present this festive season. No youngster or younger individual ought to get up on Christmas morning feeling alone or forgotten.”
Regardless of difficult monetary circumstances, over 70 native companies have pledged their assist this yr together with:
- Southampton Soccer Membership
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Asda
- Native Co-ops
- MAST Mayflower Studios
- Marlands Purchasing Centre
- Microlink
- UPS
- Native volunteers together with Alexandra Pacey along with her social media marketing campaign
The presents might be collected, sorted, and distributed by a group of over 300 volunteers from Southampton Metropolis Council and companion organisations all through December with items distributed to youngsters and households in time to open on Christmas morning.
Councillor Alex Successful, Cupboard Member for Youngsters and Studying mentioned:
“Christmas is a crucial time of yr the place folks come collectively to share the festive season however for some youngsters, younger folks and their households, this generally is a troublesome time and realizing that somebody is pondering of them, that they aren’t forgotten, actually makes a distinction. Shopping for an additional present and popping it into one of many drop-off factors across the metropolis could make a toddler or younger individual’s day particular.
“Our metropolis has an enormous coronary heart. Our persons are sort, our communities welcoming, our companies and charities beneficiant; it is why when the annual Christmas toy attraction is launched, we come collectively to donate new toys and items to youngsters and younger folks in want. No youngster or younger individual ought to be forgotten.”
