Can you help raise a smile for some of Herefordshire’s, Monmouthshire’s, Shropshire’s and Worcestershire’s most vulnerable and poorly children?

Last year people, generously donated thousands of toys for Sunshine Radio’s Christmas Toy Appeal.

This year we’d like to ask you to do the same again and we at the Hope Centre will be a donation point as well as receiving some of the toys donated in this year’s appeal.

We’re asking you to buy just one toy and drop it off at one of the many collection points situated across the counties. (For a list of more donation points please click here to see Sunshine Radio’s webpage)

You’ll help under-privileged children across the Sunshine area and we’re supporting a number of charities including The Hope Centre.

A few pointers when buying your gift:

• Please ensure that your gift is a brand new toy, complete with relevant European safety marks
• Any toy suitable for 0-18 years – No clothing please
• The present must not be wrapped.
• Help a child smile this Christmas with the Sunshine Radio Toy Appeal 2018

Help a child smile this Christmas with the Sunshine Radio Toy Appeal 2018

In the Hope Centre’s Early Years Department we have our own version of the TV show ‘Old peoples home for 4 year olds’ (except it’s more three year olds). This amazing project is a collaboration set up by Pam Guiver and Rachel Cross where the children of Early Years get to visit Whitegates Residential Home.

We would like to thank Pedro the Music-man for organising the musical instruments and music activities that the children and residents got to participate in together this visit.

This has been another enjoyable part of our project ‘Being part of community life’ for both the children and residents.

Long may it continue.

Edgar received our Harvest Festival collection on behalf of Gabriel and Helping Hands, local charity operating the Food Bank in Bromyard.

All donations from Early Years parents/carers and staff were gratefully received.

It’s been fabulous supporting a good cause at this time of year.

We have taken the children on an outing as part of our ‘Being part of community life’.

They have had so much fun following the signs and clues on the Gruffalo trail at Queens Wood Park.

They’ve listened to the story in Preschool and the Caterpillar room and now they’ve met him and all his friends.

We’ve also talked about the trees and the leaves changing colour in the Autumn season.

We could not have gone without the wonderful Community Transport, who are such an important part of the community of Bromyard, we need to say a big thank you to them too.