Secret Santa

Spread warmth and cheer this festive season by becoming a Secret Santa for someone in need.

You can get involved by:

• Donating a present to someone who may otherwise go without at one of our travel branches.
  
• Donating essential food items in your local food store.
• Dropping sanitary and toiletry products into collection points within our pharmacies.

Travel's toy bank

Throughout November, our travel branches will be acting as toy donation points for those wishing to spread some Christmas magic, ensuring that every child gets a present this Christmas.

Within our 13 travel branches (and Messingham Food Store), Christmas trees are decorated with gift tags that include details such as age and gender, which customers can take away, choose a suitable present, and return to the branch, so that it can be sent to the branch’s local toy appeal.

Holidaymakers have also been supporting the toy bank appeal, by opting to donate £1 towards the cause when booking their trips away and raising an incredible £12,370.

Find out more and see where you can donate.

Food bank donations

Food banks provide vital support for people who are facing crisis. Over the festive period, we're encouraging people to take on the role of Secret Santa and drop off essential food donations to the collection points in any of our our 99 food stores.

You can help by donating non-perishable, in-date food items such as:

• Tinned fruit or veg
• Tinned meat or fish
• UHT milk
• Pasta
• Cereals

Find your nearest food store to drop off donations.

Hygiene bank donations

Across our local area, there are people struggling to pay for sanitary and toiletry items, which many of us take for granted.

Over the festive season, we're encouraging people to help spread the magic of Christmas to those with a lack of access to basic hygiene products, to help them feel clean and comfortable during the winter months.

Those wishing to become a Secret Santa can donate items directly to the collection points in our pharmacies, which will then go to an assigned local charity or community group and distributed to those in need.

Most needed items include:

• Toothbrushes and toothpaste
• Shampoo and shower gel
• Sanitary items
• Deodorant

Find your local pharmacy.