Christmas Day event to provide care leavers with festive cheer

A children 's trust is holding an event to support young people who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day.

'Donate1Create1 ', run in partnership with Bfriends Charity and Birmingham Children 's Trust, is a community Christmas event in Birmingham.

Birmingham care leavers who attend the event on Christmas Day will share a hot Christmas dinner together, take part in festive activities and take home some presents.

The event, which is being funded through donations and ran by volunteers, has been supported by BrumXmasDinner, the organisation that has traditionally held the annual event.

Lee Yale Helms, co-chair of Bfriends Charity and director of Finance and Resources at Birmingham Children 's Trust, said: “It 's important that young people don 't feel isolated, and Christmas Day can be a very lonely time if you are on your own.

“We are extremely grateful to our community partners who want to help provide a special day for our care leavers. We are also asking businesses and individuals if they can afford to donate, it would make a huge difference to our young people. ”

Visit the page to make a donation.

Find out more about the partnership by contacting [email protected]

A Winter Hub has also been launched to provide gifts, food and essential packages to many children in care, care leavers and young adults across Birmingham.

To donate to the Winter Hub contact [email protected]