insideKENT Magazine Issue 81 - December 2018 | Page 160

CHARITY
GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING cont.
Refuge
// www.refuge.org.uk/christmas-gift-list/buy-christmas-gift-list
Sandra Horley CBE,
Chief Executive of
Refuge, says: “For many
of us, Christmas is a
precious time spent with
our families and loved
ones. But for thousands
of women, the festive
season offers only
intimidation, violence
and isolation. No-one
should live in fear of
abuse, not at Christmas,
never.
“For those living in
refuges, spending the
festive season away from
family and friends can
also be difficult. Women
often leave their abusive
partner in the middle of
the night, too afraid to
risk collecting their
belongings. Many
women arrive with no
more than the clothes they and their children are wearing and little, if
any, money.”
Give a gift to a woman or child at a refuge this Christmas, including:
Gloves: £5
Hairbrush: £3
Teddy Bear: £10
Backpack: £15
Children’s Winter Coat: £35
World Land Trust // www.worldlandtrust.org
Centrepoint // https://centrepoint.org.uk/buy-a-gift
Helping the homeless is something that Centrepoint has been doing
for decades. They work on housing, education, support, health, and
moving on once it is time to leave the hostel and make a fresh start.
This is how those who are young and homeless – those who are just
like our own children but for a quirk of fate or loss of family or one poor
decision – can find hope once more.
Centrepoint provides a safe place to live for more than 7,800 young
people, aged 16-25, every year, but they need donations and help to do
even more.
Gifts include:
Christmas Dinner: £10
Health Check: £20
Study Kit: £95
A New Baby Box: £50
Christmas Success Box: £250
IMPACT Foundation // https://shop.impact.org.uk
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The World Land Trust works to protect threatened habitats across the
globe by buying the land wherever possible. The WLT was one of the
very first charities to do this, and through its work, habitats and the
wildlife living within them can be saved. If the land is purchased outside
of the UK, local partner organisations manage it, offering communities
the chance to protect what is on their own doorstep. IMPACT's vision is of a world free from needless disability. They
believe that no one should become or remain needlessly disabled
through disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services.
The IMPACT programme, across 11 countries of Africa and Asia, prevents
and treats needless disability, improves health and as a consequence,
alleviates poverty.
Gifts include:
Keepers of the Wild (funding more park rangers): £25
Plant a Tree: £25
Buy an Acre of Rainforest: £100 Gifts include:
The Gift of a Birthing Kit: £10
The Gift of Restoring Sight, Hearing, or Mobility: £40
The Gift of Training a Health Worker: £100