A small gesture has a big impact - can you gift a smile this Christmas

This Christmas, Glasgow Care Foundation is asking for your support to put the magic back into Christmas for families living in poverty, who can't afford food, presents from Santa or even basic essentials during the festive season.

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This Christmas, Glasgow Care Foundation is asking for your support to put the magic into Christmas for the most vulnerable families living in poverty in Glasgow. We are now in our 150th year and with your help we hope to help more people than ever before.

Each year, we have a campaign in the lead up to Christmas to raise money to purchase supermarket gift cards to give to families in need, this gives them the dignity of choice to buy their children a gift from Santa's list and food for their Christmas dinner.

Given the current cost of living crisis, more people than ever before are struggling, which is why we’re committed to providing more help than ever. But we can not do it alone. Please donate whatever you can afford, 100% of the donations goes straight to those in need, meaning even the smallest donation can have a big impact.

Over 27,995 children in Glasgow are living in relative poverty—that’s more than a quarter of the city’s children. This heart-breaking statistic highlights the urgent need for our continued support and we appreciate any support you can offer which simply means more families will get help.

About the charity

Glasgow Care Foundation

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We are one of Glasgow's oldest Charities, established in 1874 before the NHS and Welfare State, sadly our aim of alleviating poverty in the City is still the same. People are referred to us from agencies working with vulnerable people. We support some of the poorest individuals and families who cannot get help from any other source. We do not receive funding from any local or national government. The money we need to help those in need comes from capital investments made in earlier years, bequests, legacies, and donations. We often describe ourselves as the 'Small charity doing big things for Glasgow'. Our support is normally basic items such as cookers, washing machines, beds, furniture and flooring. Within one week we can be delivering items to a family that make an immediate impact on their personal situation. We also support families with supermarket vouchers to buy food as this is an ever-increasing plight for a lot of people. At Christmas we provide Vouchers and Gifts to those most in need for Christmas morning. There are 37,000 children living in poverty in Glasgow today. We also process around 15 community grants annually to benefit the wider community with projects, educational grants, transport, and other needs. If you or your company are looking for a Charity of the Year or doing some fundraising activities, we would appreciate you keeping us in mind as a potential beneficiary and we would welcome a conversation with you.