Stagecoach West Scotland

Night Before Christmas campaign

Fundraising for Night Before Christmas Campaign
£310
raised of £500 target
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Event: Glasgow Kiltwalk 2023, on 30 April 2023
We provide Night Before Christmas boxes in the hope that it will bring some magic for children and homeless at Christmas. Our charitable purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, and we feel strongly that no one should go without at Christmas

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Stagecoach has signed up to participate in the iconic Glasgow Kiltwalk 2023, with every step, we're aiming to raise as much money as possible for the Night Before Christmas Campaign. 

Our Marketing & Communications team is taking on the Big Stroll - a short 14-mile walk from Clydebank to Balloch and our Bus Drivers are taking on the challenge with the 22.7-mile Mighty Stride, with our Operations support team heading for a Wee 3 mile wander.

We'll cover a combined effort of 109 miles on the day and will be joined by over 50 volunteers from the Night Before Christmas Campaign. 

Stagecoach is aiming to raise a target of £500 but we hope to smash this and raise as much money as possible for the charity. 




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About the campaign

We provide Night Before Christmas boxes in the hope that it will bring some magic for children and homeless at Christmas. Our charitable purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty, and we feel strongly that no one should go without at Christmas

About the charity

In November 2015, a 12 year old girl from Annbank asked her mum if every child got a Night Before Christmas Box like her. Her mum, Jodie McFarlane, explained “not every child is as lucky as she is, some children don’t get anything at Christmas time”. She was saddened by this and asked her mum to help her to make boxes for children in their local area so they could feel the same magic at Christmas that she does, Jodie and her mum, Isabella Mcfarlane started a small campaign. They collected and distributed 90 boxes with only weeks to spare before Christmas. In 2016, Jodie and Isabella continued their night before Christmas campaign and made it their mission to spread the Christmas spirit beyond Annbank and Ayrshire. Jodie’s friend Gail Fisher and her daughter Taylor Fisher joined the team to lead collections and distributions in Renfrewshire and Glasgow. We were overwhelmed by the amount of support we got from the individuals and organisations, who helped us smash our target of 250 boxes, we distributed 593 boxes. On a cold November morning, we spent hours in Glasgow giving out food, hats, gloves and hot drink vouchers (all of which were donated) to the homeless. It really opened our eyes and we were shocked to see how many people are currently sleeping rough on Glasgow's streets. At this point we decided we had to do as much as we could to help and we started collecting backpacks for the homeless and took the decision to register as a charity to take forward our mission.

Donation summary

Total raised
£310.00
Online donations
£310.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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