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This year we will hold the 23rd Surviving Christmas project. The project endeavours to provide food and company for those to whom Christmas is a time of hardship and loneliness.
The three-day event will operate on December 25th, 26th and 27th at the YMCA Sports Centre in St Paul's Road, St Leonards. For visitors to the centre, we will provide Christmas lunch, shelter, company, a change of clothes, hot showers and a free haircut. We will also be packing and distributing hampers to families and individuals who find this time of year a financial struggle. In addition, we provide food vouchers to families and individuals in need.
The objects of the charity are:
T o relieve in cases of need, hardship or distress persons who are resident, whether temporarily or not, in the County Borough of Hastings or the Rother District in the County of East Sussex
The provision for such persons of food and shelter or allowances or vouchers therefor.
The provision for such persons of clothing and heating or allowances or vouchers therefor.
The committee of Surving Christmas meet at monthly interval throughout the year in order to plan - and raise funds for - our annual " Open Christmas ", a three-day event held at the YMCA.
The event is open to everyone, everything is free, and no questions are asked.
We have a clothing store offering new & (clean) second hand clothing for men women and children in a huge variety of sizes.
There are tea bars open all day dispensing tea, coffee, soft drinks, cakes, biscuits, sweets etc.
Volunteers provide a range of services including hairdressing and sometimes chiropody.
Showers and hair washing facilities are also available.
Each day we serve a cooked meal - complete with a pudding - for up to one hundred and fifty visitors.
In addition to the Open Christmas we also run the Voucher and Hamper projects.
To do this we rely entirely on voluntary donations of goods, services, and money as well as a small army of volunteers who do all of the hard work. If you feel that you can help in any way or simply wish to know more please contact us
Surviving Christmas, PO Box 290, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 9DT, Telephone 01424-424550
