Battle Abbey hosts the Surviving Christmas Hamper Pack 2024
Annual General Meeting & Yearly Volunteers Meeting
Both of the above will take place at His Place Community Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Tuesday 27th October 2026 at 7pm
All welcome!, and we look forward to seeing you there.
If you would like more information, but cannot be present on the night, please email hello.survivingchristmas@gmail.com
Christmas Hamper
Donate via Bank Details
Santander 09-01-28 A/C no. 95875221 Surviving Christmas – please put name as reference for acknowledgement and tick for Gift Aid if eligible.
Surviving Christmas, HVA Jackson Hall, Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QN
A Review of Christmas 2025
Christmas 2025 was our busiest campaign yet. With the generous support of Battle Abbey School, our volunteers, partner agencies, local businesses and the wider community, we delivered more than 1,000 Christmas hampers across Hastings and Rother, far exceeding our original target of 850. Alongside essential food, we distributed over 1,000 children’s gifts, while our Santa’s Grotto gave local families the chance to enjoy festive treats, presents and a little Christmas magic.
Our support continued throughout Christmas Day and Boxing Day at His Place Community Church, where volunteers created a welcoming space for local people to enjoy hot meals, entertainment, companionship and practical support. Around 150 Christmas Day lunches and 100 Boxing Day meals were served, made possible by an incredible team of volunteers, trustees, partner organisations, local suppliers and supporters. We are hugely grateful to everyone who helped make Christmas brighter for people in our community who needed us most.
You can view and download the full review here.
Surviving Christmas
WHO WE ARE
Surviving Christmas is run by a group of volunteer Trustees and supported by lead and regular volunteers who all live local to the area. Each person brings a different skill to the charity but we all have one thing in common, we are passionate about the work of Surviving Christmas in relieving hardship and distress to those most in need or vulnerable at this time of year.
WHAT WE DO
Throughout the year we organise fundraising events so that we can financially support our projects over the Christmas period. We welcome volunteer support for these and will advertise our events on Facebook and via the website.
We look forward to working with volunteers from previous years as well as new recruits. In previous years we have asked volunteers to sign up for a job role and date through a Volunteer tab on this website. Each of the Project days start at 9.30am and finish by 4.30pm – the afternoon shifts start at 1pm.,
“A big thank you from a family who received a hamper from one of the agencies – the children were so excited to receive gifts, chocolate and crackers.”
“Thank you to you all, you have made my Christmas. My children will love their gifts.’ A lady who collected her hamper”
“You are lovely people, angels from heaven to have brought me a food hamper at Christmas – thank you.’ A phone message from someone after receiving their hamper which was delivered.”
Our Objectives
The objectives of Surviving Christmas are to 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 during the Festive Season.