Stirling Observer Give A Gift Appeal more vital than ever this Christmas

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A challenging few years has made the Stirling Observer Give A Gift Appeal ever more vital at Christmas.While support for the appeal has grown year on year, widening the reach to local charities and good causes, organisations say the need has also grown.Stirling Observer reporter Kaiya Marjoribanks said: “The level of donations we receive has grown hugely since the very first appeal in 2008, which has enabled us to support more and more local charities and good causes consistently every year.“However, the need for the gifts has also risen over that time and we are eternally grateful to our readers and supporters for helping us to meet that growing demand year after year and, of course, to all the drop off points who make it all possible.“As always we are really venturing into the unknown, particularly with people facing so many challenges, but we are always humbled by how much support people still appear to be prepared to offer.“We know it’s not possible to reach every child or family in need but with the wide reach of the many and varied charities and good causes who now receive toys and gifts from the Give A Gift Appeal we do our utmost to reach that goal.” Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.

Running since 2008, the appeal receives and distributes donations of new toys and gifts for sick, disabled, needy and disadvantaged children and young people aged from babies to teenagers.Collected with the kind support of a host of drop-off points across the area, the gifts are distributed via a wide range of charities, large and small.Among the many charities and good causes which help to distribute the gifts every year are: Stirling Young Carers; Home-Start Stirling which supports families with young