Swansea City AFC Foundation help deliver 1,200 hampers as part of 'Everyone Deserves a Christmas' campaign

Swansea City AFC Foundation’s staff supported the 'Everyone Deserves a Christmas' campaign, helping to pack and deliver over 1,000 Christmas hampers for those most in need in our local community.

Now in its seventh year, the city-wide campaign, championed by Carolyn Harris MP, aims to provide Christmas essentials for families.

Twenty-five of the Foundation’s staff were on hand to help pack the hampers before heading out across the city to deliver them to those who need a helping hand at this time of year.

Hampers provide recipients with fresh food for Christmas Day, as well as gifts and other festive essentials, while a cooked meal on Christmas Eve and distributing selection boxes and treats to others, means the campaign will reach in the region of 2,000 families.

Head of Swansea City AFC Foundation, Paul France, said: “We want to work collaboratively with lots of different organisations and this project is a great example of how the whole community and local businesses come together.

“It’s driven by Carolyn Harris, but it’s great to see the whole community come together to help those facing challenging circumstances.

“I’m massively proud, we want to use Swansea City as a force for positive change and this really epitomises that.”

MP for Swansea East, Carolyn Harris, added: “It’s been fantastic, when we started doing this at the Swansea.com Stadium we had 300 hampers, this year we’ve packed and delivered 1,200 hampers and we will be providing for a further 800 families.

“It’s unbelievable just how much this campaign has grown, I get quite emotional seeing all of these people coming together because they want to help people.

“I’m grateful to everyone at the Swans for what they have done, not just this Christmas, but every Christmas and throughout the year to raise the funds to ensure families will have a Christmas."