Christmas Appeal
H.V.D.V Christmas Appeal 2016
Registered Charity Number 1161380
Each year there are lots of children that spend their Christmas Day in a Refuge, not through their fault or their parent that has suffered Domestic Abuse but because they have had to move their world to escape Domestic Violence.
They have very little if not only the few clothes they have fled with. Sometimes there is very little money if any money at all.
“Can you imagine spending Christmas day with nothing to open or even as the parent not being able to buy anything for your children? Because you can no longer take the physical abuse, mental abuse or emotional abuse”
It must make them feel awful. They have already been run into the ground by the abuser, made to feel no one cares about them. They have been stripped of their self-esteem and anything else they had.
Last year the shoe boxes Appeal was truly amazing 803 boxes from around Wiltshire came in. Below are some of the feedback from families who got shoe boxes/gift bags in 2015
Asda Melksham have kindly allowed HVDV to have a
Trolly located at the front of their store In
Melksham for new gift to be dropped in for the HVDV
Christmas Appeal 2016.Thank you to all who donate and
HVDV wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Donating a shoe box or gift bag this Christmas is a wonderful gift to give and bring smiles back to the faces of these families.
Shoe boxes and gift bag needed.
Pre School /primary 2-5 years Boy/Girl
Primary Ks1 5-8 years Boy/ Girl
Primary Ks2 9-11 years Boy/Girl
Secondary 12-16 years Male/Female
Women's (Mum's)
Men's (Dad's)
When putting together shoe boxes and gift bag together please can you make sure those items are age and stage appropriate for child you are wishing your shoe box / gift bag to be donated to.
If you own a business or know a business within Wiltshire that could be a drop off point for Hvdv shoes box and gift bag appeal this year we would love to hear from you. for more information Please Email Hvdv at admin@hvdv.org.uk
Collection Points 2016
(collection points are be arranged we will be updated this pages as they are confirmed (if you can't see one in your area then Email once we have admin@hvdv.org.uk for collection.)
Chippenham
Inspire Fitness
3a Union Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 1HW
01249 463002
Opening times 8.30am to 1pm and 4pm to 7pm Monday to Friday.
Saturday 9am to 12pm.
Now Closed
Calne
Calne Town Council
Bank House
The Strand
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 0EN
Office Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday - 9am to 5pm
Friday - 9am to 4.30pm
Now Closed
Corsham
Salon
Unit 2
2 the Martingate Centre
Corsham
SN13 0HL
Now Closed
Trowbridge
Trowbridge Town Hall
Civic Centre
St Stephens Place
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8AH
(01225) 765072
This Collection point is now closed
Marlborough
Stove Hunters
The French Barn,
Harepath Farm,
Burbage
SN8 3BT
This Collection point is now closed.
David Dudley Jewellers
113 High Street
Marlborough
SN8 1 LT
Tel: 01672 514008
Now Closed
Royal Wotton Bassett
Tinkers Lane Surgery
Tinkers Lane
Royal Wootton Bassett
Wiltshire
SN4 7AT
Now Closed
Melksham
Oped UK Ltd
5 Avro Business Park, Avro Way
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 6TP.
On the Bowerhill industrial estate.
Now Closed
Devizes
Trowbridge Town Hall
Civic Centre
St Stephens Place
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8AH
(01225) 765072
This Collection point is now closed
Kennet Furniture Refurbiz (kfr)
Unit 6B (5),
Hopton Park Industrial Estate,
London Road,
Devizes
SN10 2EU
01380 720722.
Now Closed
Head On High
9 St Johns Street,
Devizes
SN10 1BD.
01380 699288
Now Closed
Malmesbury Abbey
Gloucester street
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 0AA
Now Closed
Swindon Children's Scrapstore
Unit 2A,
Darby Close
Cheney Manor Industrial Estate
Swindon
Wiltshire
Tuesday- Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm
Now Closed
Gateway Swindon
The Trinity Centre
Stonehill Green
Westlea
Swindon
SN5 7AR
Now Closed
Feed back from DV families and DV support workers in pervious years of
the HVDV Christmas Appeals
HVDV Christmas Appeal 2015
From refuge support worker Firstly I would like to say how grateful We are for the presents the children received. we were really pleased you guys were able to do this.
Everyone we have had feedback from were so overwhelmed by the gifts and how kind people can be which is lovely considering what they have been through.
Many thanks
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Happy New Year to you all!!
What can I say, thank you just doesn’t seem enough, all the women and children loved all the gifts, thank you, thank you so much, we really cannot express in words what your support means to us each year, what would we do without you.
All I can say is you made so many people happy, they could not believe the generosity and how many gifts they received, some even commented, “this is the best Christmas” and as we are a refuge that was good to hear,
So again thank you for continued support.
Kind regards
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I have spoken to our Dv support worker re the reaction from the families who she delivered the Christmas boxes to, she said that the mums were overwhelmed by the amount of gifts and very grateful to have been included, so thank you very much, it is great to know exactly what you offer now so that I can hopefully contact you if I have any mums and children in need.
Many thanks
H.V.D.V Christmas boxes appeal 2014
Those boxes were amazing!!!!!! Certainly loved by the clients we gave them to and I have a quote from one of our ladies for you....
“Such a lovely idea ... it was a real box of treats ... so generous – thank you”
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I have to say that I was really impressed with the quality of the ones I saw and I thought it was an absolutely brilliant idea.
Just wanted you to know that they were all very much appreciated
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The Mums that received the boxes were very touched indeed, some of the messages written to them in the cards were so lovely and it was really quite emotional.
So thank you and your team as they really did have a wonderful impact.
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Just want to write and say a big thank you for the boxes you supplied and delivered yesterday, I got the enjoyable bit of delivering and seeing the happy and sometimes tearful faces of the families involved.
Thank you all for making such a big difference.