Christmas in Caerphilly

2010

Operation SantaCllr Phil Bevan is pictured with the pupils from Heolddu, Pontllanfraith and Blackwood Comprehensive who have helped prepare the Christmas hampers

A fantastic response to Operation Santa so far!

09 November 2011

Kind hearted residents from across Caerphilly county borough have pledged a fantastic 789 gifts to the council's Christmas appeal Operation Santa… in the first week alone!

Operation Santa is a special appeal organised by Caerphilly County Borough Council which aims to support over 650 children in the area. These children are not helped by any other appeal, and have been nominated by social workers who work with families across the county borough.

Operation Santa is also pleased once again this year to be helping families who are working with Llamau, Action for Children, Home Start and Gofal Cymru.

Local people can pledge to buy a gift and choose the age, gender and geographical area of the recipient.

It's easy to get involved, and there's still plenty of time! Either call the pledge hotline on 01443 866 577 or email
operationsanta@caerphilly.gov.uk and pledge to buy a present for a child.

The gifts can then be delivered to one of the collection centres situated across the county borough by Tuesday 13th December.

Operation Santa needs your help!

14 October 2011

A special Christmas appeal organised by Caerphilly County Borough Council called Operation Santa is aiming to support over 650 children in the area again this year.

These children are not helped by any other appeal and have been nominated by social workers who work with families across the county borough.

Operation Santa is also pleased once again this year to be helping families who are working with Llamau, Action for Children, Home-Start and Gofal Cymru.

Local people can pledge to buy a gift and choose the age, gender and geographical area of the recipient.

It is easy to get involved - either call the pledge hotline on
01443 866577 or email operationsanta@caerphilly.gov.uk and pledge to buy a present for a child. Please note: The pledge hotline doesn't open until the 1st November and e-mails won't be responded to until this date.

The gifts can then be delivered to one of the collection centres situated across the county borough by Tuesday 13th December 2011.

Collection Centres:

  • Barclays Bank, Ystrad Mynach.
  • Customer First, Blackwood.
  • Customer First, Pontlottyn.
  • Harper and Wallis, Estate Agent, Hanbury Road, Bargoed.
  • Lloyds TSB Bank, Rhymney.
  • Risca Family Centre, Risca.
  • Visit Caerphilly Centre, Caerphilly.

 

Operation Santa 2009

Cllr Phil Bevan is pictured with the pupils from Heolddu, Pontllanfraith and Blackwood Comprehensive who have helped prepare the Christmas hampers

Santa says a big THANK YOU!

11 December 2009

Almost 2,000 gift donations have poured in from generous people across the Caerphilly county borough, making this year’s Operation Santa appeal a huge success.

Over 600 children in Caerphilly county borough council’s care, who are not supported by any other appeal, will benefit from the gifts and look set to have an extra special Christmas this year.

The kind-hearted donations means that toys, games and teddies will be distributed by social services to children across the whole area.

As part of the appeal, the council has also received dozens of food hampers for 16-20 year-olds who have recently left care. These young people very often live alone, cut off from family support and dependent on state benefits.

As these young people are too old to receive toys, the council worked with local schools to prepare food and gift hampers for distribution. Pupils from Heolddu, Pontllanfraith and Blackwood Comprehensive schools have all been involved.

Cllr Phil Bevan, CCBC cabinet member for education, accepted the hampers at Penallta House council offices this week. “The hampers, along with the amazing number of gift pledges received from local residents, means that hundreds of children and young people will have a very happy Christmas this year.

I would like to thank everyone for their kind-hearted donations to the Operation Santa appeal. The success of this scheme depends on the generosity and hard work of others and we are delighted with this year’s response,” he added.

A number of venues across the county borough kindly agreed to offer a place where local people could drop off their gifts. The council would like to thank:

  • Harper and Wallis Estate Agent, Hanbury Road, Bargoed.
  • Blackwood Library, High Street, Blackwood.
  • Caerphilly Garden Centre, Penrhos, Nantgarw, Caerphilly.
  • Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly.
  • Lloyds TSB Bank, Rhymney.
  • Risca Family Centre, Brookland Road, Risca
  • Barclays Bank, Ystrad Mynach.
  • Caerphilly CBC, Penallta House, Ystrad Mynach.