About Us
Photo: Louise at The New Bookshop adding items to our Christmas collection.
Our 2024 collection is now complete and a total of 978 items were collected, thanks to the generosity of the people of North Cumbria. Gifts ranged from a bundle of colouring percils to a guitar. The gifts were very welcome by the local Charities. A very big thank you to all who contributed and/or helped in any way. Our next collection will start in mid October 2025.
A very big thank you to the following donation points for 2024:
Cockermouth: The New Bookshop, The Toy Shop and Cockermouth Arts and Crafts all in Main Street and Billy Bowman's Music Shop in Lowther Went
Carlisle: Bookends, Castle Street and Toys'ntec, Bank Street
Penrith: The Hedgehog Bookshop, Little Dockray
Keswick; Bookends, Main Street
Maryport: The Lake District Coastal Aquarium, South Quay
Also a very big thank you for their support to:
The Book Trust
Hills Books
Derwent Pencils
One or two publishers, their agents and toy manufacturers' agents for allowing themselves, via the retailers, to be badgered into giving donations.
The Charities benefiting from your generosity are:
North Lakes Food Bank
Salvation Army Food Banks at Penrith and Carlisle
Jigsaw Children's Hospice, Carlisle
Carlisle Food Bank
Overend Children's Care Home, Whitehaven