We’ve launched our first annual giving tree campaign for Dreamdrops, Huntingdon.

A Giving Tree is a quick and simple way for residents and businesses to spread joy and happiness in their community at Christmas, a time when those benefiting will need it most.

Huntingdonshire Children’s Charity (known locally as ‘Dreamdrops’) raises funds to provide the ‘extras’ for children who are being nursed in hospital and in the local community, their families and also the staff who care for them.

Committee member Christine Luckham, who is helping to co-ordinate the distribution of presents said that this year they are particularly concentrating on supporting families who have children with hidden disabilities (such as autism) as well as children discharged from hospital still require nursing care at home. “The families we support have had an extremely stressful time because of the Covid restrictions, as their children have been unable to understand why their routines have been so badly disrupted. Many of these children and families won’t have the same support networks or family members around them as they might normally have which in turn has caused and will cause them great anxiety and distress”