The Give a gift this Christmas Campaign has started aiming to ensure patients from Royal Preston Hospital, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital who find themselves in a ward on Christmas day have a gift to open.

This week, the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust charity team has been travelling by bus to local workplaces, schools, and shops including Primark in Preston City Centre and St Mary’s RC Primary School Chorley.

This is an aim to try to acquire and wrap approximately 2,000 Christmas presents for all genders and ages.

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Dan Hill, the trust’s head of charities, said, “The generosity of our local community is both heart-warming and humbling.

“Adults and children have come forward with beautiful gift donations that cannot fail but to make patients feel that bit better on Christmas Day. Thank you to everyone for their fantastic support.”

To support the ‘Give a Gift this Christmas’ project, click here

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