How to Get Involved:

Donation, Sponsorship, and Volunteering

Donate: Make a Child’s Wish Come True

Help Us Fulfil 4,000 Christmas Wishes

Every year, the Greenaway Foundation ensures children in need receive a Christmas gift they’ve requested, valued up to £25 each. Your donation helps make this possible.

How Your Donation Helps:

  • £25 – Fulfil one child’s Christmas wish.
  • £50 – Bring joy to two children.
  • £100 – Make four wishes come true.

Every donation counts, whether it’s one-off or regular, helping us support families throughout the year. Gift Aid: UK taxpayers can increase their donation by 25% at no extra cost. Just select Gift Aid when you donate.

Whatever you can give, your donation will make a difference.

Sponsor: Partner with Us to Make Christmas Special

Help Local Families with a Simple Act of Kindness

Businesses can make a tangible impact by sponsoring food items for hampers or fulfilling children’s Christmas wishes.

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. 

Sponsor a Food Item

Sponsor a Reindeer

Sponsor an Elf

No matter how you choose to get involved, your support makes a world of difference to the families we help. Whether you’re donating, sponsoring, or volunteering, you’re helping us bring joy, hope, and relief to those who need it most – especially during the festive season.

Volunteer: Be a Santa’s Helper, Elf or Reindeer

Join Our Festive Team​

Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Greenaway Foundation’s Christmas campaign. We need enthusiastic helpers from 10th–24th December to help with various tasks, including wrapping gifts, packing hampers, and delivering them to families.

Key Dates & Details:

Gift Wrapping:

10th-11th December: 
10am–5pm at Greenaway Residential, Boscobel House, 109 High Street, Crawley, RH10 1DD
16th-20th December: 
10am–5pm at Eagle House, 103A High Street, Crawley, RH10 1DD

Packing Hampers:

23rd December: 8am–3pm at Oriel High School. Elves will pack and prepare hampers.
24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am–12 noon. Elves will add fresh goods to hampers then help load these into reindeers’ “sleighs” for delivery.

Hamper Deliveries:

24th December: Starting at 9.30am. Reindeers will deliver hampers to families across Crawley, Horley, and East Grinstead. Each reindeer will deliver up to four hampers per trip and will be able to specify preferred areas. Deliveries should be finished by 11:30am, leaving you time to enjoy your own Christmas festivities!

On Christmas Eve morning, Kelly’s Coffee will be on-site at Oriel High School with hot drinks, bacon rolls, and other delicious goodies available for purchase – perfect for keeping our hardworking volunteers fuelled and ready to go!

We understand that availability will vary, but as the saying goes, many hands make light work. Any time you can give will make a difference to the families we support.

Register Your Interest:

Register your interest or email Darren about becoming a volunteer and we’ll follow up with more details including shift times available.

Wrapping Amnesty!

Do you have unused wrapping paper or gift tags at home?  Why not put them to good use this Christmas?

The Greenaway Foundation is in need of new or leftover wrapping paper and gift tags to ensure every hamper and gift is beautifully wrapped and ready to go. Your donations will help us prepare for the thousands of gifts we distribute to local families in need.

Where to donate:  Greenaway Residential Estate Agents

  • 88 London Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1EP
  • Boscobel House, 109 High Street, Crawley, RH10 1DD

Every little bit helps us get Christmas sorted for families across the community. 

Thank you for your support!