What would we do without maggie Maggie Lloyd-Jones and her team of kind Quilters, ensuring #leeds care experienced young ones are not without quilt hugs on Christmas Day... and those hugs last a lifetime. Now the only decision is which one to choose???🥰🥰🥰

You do an incredible job!

A big thank you to Stagecoach South East for the donation to support our Care Leavers Christmas Day! A wonderful tree and baubles to create a magical atmosphere #christmasmagic #careleavers #thechristmasdinners

Sarah @reesfoundation is running a half day workshop on the 17th Jan at 10am. If you'd like to book on, secure your place now! buff.ly/32hMaja #CareLeavers #CEP #CareExperienced #CareLeaverSupport

BrumXmasDinner Hope you all had a fantastic day 🥰🥳🎄🎅

ABC is mentioned in The Queen's New Years Honours List (2022): in as much as Eddie O'Hara (ABC Chair) is awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for Services to Children & Families / the founding & current Chair of ABC. Look out for FREE ABC book to be published in the New Year.

Tonight we will be at: - Camden (7.30-9pm) - Clapham (7.30-9pm - Hackney (8-9pm) Many thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers, who will be out in the rain to ensure food, drink, boxers, gloves and socks will be available to those in need.

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Good morning Birmingham/West Midlands and all our wonderful friends/supporters. Thank you for your kindness and generosity and for helping make our 2021 Xmas Dinner so ‘Special’ Wishing you ALL a very happy New Year’s Eve and a Kind and Hopeful 2022

Yes. A huge thank you to everyone who help/supported/donated/volunteered etc THANK YOU 😊 ❤️

It was pure pleasure being a volunteer again for McrChristmas Dinner founded by lemn sissay OBE FRSL as part of The Gold from the Stone Foundation Here is Jo and myself with a car packed with goodies to deliver to the guests on Xmas Day. I wish everyone a peaceful, healthy and happy New Year 2022.

James Timpson I love the ethos of your company and also the Alex Timpson Foundation which does so much to support people who are or were living in care - the books are excellent, accessible resources, which you kindly gave for guests BrumXmasDinner, along with mugs for their hot choc kits.

Thank you very much to thehsuite for giving us a very big discount for using their amazing venue for our Christmas dinner. It really hit the spot, great Xmas decorations, spacious and bright, helping our guests celebrate Christmas as we wished them to.

Please donate to help care leavers in Brum have a lovely Xmas, we did it for 5 years, really enjoyed sharing Xmas with these lovely young adults. V. glad Donate1Create1 and Bfriends ate organising a dinner and day to remember for the best reasons this year.

Just 2 days left to donate to this Crowdfunder - don’t miss your chance to help ⁦D1C1⁩, ⁦Bfriends Friends of Birmingham Children’s Trust⁩ and ⁦Birmingham Children's Trust⁩ give care leavers a fabulous Xmas Day and one to remember for the best reasons. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/birmingham-c…

Behind the scenes, Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners have been our Secret Santa this year. They have provided food hampers for 1,200 young people who would otherwise be alone at Christmas. We would like to shout a great big THANK YOU.

Thank you VERY much John Lewis & Partners for giving 50 microwave ovens for care experienced young adults with Birmingham Children's Trust and thanks also to The Gold from the Stone Foundation for arranging it. These will be of so much help to young adults moving to independence in their own homes.Andy Couldrick

Thank you Waitrose & Partners , John Lewis & Partners for the donation of food for hampers, to The Gold from the Stone Foundation for arranging it + to D1C1 for putting on the dinner on Xmas Day, it all means so much to the care experienced guests. Sure it will be be a wonderful day for all Birmingham Children's Trust