Santa's Cause is back for 2024 / Mae Achos Siôn Corn yn ôl ar gyfer 2024

A very early season's greetings!

We hope this message finds you well.

As the festive season approaches, we are reaching out to businesses in the Vale to ask for support.

Christmas should be a time of happiness and celebration. Sadly, for many families in the Vale of Glamorgan it can be one of great stress, anxiety, and sadness.

Our Social Services team estimate that each year as many as 1500 children who they support are likely to have nothing waiting for them on Christmas Day unless we are able to do something to help.  

Since our Santa’s Cause campaign launched in 2022, we have been able to provide thousands of gifts, providing huge relief for hundreds of families. This is all thanks to the generous contributions from communities and businesses in the Vale.

This year we are seeking to raise £30,000 to buy a gift for each child who may otherwise go without.  

If you are able to support Santa’s Cause, we would be delighted to welcome you to the Civic Offices in the weeks before Christmas so that we and the project team can thank you in person and you can see the packing in action. 

Or if you’d prefer to get more hands on, we can arrange for some of your staff to help our team of elves, with our Communications Team on hand to take photographs.

All contributions will also be recognised publicly, using the Council’s social media channels and in the local press.

If you would like to support children in the Vale this year or would just like more information about how our campaign will operate then please contact santascause@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk - any financial contribution will help keep the magic of Christmas alive!

If there are other ways in which you would like to support the campaign, then we would also be very happy to discuss these.

On behalf of the Vale of Glamorgan Council, our Social Services team, and the children, young people and families we support, we’d like to thank you in advance for anything you are able to do to help.  

 Yours faithfully,  

Rob Thomas                                                               Cllr Lis Burnett 

Chief Executive                                                           Executive Leader  

Vale of Glamorgan Council                                         Vale of Glamorgan Council