The Lasswade High School Christmas Appeal 2025

Tuesday 18th November 2025

Mission Christmas: What is Mission Christmas? What can you do and when?

Mission Christmas is here to make sure that children living in poverty can have a great Christmas and wake up to a gift on Christmas morning. Some families are already struggling to make ends meet and the current cost of living crisis has pushed even more into poverty. For so many people this year, Christmas is a luxury they just can’t afford.

Within our local area, 1 in 4 young people live in poverty and we want to do our bit to support disadvantaged children and young people. With that in mind, we would be so grateful if students, families and members of the local community could donate a gift for a local young person. We are collecting gifts for children of all ages 0-18 years old.
We will be collecting gifts at our front entrance and the playground entrance on the following mornings:

Friday 21st November
Friday 28th December
Friday 5th December
Thursday 11th December (Christmas Concert 7pm – 9pm)

In previous years, we have managed to donate over 500 gifts to Mission Christmas. Please donate what you can!

Mission Christmas: How to confidentially sign up to receive a Christmas present for your child

If your child attends Lasswade High School and you would like to request a Christmas gift for them, then please complete this short and confidential Google Form to register.
All Christmas gift requests must be submitted by Friday 5th December. We will try our very best to supply you with an appropriate Christmas gift for your child.
If you have more than one child at Lasswade High School, please complete an individual Google Form for each of them, so that we can personalise gifts.

Mission Christmas 2025: Request a Gift

Food Donations & Christmas Food Hampers: What can you do and when?

Christmas can be a really challenging time of year for families, especially with the ongoing cost of living crisis. We are welcoming food donations from students, families and members of the local community. Your donations will help us to create our very own Christmas Food Hampers for families linked to Lasswade High School.
We will be collecting food donations at our front entrance and the playground entrance on the following mornings:

Friday 21st November
Friday 28th December
Friday 5th December
Thursday 11th December (Christmas Concert 7pm – 9pm)

Christmas Food Hampers: How to confidentially sign up to receive a Christmas Food Hamper

If your child attends Lasswade High School and you and your family could benefit from a Christmas food hamper, please complete the following short and confidential Google Form to register for a Christmas Food Hamper.
All Christmas Food Hamper requests must be submitted by Friday 5th December. We will try our very best to supply you with a variety of foods for a few meals/days.

Christmas Food Hamper 2025

All food donations must be long-life/have a long shelf-life. Below is a list of the top items to donate. Other items, for example for babies and specific to Christmas, would be gratefully welcomed too.

Please donate what you can!