As a child, I remember endlessly turning the pages of catalogues, looking at the pictures of toys and games wishing for what my mother could not afford. Bless her, she did her best with very little, but as a child I would carry around this empty feeling on the lead up to Christmas.

 

In 2016 I introduced the wishing tree and encouraged parents that we were helping to bring their children into the Estate Agents, where we would have lots of catalogues for the children to look through. We tried to make it as comfortable and relaxed as possible for them, so the children and parents could bond, while they chose a wish (present).  Unfortunately we have to limit the cost so children are given a guide price of £10-£25 for their wish.

 

Due to Covid19, we have had to try and reduce the number of people coming to our offices so we introduced Santa's Wish, where children could write a letter to Santa wishing for a present.

 

If you would like to make a wish come true you can either make a donation via our gofundme page or call Greenaway Residential 01293 561188/01342 777977 to either make a donation or ask for a wish to be allocated to you.  In the past some sponsors have preferred the latter option and to involve their own children in buying and wrapping the wish, to highlight the position of less fortunate children.

 

If you would like to sponsor a wish, please accept my personal gratitude as I cannot achieve this alone. I get to see each of the letters that come in and whilst some make me smile and others may bring a tear to my eye, I am feel blessed that a good thing is being done.

 

Best wishes

 

Darren Greenaway