Video Our team on this year's Christmas outreach

A warm Christmas for those who need it most.

Every Christmas Eve, our volunteers cook Christmas lunch with the residents of a London hostel, then take hot food and care packages to people across the city. Here's how you can be part of it this year.

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How Christmas Eve works.

Photo to add Volunteers cooking or plating Christmas lunch in the hostel kitchen. Hands, food, aprons. No residents' faces and nothing that identifies the hostel.
At the hostel

Christmas lunch, cooked and shared.

Our volunteers spend Christmas Eve at a London hostel, cooking Christmas lunch and sitting down to eat it with the residents. We also leave ingredients behind so the hostel staff can cook for residents on Christmas Day. We don't name the hostel, to protect the privacy and safety of the people who live there.

Photo to add A volunteer handing over a hot meal or care package on a London street at night. Shot from behind or hands only, unless the person has agreed to be photographed.
Around London

Hot food and care packages on the streets.

Teams also head out across London with hot food and care packages for people sleeping rough — and the time to stop and talk.

Raised so far

Every pound funds meals, care packages and practical support.

We are entirely volunteer-led. Everything given goes directly into the Christmas Eve outreach.

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Photo to add A packed care package laid out on a table, seen from above: the bag and what goes inside it.
Donate goods

Help fill the care packages.

We welcome donations of items for this year's care packages:

  • Non-perishable food and snacks
  • Warm clothing: hats, gloves, scarves, socks
  • Hygiene essentials: toothpaste, wipes, deodorant
  • Sleeping bags and blankets
Arrange a drop-off
Volunteer

Spend Christmas Eve with us.

Thursday 24 December · 10am–2pm

No experience needed. Sign up and we'll be in touch with the details for the day — you choose how you'd like to help.

We'll use your details to contact you about volunteering, and only send you news if you've ticked the box above.

Updates

The run-up to Christmas Eve.

Coming soon

News from this year's preparations will appear here.

There are no salaries, no offices and no overheads. Everything given goes directly into meals, care packages and essential supplies.

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