Become a Secret Santa to help kids across Cheshire and Merseyside
Mersey Cares, the official charity of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, is urging everyone to become ‘Secret Santas’ this Christmas by providing gifts or small donations to help children and young people accessing their services.
Their Secret Santa Christmas Appeal has been launched today and aims to provide a gift to children across Mersey Care’s services in Cheshire and Merseyside, including children in care and those visiting Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Those interested in helping the campaign can either purchase a gift from the Amazon Wish List, which includes colouring books, chocolate, Lego, crayons, coloured pencils and gift cards, or donate as little as £5 to the charity directly.
Mersey Care’s services who may benefit from this appeal include Knowsley’s CAMHS team, who offer specialist work with children and young people presenting challenging mental health problems; many residing within disadvantaged communities.
Other children include those in the Looked After Children Team, who provide health and wellbeing support to children who have been in the care of their local authority, up until the age of 19. Our specialist nurses carry out assessments for children who attend local independent schools, children who range from 16-18 who are not in education or training and children in their transition from childhood to adulthood.