'We shouldn't exist': Inside the very special Christmas toy shop where no-one has to pay a penny
There’s frenetic activity at the Wood Street Mission this Christmas. There was last Christmas, too, and the one before that.
“The idea is that we make Christmas a special time for as many kids as we can. Kids can go back to school after the holiday and talk about what they got rather than stay quiet. “Each child will get a green, yellow, and red toy so when we are restocking we are making sure there’s enough variety for each stocker,” she explains as she takes toys from a crate and arranges them on a shelf. “We want to make sure they have got choice.
The economic implosion that the UK is facing, as is so often the case, is felt hardest by those with the narrowest shoulders. And the Mission has noticed that. Des is a realist, and recognises that the toys they provide will not solve a family’s financial woes. But for him, there’s another element to it.
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