Mick Sumpter, of MKM Building Supplies, discusses the Mail-backed Christmas gift appeal

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00:00 I'm in the Burn Road branch of MKM in Burn Road and Hartlepool and I'm with Mick Sumter.

00:07 Mick, what's your position here?

00:08 Branch Director.

00:09 And you're here to launch the 23 Hartlepool Mail MKM Give a Gift appeal for children.

00:15 That's correct.

00:16 How important is it that children receive a gift on Christmas?

00:19 Well it's very important and this is the 10th year now of the Give a Gift appeal in association

00:27 with MKM and the Hartlepool Mail.

00:31 Going back over the 10 years that we've done this we're very proud to take part and we

00:35 feel it very important that we are involved in doing our best for children in Hartlepool.

00:41 So certainly the gift that you are prepared to give will certainly go to a child this

00:46 Christmas there's no doubt about that.

00:49 We accumulate something like 600-700 gifts every year and we're dealing with several

00:54 organisations in the town that come and see us, come and talk to us and take away gifts

00:59 for children within, as I've said, Hartlepool.

01:04 So it's a very important scheme that we do here and have done for a number of years as

01:13 I've said and certainly we will want to continue that year after year after year because there's

01:18 no doubt about it within Hartlepool there is a need and more now than ever and I think

01:23 I say that every year because the situation out there in the world changes all the time

01:28 but as far as we are concerned we will do our very best, our utmost to ensure that we

01:34 get as many gifts as possible and get them out there as quickly as we can to where they

01:38 need to be.

01:38 Thank you.

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