Charity Christmas Donation Hub returns to Maidstone

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Maidstone Borough Council's Christmas hub returned last week, allowing residents to donate to a wide range of charities like Mid-Kent Mind and the Maidstone Street Pastors.   Henry Luck Reporting

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00:00December and the hunt for Christmas presents is finally on but for many

00:07across Maidstone it's impossible to find gifts whilst making ends meet.

00:14That's where Maidstone Borough Council's Christmas Hub comes in.

00:20This scheme which has been running for the past three years now allows Maidstone

00:26residents to donate a variety of items from food toys and games towards

00:36charities across the town to give those who are struggling this Christmas.

00:43For some of them Christmas can be a really lonely time knowing that people in their

00:48community have thought about them and have donated these wonderful gifts is

00:53really humbling and on Christmas Day when they open a gift and they know that

00:58somebody that they don't know personally has taken time to buy that for them and

01:03it's then being wrapped a label put on with their name is really lovely and it

01:08shows them that they're not forgotten.

01:11Unlike some of the other charities here we're after really specific things things

01:15like instant hot foods that we use for our street population and a lot of us are

01:22getting tucking into Christmas dinners and things some of our street population

01:26don't have anything so when we're out on a Saturday night we can help them with

01:30instant hot food.

01:32Although donations have decreased significantly compared to previous years the Borough

01:39Council remains confident that it can still make a positive impact in the

01:46community.

01:47Well they might be a bit low at the moment you probably saw the street pastors on the

01:51first day didn't have nothing but the next day they had a thousand pounds worth of

01:55stuff coming so it's a day-by-day it can't really judge it till it's finished but my

02:00personal view people have made them are very generous and when we look at back on

02:05this it probably in the new year you'll find that mate stone contributed quite a lot

02:09to the happiness of people at mate stone.

02:11The hub will be open until Saturday the 6th of December.

02:18With the big day fast approaching many are hoping for a miracle on Mainstone Street.

02:25Henry Luck for Kane TV in Maidstone.

02:30We'll be right back here.

02:31So let's go.

02:32It's actually going to be open to ...

02:34we've been Die.

02:35...

02:36they want to edit my phones out there.

02:39I don't know if we wake up for a minute.

02:41I don't even know how to get out of it for you.

02:43Twelve people have Had a house.

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