OnBuy.com, the UK’s most exciting online marketplace, has supported Diverse Abilities’ Christmas grotto for the second year in a row.
The grotto, hosted at Coping with CHAOS in West Moors, saw 68 children attend to meet Father Christmas and receive presents.
Amy Topp, short breaks coordinator at Diverse Abilities, commented: “After another really tough year of continued COVID precautions, we’re so pleased that everything came together to provide a safe and secure grotto for the families we support. We received a lot of great feedback from the children and their parents alike.”
Feedback from the families includes:
- “This is the best grotto we have ever been to, it is so inclusive and personal, and it’s just perfect for our children.”
- “Wow! What an amazing transformation! Santa’s Grotto was just magical. Thank you so much for all your hard work, he loves his present!”
Coping with CHAOS and Project My Time support children aged up to 18 with additional needs, and their families, through play sessions during the school holidays, family sessions, advice and guidance for parents, and weekend clubs for children and their siblings.
OnBuy is a fair and transparent online marketplace that offers customers more than 60 million products, all supplied by thousands of trusted online retailers. From household names to independent sellers, buyers can shop securely for products from a range of categories, such as electricals, beauty, home and garden, toys, and baby supplies.
Cas Paton, OnBuy’s founder and CEO, added: “We take pride in supporting our community, so it’s fantastic to be able to give back to organisations on our doorstep here in Dorset. Christmas should be a magical time for all children, and I’m really pleased that we’ve been able to play a part in creating some magic for the families supported by Diverse Abilities.
“The pandemic has had such an impact on not-for-profit organisations. It’s going to be crucial, for those of us who can, to really dig deep in the coming years and help charitable causes so that they can continue supporting those who need it most.”
Visit diverseabilities.org.uk to find out more about the charity and its work.