Cheltenham
Book your festive challenge now!
Our ZCT elves have been super busy sourcing a sack load of projects for you and your teams to pick from! Whether sprinkling trees with tinsel, wrapping presents with ribbon, or spreading joy with a jolly party - we have lots of ways you can make it a tree-mendous Christmas in your community! With a mixture of virtual and face-to-face projects, and up to £500 provided per challenge, it couldn't be easier!
To book, please call Mark Flay 07812 265497
You'll find everything else you need in our Challenge Team Leader Toolkit! >
CHEL1F Food and Festive Fayre
The Challenge
Cheltenham Open Door would really appreciate it if a team could provide around 20 festive parcels filled with items of food and festive fayre. Food parcels are part of the work they do, and they'd welcome any support in generating food donations during their busiest time of the year. In particular, they would like items that are non-perishable and can be cooked using a kettle or a microwave. It would be lovely if these festive parcels could also include some small luxuries, such as a box of chocolates, or a small gift that many of us take for granted. The charity can help by providing you with a list of suggested items, then it's over to you and the team to get buying and packing!
Cheltenham Open Door
Cheltenham Open Door supports vulnerable, disadvantaged and lonely people. They aim to relieve poverty, hardship, and social or emotional distress. Their guests are men and women who have been deprived of the comforts and security most of us take for granted, and they offer them hospitality, warmth, food, and somewhere to relax. The people who come through their doors come from all walks of life.
Team size = Medium (6-10)
CHEL2F The Prize Is Right!
The Challenge
The charity would love some hamper raffle prizes for their Christmas raffle, which will be drawn on Friday 15 December 2023. Can you come up with three prizes that you'd be happy to win? They're ideally looking for a small, medium and large prize, with a budget of around £300, and will need to know what the prizes are a few weeks before the draw date.
James Hopkins Trust
James Hopkins Trust (JHT) rovides care and support to Gloucestershire's young children who are life limited or life threatened. Respite is provided night or day, either in the family home or their purpose built respite centre, in Gloucester. The support of their local community and businesses is critical to their ability to be able to support families who desperately need our help.
Team size = Small (<6)
CHEL3F Oh Christmas Tree!
The Challenge
Sue Ryder would love for a small team to supply and decorate a big, real Christmas tree for their chapel. They have the decorations from last year's Festive Challenge, so they just need a team of decorating elves that can choose the perfect bushy 8ft tree, that will make the chapel a magical place at Christmas!
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice is Gloucestershire's only inpatient hospice. They also offer a virtual programme for their Day Hospice patients and are the largest provider of Hospice at Home care across the county.
Team size = Small (<6)
CHEL4F Presents from Santa!
The Challenge
The charity would love up to 40 Christmas presents to gift to the patients they will be caring for during the build up to Christmas, to add a bit of festive cheer to their day. These will include inpatients at Leckhampton Court Hospice and other patients they will be caring for through their Hospice at Home nurses.
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice is Gloucestershire's only inpatient hospice. They also offer a virtual programme for their Day Hospice patients and are the largest provider of Hospice at Home care across the county.
Team size = Medium (6-10)
CHEL5F Festive Pamper Hampers!
The Challenge
The charity would love you to provide 20-25 Christmas shoe boxes / pamper hampers for distribution (early December) to their Cheltenham clients, to add some sparkle to their Christmas. These hampers, although small, will be a perfect treat to people that need a festive boost. The charity will guide you as to what types of items you might include.
The Nelson Trust
The Nelson Trust helps women thrive in their community and supports individuals recovering from addiction.
Team size = Medium (6-10)
CHEL6F Festive Pamper Hampers (2)!
The Challenge
The charity would love you to provide 20-25 Christmas shoe boxes / pamper hampers for distribution (early December) to their Stroud clients, to add some sparkle to their Christmas. These hampers, although small, will be a perfect treat to people that need a festive boost. The charity will guide you as to what types of items you might include.
The Nelson Trust
The Nelson Trust helps women thrive in their community and supports individuals recovering from addiction.
Team size = Medium (6-10)
CHEL7F A Festive Evening of Fun and Support!
The Challenge
13- to 24-year-old males only make up around 30% of the younger people that attend counselling through Teens in Crisis and the charity is keen to address this within their 'levelling up' project. The charity would like the help of a small team to organise one of six weekday evening events, designed to get young boys and men to engage in counselling. It will allow the charity to find out from them, first-hand, what 'support' really looks like. The charity will help you choose a suitable activity and would love if the team could also lay on food and drinks too. It would be helpful if three or four people from the team could come along to help with the event and, given the nature of the project, it would be great if there were a couple of male helpers within the team.
TIC+ (Teens In Crisis)
TIC+ provides counselling and support for young people struggling with poor mental health. Their service is free for the young person and their family, meaning that it is inclusive for all, the counselling takes place at a convenient location for the young person, again ensuring there's no barriers of traveling to a certain location/town for them to get support.
Team size = Small (<6)
CHEL8F Memories Are Made of This!
The Challenge
Winston's Wish would love for a team to help them make memories by buying items for the memory packages that they distribute to the young people they support. They can guide you as to what items to buy, but would also appreciate it if your team could make up a supply of these, ready for them to distribute. There's also the possibility for your team to attend one of their activity days if you'd like to. This additional extra can be discussed with the charity.
Winston's Wish
Winston's Wish is the first childhood bereavement charity that supports young people up to the age of 25, when their lives have been turned upside down by grief. They provide a variety of services through their helpline, on demand email and messaging services, 1:1 counselling, bereavement support and peer group therapy.
Team size = Medium (6-10)