A special charity Christmas present

For many of us, Christmas is a time to create cherished memories with loved ones.

Christmas is also a special time for Mary’s Meals, and with the festive season well under way, we’re inviting you to set a place at our virtual  Big Family Christmas dinner table to bring hope to hungry children living in impoverished communities, the perfect way to make a charity Christmas donation.

There is no limit on the number of places you can set, so whether you’re gifting a place at the table to a colleague, family member or friend, or setting a place in memory of someone special, there’s room for everyone. More is always merrier – the more places set, the more young lives can be transformed.

We serve meals to more than 2.2 million children every school day, but there are still so many hungry children waiting for Mary’s Meals.

Today, the world is enduring a crippling hunger crisis. In the East Africa alone, an estimated 37 million people are acutely food insecure. Your Charity Christmas donation, a gift of £15.90, will serve a nutritious meal to a child in their place of education every school day.

When you set a place at our virtual table, you’ll receive a beautiful, personalised placemat that you can email, print, or pass on as a gift during this festive season. Your personalised dinner plate will also appear virtually beside hundreds of others on our Big Family Christmas webpage.

And, thanks to our Double The Love campaign, donations to Mary’s Meals made until 31 January 2023 are being matched – up to £1.5 million. This means that your kindness will go even further this Christmas and setting your place at our table will feed two hungry children for a school year, making a place at the Big Family Christmas table an incredible charity Christmas present.

You can further spread joy with Mary’s Meals this festive season with our magical selection of charity Christmas gifts that you can find on our online shop. These truly are gifts that give back.