By Margaret Carey

For the third year Holy Trinity Church members are going to run our ‘Reverse Advent Calendar Boxes’ project but, clearly, times are different this year. Previously we have asked you to put an item of non-perishable food into a box every day of Advent and then deliver the box to us for the benefit of Family Support Work (FSW), the Sussex based charity which supports families in need. Help is more than ever needed this year, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The community has been wonderfully generous in the first two years, with dozens of boxes donated to help other families.

This year, because we want to cut down the Covid-19 risk of infection, instead of delivering tins and packets, we ask you to make a financial contribution to FSW, maybe the equivalent of the price of the gift you would put into the box each day. Because we think the Advent Calendar theme is important, we suggest that you might like you to record your gift each day and tot them up on Boxing Day before you make your contribution.

The best way to do this is via the family Support Work website, www.familysupportwork.org. There is a ‘Donate’ button on their opening page. You can also send a cheque to: Family Support Work, Garton House, 22 Stanford Avenue, Brighton, BN1 6AA. So that we know how much the project has raised, and so that we can thank you, please email us after Christmas to tell us how well you have done. Thank you so much.