The 25th Roughley’s Christmas Toy Run was bigger and better than ever this Sunday!
The much-loved annual tradition involves a fleet of local bikers, donned in festive gear, setting off from Tesco in Stockport to our Cheadle campus where they deliver hundreds of toys for our Christmas Appeal.
Despite the typical Manchester rain, the turnout on Sunday was incredible – and the generosity of the Roughley’s crew was extraordinary. An amazing £1252.37 was raised in cash donations, as well as 3199 gifts – worth an extraordinary £15,792.17!!
Lottie, Together Trust Fundraiser, shares:
“It is an honour to look after the Together Trust’s relationship with Roughley’s Bikers, who year on year show such kindness, hard work, and generosity towards supporting our services. It’s been extra special to celebrate 25 years of the bikers supporting the Trust this year and boy, did they knock it out of the park!
Compared to last Christmas, they almost doubled the amount of money raised, over tripled the amount of monetary value of the gifts received, and over quadrupled the amount of gifts they donated.
What a way to celebrate this incredible milestone. They make such a difference to our services and their events are beloved by everyone in the Trust. The Fundraising team are blown way and teary-eyed! We think they are wonderful and we wouldn’t be able to fulfil our Christmas appeal without them. Here’s to many more years!”
Not only do the bikers make Christmas Day wonderfully special for children in care, care leavers, disabled young people and adults, and families – the day itself is a festive favourite for the young people we support. They loved seeing the bikers who kindly let them sit on a motor bike and enjoying some refreshments in the festively-kitted out hall afterwards.
A huge thank you to the Roughley’s Bikers, everyone who donated, and to the wonderful volunteers on the day as well as those who helped us sort through the mountain of gifts this week. Every present has now been carefully matched to a child or young person’s interests and passions.
You have all made this Christmas one to remember, and one that will be very hard to top. Thank you!
