Father Christmas

Help Father Christmas do a spot of fundraising this weekend

Ann shares details of this event taking place at the weekend on behalf of Breathe Easy, an Isle of Wight support group for those living with a lung condition. Ed


On Saturday and Sunday December 10th and 11th Father Christmas will be back in his beautiful Grotto at Sainsbury’s in Newport with his elves and reindeer.

He will be there from 10am in the morning until 4pm each afternoon.

Just £3 donation
This is a very popular annual event where all children can receive a nice present, certificate and badge for a donation of just £3.

All the money raised will go to the Respiratory Department at St. Mary’s Hospital, where Breathe Easy are trying to raise £20,000 to purchase a portable ultrasound scanner to be used in the department and also by respiratory patients on the wards.

Breath Easy IW
Breathe Easy is a charity that helps any of the one in five Islanders that has a respiratory problem.

They meet every second Friday between 2pm – 4pm at St Mary’s Hospital, Respiratory Department, Parkhurst Road, Newport, PO30 5TG.

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