Support refugees with Choose Love gifts this Xmas - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Where to buy Christmas presents that change lives By You Magazine - December 17, 2021 Last month, 27 people tragically died attempting to cross the English Channel. A record 1,185 made the journey on November 12th, following a sharp increase in attempts over the previous year. And the RNLI was blocked by abusive members of the public while trying to launch a rescue boat. The refugee crisis has put Britain’s asylum system under serious scrutiny, and organisations like Choose Love have been stepping up to identify and close gaps in services for refugees and displaced people. Funding grassroot and community-led organisations, Choose Love aims to platform the voices of refugees while providing essential support such as rescue boats and legal advice, food and supplies. This year, tapping into the country’s festive spirit, Choose Love has launched the fifth instalment of its Christmas shop, which sells real items for refugees. Conveniently located in Soho’s Carnaby Street in London, shoppers can effortlessly tie in a visit to the pop-up with their usual Christmas shopping trips, dropping in to make a difference and support the extraordinary efforts of Choose Love. Open until Christmas Eve, shoppers can spend just £20 and buy a warm blanket and sleeping bag for those sleeping in refugee camps this winter – a simple but game-changing purchase for those just trying to survive cold nights. Just £40 can buy an emergency medical care package, which funds life-saving doctors services and PPE to help fight the spread of Covid, which tears through camps where people live in close proximity. Gifts can also be purchased online at the Choose Love website. Treating your own kids to stockings from Santa? Give them the gift of empathy and understanding for those less fortunate, by gifting a New start for a Child Bundle (£80) in their name, which equips young children with clothes and essential skills for the future through education and play. With families divided and desperate, this festive season is likely to be a struggle for many in the camps around the world supported by Choose Love. The Afghanistan Bundle, £120, supports those (especially women) displaced from a country in crisis, by creating safe spaces, food, clothes, mental health support and reunion services, whilst those feeling extra generous can Buy the Store for £550 and help people at every stage of the process rebuild their lives from scratch. There’s still time to turn your Christmas shopping spree into a meaningful opportunity to help those that need it most: drop into Choose Love’s Christmas store until December 24th and or shop online buy someone a gift that they’ll never forget. Choose Love Christmas Store, 3 Carnaby Street, Carnaby, London W1F 9PB Opening times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 10am–7pm Thursday: 10am–8pm Sunday: 11am–6pm For those who can’t make it down to Carnaby Street, visit the online store. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved