Action Together's Toy Appeal, supported by your Tameside Reporter and Tameside Radio, is under way and you can donate gifts at drop-off points across the borough.

Christmas will be a very difficult time this year for many families in Tameside, particularly those living in poverty.

In response to these unprecedented times, the Tameside Toy Appeal 2021 is needed now more than ever.

This year the appeal will run differently:

• A team of volunteer Doorstep Elves and Sleigh Drivers will collect gifts from your doorstep and deliver to local families.
• You can safely donate toys at one of the local drop-off points across Tameside. The drop-off points are listed below.
• You can donate online on the dedicated JustGiving page.
• You can help spread the word by sharing with family, friends, and colleagues using #TamesideToyAppeal

Watch the video above to see how you can support this year's appeal. 

All gifts donated to the Tameside Toy Appeal will be given to Tameside children living in poverty. 

Gift ideas

Donate new and unwrapped gifts for babies to 18 year olds. Second hand or soft toys cannot be accepted. 

Children aged 0-3 years old 

Bath toys, building blocks, playmats and teethers 

Children aged 4-12 years old 

Activity toys, board games, dressing up outfits, puzzles 

Teenagers 

Art supplies, card games, gift vouchers, sports equipment 

All ages 

Books, gloves, hats, pyjamas, scarves, slippers, socks 

Donation drop-off points 

Donate by Friday 10 December 2021.

Here's where you can drop off your donations, at various locations across the borough... 

Ashton-under-Lyne 

• Tameside Radio / Tameside Reporter, Quest Media Centre, Cavendish Mill (Rear Entrance), Bank Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7DN
• Wendy and Mandy's Café, Ashton-under-Lyne, Indoor Market
• Active Ashton, Water Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AN
• St Peter’s Children Centre, Clyde Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 0NQ
• Parochial C.E Primary, 74 Keppel Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6NR
• Yorkshire Building Society, 83 Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 7RS
• Waterloo Primary School Primary School, Worthington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL7 9PT
• AgeUK Tameside, 131 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AW
• The Leap Children & Families Centre, Clyde Street, Ashton Under Lyne OL7 ONQ

Audenshaw

• Mi Amour by Sarah Connor, 168 Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, M34 5WN

Denton 

• Denton West End Community Library Windsor Road, Denton, M34 2HB
• Denton Library, Town Hall, Market Street, Denton, M34 2AP
• Haughton Green Centre, Tatton Road, Haughton Green, Denton, M34 7PH
• Oasis Centre, 2 Tatton Road, Haughton Green, Denton, M34 7PL
• Victoria Park Community Centre Acre Street, Denton, Manchester M34 2AL
• Tameside Wellness Centre - Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way, Denton, Manchester M34 3RD
• Tameside Arts, 8 Market Street, Denton, Manchester M34 2XW

Droylsden

• Community Cutz, 2 Chapel Road, Droylsden, M43 7NA
• St Martin's Church, Greenside Lane, Droylsden, M43 7QS
• Active Medlock, Gardenfold Way, Droylsden, M43 7XU
• Greenside Children’s Centre, 224 Greenside Lane, Droylsden, M43 7RA
• Droylsden Library, Manchester Road, Droylsden, M43 6EP

Dukinfield

• The Together Centre, Loxley House, Birch Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5AU
• Dukinfield Library, Concord Way, Dukinfield, SK16 4DB

Hyde

• ABC Nursery, Onwards Street, Hyde, SK14 1HW
• Active Hyde, Walker Lane, Hyde, SK14 5PL
• Hyde Children’s Centre, Hyde Flowery Centre, Hyde, SK14 4SQ
• Hyde Youth and Community Centre, Bennett Street, Hyde, SK14 4PP
• St Barnabas Church, Hattersley Road East, Hyde, SK14 3EQ
• POP Café, Post Office House, 11 Corporation Street, Hyde, SK14 1AB
• Hattersley Library, The Hub, Stockport Road, Hattersley, SK14 6NT
• Hyde Library, Town Hall, Greenfield Street, Hyde, SK14 1AL
• On The Move Property Boutique, 287 Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, SK14 5RF

Mossley

• Mossley Children's Centre, The Rowans, Mossley, OL5 9DR
• Mossley Library, George Lawton Hall, Stamford Street, Mossley, OL5 0HR

Stalybridge

• St Paul's Stalybridge, St Paul's Vicarage, Huddersfield Road, SK15 2PT
• Stalybridge Civic Hall, Trinity Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2BN
• Active Copley, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 3ET
• Gorse Hall Primary & Nursery School, Forester Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2DP
• Stalybridge Library, Trinity Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2BN
• Big Local Stalybridge, 4 Ambleside, Stalybridge, SK15 1EB
• Holy Trinity Church, Corporation Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2JS
• Academy HQ , Unit 1 & 2, Caroline House, Leech Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1SE
• St Georges Church, Church Walk, Stalybridge, SK15 1DL
• Reach Church Kelvin Works, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 3HE
• Stalybridge Library, Trinity Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2BN

To find out how your business or school can become a Tameside Toy Appeal drop-off point, email info@actiontogether.org.uk or call 0161 339 2345.

Tameside Toy Appeal 2021 

Click here to read, watch and listen to more about this year's appeal, including where you can donate and how you can volunteer