Newham businesses are coming together to support this year’s Cornwall Christmas Box scheme

Monday 5th December, 2022

Newham’s businesses are coming together to support this year’s Cornwall Christmas Box scheme.

The project has been running for nearly 20 years and was started by Three Rivers Vineyard Church to help families in need across the county by collecting and giving away festive dinner boxes.

Each box contains enough food for a family of four to six to celebrate, including dinner items, mince pies, biscuits and Christmas pudding. 

This year, Cornish pork producer Primrose Herd in Lighterage Hill and chartered accountants Bishop Fleming in Newham Road have been Newham’s business collection points for the boxes, usually filled with around £30 worth of food and treats. 

Staff at both firms say it’s great to see Newham businesses getting behind the scheme by putting together festive boxes to help families across Cornwall.

Sally Lugg, owner of Primrose Herd, said: “We know how tough times are for many families this Christmas, which is why we've opted to become a drop-off point for Cornwall Christmas Boxes.
“Each ‘Christmas in a Box’ goes to a family in Cornwall in serious need, giving them a festive meal on Christmas Day and some extra goodies to make it special.”

Nicola Bray, Corporate and Business Services Manager at Bishop Fleming said: “With Christmas approaching it is a great time to think about corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity and how we can give back to the community. Last year we collected in excess of 130 boxes, so we have signed up as a collection point for the second year, to support families in Cornwall.

It would be really great to see fellow Newham businesses getting behind the scheme by putting together festive boxes to help the appeal.”

The team behind the Cornwall Christmas Box scheme recently revealed they had gone from collecting approximately 100 boxes a few years ago to more than 3,500 last year.

The 2022 scheme has been backed by Cornish internet service provider Wildanet, which is supplying 19 vans to help deliver the boxes across the county later this month.

There are strict guidelines as to what each box should contain. All boxes must be received by December 9.

Drop off times at Primrose Herd are between 9am and 5.30pm, Tuesday to Thursday and between 9am and 12pm on Fridays.

To find out more, visit cornwallchristmasbox.co.uk