Kindness that chooses to give.
At the heart of every community are people who care. People who notice when others need support. People who want to make things a little easier. People who believe kindness matters, especially when life is at its most difficult.
Be the Gift is an invitation to those people.
St Nicholas Hospice Care is here for people across West Suffolk and Thetford facing dying, death and grief.
Hospice care is free for patients and families, but it is not free to provide. Local people make local hospice care possible.
At Christmas, when time together and familiar moments can carry particular meaning, community support helps families hold onto what matters most.
There are many ways to Be the Gift
Not every act of kindness looks the same. For some people, it means remembering someone special. For others, it means donating, taking part in a challenge, gathering colleagues together, recycling a Christmas tree or giving an unused gift a new purpose.
Whatever feels right for you, there is a way to Be the Gift this Christmas.
Choose your way
to Be the Gift
Christmas Appeal
Help a family hold onto what matters most.
At Christmas, families often treasure the moments that matter most.
Your support can help St Nicholas Hospice Care continue providing specialist care, emotional support and practical help to local people facing dying, death and grief.
Because when local people choose to care, local hospice care becomes possible.
Christmas 60K Challenge
Walk, jog or run 60K your way.
Take on a challenge that fits around you.
Walk, jog or run 60K your way this Christmas and receive a bespoke collectable medal while helping make local hospice care possible.
Complete the challenge across six weeks at your pace and in your place. Join the challenge community, track your progress and choose whether to fundraise too.
Christmas Tree Recycling
Recycle your Christmas tree. Be the Gift.
After Christmas, disposing of a real tree is an ordinary household task.
Through St Nicholas Hospice Care’s Christmas Tree Recycling Campaign, it can also become a practical act of local kindness.
Register your real Christmas tree for collection and responsible recycling, make a suggested donation and help make local hospice care possible. The donation supports hospice care; it is not a collection fee.
Gift It Again
Give your gift another purpose.
Received a Christmas gift you won’t use?
Gift It Again offers a simple way to pass that kindness on.
Donate a suitable gift at a participating collection point and give it another purpose. Suitable items may be reused, sold or repurposed to create value in support of local hospice care. Taking part does not require a financial donation.
Volunteering for Christmas events and activities
Why it matters
St Nicholas Hospice Care supports people across West Suffolk and Thetford facing dying, death and grief.
We provide specialist care, emotional support and practical help so nobody has to face these experiences alone.
The care we provide is made possible by a community that chooses to stand behind it.
Some people remember.
Some people donate.
Some people volunteer.
Some people take on a challenge.
Some people recycle a tree or pass on a gift they no longer need.
The actions are different, but they begin in the same place: a choice to care about what happens to someone else.