The Mercury raises more than £2,800 for charities with Santa's Grotto and gift donations

A big thank you to all of our lovely customers who helped raise this amount via the grotto and the gift wrapping throughout the Christmas Period. Throughout 2019 together we raised more than £16,000 for local charities. Thank you for all your help supporting these worthwhile causes.

 

Mercury Shopping Centre raises more than £2,800 for charities with Santa's Grotto and gift donations

 

A series of fundraising events at the Mercury saw the Romford shopping centre raise thousands of pounds for Havering charities.  

 

The oldest Santa's Grotto in the borough at the Mercury Shopping Centre helped raise £2,000 for Saint Francis Hospice in Havering-atte-Bower and the Hornchurch disability and special needs charity, First Step.

 

A Christmas charity wrapping week saw shoppers dig deep in their pockets in exchange for their festive purchases to be gift wrapped. The event raised £500 for SSAFA the armed forces charity, London City Mission Bethel Food Bank, Blesma, Tommy's and Saint Francis Hospice.  

 

Centre manager Spencer Hawken said: We're so grateful to our shoppers for their generosity and support during the busy Christmas period, proving, once again, just how generous our shoppers can be."

 

 

Customers also donated 400 presents for the charity, Women's Aid Havering.

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