Santa surprises local boy with cheque for the homeless

29/12/17 News

When 9-year-old Layton Munnery from Portslade wrote a letter to Santa at South Downs Nurseries, asking him to help the homeless this year, Santa decided to do just that. Santa’s Toy Factory grotto was run by The Budding Foundation this year and after reading Layton’s letter, charity founder, Clive Gravett, tracked him down to his home in Portslade and invited him to visit Brighton & Hove based charity ‘Off The Fence’, who run the homeless Project Antifreeze.

Staff who work in The Barn Coffee Shop & Restaurant at South Downs Nurseries were so touched by Layton’s letter, they pledged their Christmas tips earned during the week before Christmas to the charity. Santa was able to surprise Layton with a cheque for £1000, which included a donation from The Budding Foundation, that he presented to the charity in front of a TV camera from BBC South East, a photographer and a reporter from The Argus newspaper.

Layton has been invited to volunteer at the charity and will be spending some of his school holidays helping with homeless projects. …/buddingfo…/laytonschristmaswish

To find out more about ‘Off the Fence’ and ‘Project Antifreeze’ please visit www.offthefence.org.uk

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Summer Colouring competition Winners Lindfield Primary Academy Paradise Park RNLI Plant donation to St Thomas A Becket Church Mayberry Garden Centre to the rescue! South Downs Nurseries donate supplies to local rescue Paradise Park lends a hand Father’s Day Competition 2nd Prize Winner Father’s Day Runner-Up Revealed We have an award-winning nursery! Father’s Day Competition Winners Peacehaven Open Gardens Local cheeses a hit at British Cheese Awards Donated Topiary Ball Seahaven Academy ETC Sussex Donation 1st Ditchling Beavers Nursery Tour Walkers raise over £1,000 for charity Paradise Park receive life saving defibrillator St Peter & St James Open Gardens Newick C of E Primary School Engineering Club Shoppers raise £1000 for charity! Breakwater Academy receives a visitor Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal Denton Primary School Seahaven First Responders Fundraiser Ditchling Morris at the Heritage Centre BBC’s Dig It at South Downs Heritage Centre Mayberry Garden Centre Book Donations A Poem brings a Happy Easter Vale Park Makeover Harbour Primary School Annecy School in Seaford Local Brownie Group receives donation from garden centre Garden Re-leaf 2017 Mayberry plants featured on ‘The Home Game’ Wild Bird Quiz Competition Winner Brian Vernon Charity Book Sale Valentine Love Week Winners Victorian Art Causes a Stir Breakwater Academy Volunteers Wanted The Budding Foundation set to double its fundraising total in 2017

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