The Return Of The Christmas Postboxes

It’s that time of year again - it’s time for St Albans

Postboxes December 2021!

Now in its 4th year, this fundraising campaign run by volunteers promises to be bigger and better than ever - and that’s saying something after their incredible 2020 campaign raised over £26000.

This year the team are raising vital funds for ADD-Vance - a Hertfordshire based charity that supports families affected by ADHD, Autism or a related condition and the professionals who support them - and Youth Talk - who provide free, confi dential counselling to 13-25 year olds who live in the City and District of St Albans. Demand has risen phenomenally during the pandemic and is showing no signs of easing. Youth Talk desperately need funds to provide more counselling sessions for those who need them

All the #stalbanspostboxes toppers have been made with love, imagination and possibly some swearing, and at no cost, by volunteers. Business sponsors have been identifi ed and generously gave their money, and prizes! Admin, emails, phone calls, helpers, web designers and hosters, map artists, app designers, photographers, Facebookers, bloggers, Instagrammers, all donating time and expertise behind the scenes.

None of this would be possible without our fantastic, talented, creative and dedicated team of creative magicians. This year the team at DigitalJen are coordinating all the making/assembly.

As always, all our creative miracle workers donate all their time and materials. We have craft clubs, WI’s, community groups, individuals and friends working together – this is a huge effort by some many people! Organiser Clare Suttie says: “This year is going to be incredible - with lots of new toppers, more toppers than ever before, new businesses on board sponsoring toppers - we are very excited at Postboxes HQ!”

Jenny Soppet-Smith from DigitalJen added: “We are very grateful for all the wool donations - always needed! My team have been busy sorting, fi xing and planning. Some days I can hardly see Roselle behind the wool and topper mountain. We are so grateful to Sarah Torode and her team at Excalibur Auctions for running an online auction for the fi rst 12 toppers, starting us off with a fantastic £3500 for our charities.” You can join in now by downloading the Eyes On St Albans app so you’ll be ready to fi nd out where all the toppers are, and learn more about the businesses who have donated to sponsor them.

You can also enter the Scan and Win Trail, for some fabulous prizes. Thanks go to Jez Levy for supporting St Albans Postboxes again.

We hope you have a great time fi nding all the postboxes. How many will there be? A great question - more than ever! Remember to share your photos using the hashtag #stalbanspostboxes, and follow us on social media where you’ll fi nd great photos and stories thanks to the mysterious, and rather fabulous, T.

And most of all, please do donate. You can scan QR codes on the toppers, or you can donate online:

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