‘Tis the season for giving and the Eden Family are supporting some rather special projects this Christmas. Read more about ours...

This year we are backing a festive toy appeal for the county’s poorly children by donating a gift every time a three-night break between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day is booked and supporting The Pied Piper Christmas Toy Appeal, which is collecting gifts to go into stockings for children who will be in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Christmas Eve.

A wish list of toys has been collated by play specialists for children and their siblings who will be in hospital over Christmas – most of which cost up to or around £10 each and range from soft toys and role play sets, to walkie talkies and puzzles.

The Greenway has 21 individually-styled bedrooms, and with Christmas Eve itself offering overnight guests a Champagne afternoon tea, a four-course candle lit dinner, and cookies and tea by the fire for those returning from Midnight Mass, General Manager Luke Millikin is gearing up for a bumper number of donations to bring a smile to some of the region’s poorly youngsters.

Luke said: “Christmas is a time for families to have fun and create special memories, but we know that isn’t the case for everyone, which is why we wanted to do our bit by giving some of the region’s poorly children something to smile about during difficult times.

“The Greenway is a popular overnight destination at Christmas where guests can walk among the rolling Cotswold hills and relax in the spa in between exchanging presents, and this year we are targeting a sell out of all of our rooms so that we can provide more than £200 worth of gifts to the toy appeal.”

The toy appeal is organised by children’s charity The Pied Piper Appeal, which funds the Children’s Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and other county hospitals, supports SEND Schools in Gloucestershire with equipment and resources, sends children with life-limiting illnesses and their families on Wish Holidays to make lasting memories, and improves children’s experiences at mental health facilities in the county.

To find out more about supporting the toy appeal visit www.piedpiperappeal.co.uk/pptoyappeal24,

(Photo left to right: Elise Fry, Amy Hatcher, Luke Millikin)