Reverse Advent 2025
We will be running a Reverse Advent on Wednesday 3 December 2025. Please send donations into school with your child to be collected at tutor time. We will then package the donations into hampers to be delivered to families in our community that are experiencing financial hardship, along with local food banks. Last year, our Reverse Advent helped support 20 Sheldon families.
Unlike a normal advent calendar, which typically involves the receipt of something each day, such as chocolate, the focus of a Reverse Advent is on giving instead, with a view to helping people who are less fortunate at Christmas.
As part of the Reverse Advent, we will be taking donations of the following items:
Tinned Food |
Other Food |
Drinks |
Xmas Treats |
Other Items |
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Sugar Meat Fish, e.g. Salmon Baked Beans Spaghetti Hoops Soup Vegetables Fruit Rice Pudding Custard |
Breakfast Cereal Instant Mash Potato Sponge Pudding Dried Pasta Dried Rice Cooking Sauces Chocolate Bars Jam Custard Sauces, e.g. Ketchup Cheese Biscuits Crisps |
UHT Milk Squash Long Life Fruit Juice 1 Litre Bottles Cola Hot Chocolate Tea Bags Instant Coffee |
Stuffing Cranberry Sauce Gravy Selection Box Christmas Pudding Mince Pies Christmas Cake Jars of Chutney Box of Biscuits Shortbread |
Toilet Roll Sanitary Towels Shampoo Shower Gel Deodorant Toothpaste Washing Up Liquid |
If you are on a low income and are facing financial hardship due to the higher cost of living, please click here to complete a form to be considered for Christmas hamper. The form will close on Friday 28 November. You can also make your request via your child's Head of Year.