MORE than 1,500 toys have been donated to a festive appeal from a storage firm.
Access Self Storage branches across the country, including Reading, have been asking customers to give a gift.
The vast majority of the donations will go to the Spread a Smile charity, which provides in-hospital entertainment for children and their families. Some stores nominated charities local to them.
This is the 10th year of the appeal, and in that time more than 20,000 gifts have been donated.
Jan-Albert Fourie, general manager of operations at Access Self Storage, was delighted with the scale of the donations.
“All 59 Access Self Storage stores were involved in our 10th anniversary Christmas gifts collection this year and we are thrilled we’ve collected over 1,500 gifts to deliver across our chosen charities,” he said.
“Our stores work closely with their local communities, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of both our customers and residents this year.
“Working together, our teams and their communities have made sure that those in need will be treated to a gift this year from our Christmas collection and we hope that our gifts make a difference.
“In this anniversary year we campaigned to collect enough donated gifts to exceed our target of over 20,000 donations since we began our Christmas appeals 10 years ago, and I’m thrilled to announce, we did it.
“We want to thank everyone who donated.”
Although the official collection is now over, donations can still be taken to Access Self Storage in Portman Road, Reading.
