When Carole Sherriff, Manager of our East Kilbride club, heard about the Giving Tree from the  KidsOut charity, she just knew that our customers would connect with it. Word soon spread to the Manager of our club in Stirling, Gary Duncanson, who was very keen to get involved.

The Giving Tree is a Christmas initiative from the KidsOut charity, who are dedicated to supporting some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children with positive and happy experiences. 

The idea is that rather than buying anonymous Secret Santa gifts for colleagues, the Giving Tree encourages people to buy a toy for a disadvantaged child who might otherwise receive nothing at all at Christmas. We received Giving Tree tags with the name of a child and the present that they would love to receive from Father Christmas, which gave every gift a personal touch.

Customers and Staff purchased over 900 gifts for the charity, which Carole Sherriff proudly delivered via a huge van to one of the Giving Tree’s collection points in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

Craig Oliver, Operations Manager for Carlton Bingo, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all those involved.

“It's truly amazing that we at Carlton were able to support and facilitate the collection of Christmas gifts for such a wonderful charity. Our customers never fail to disappoint in supporting good causes and this is the latest example.

I would like to thank every customer for their donations and of course Gary, Carole and all the staff for their efforts. Special thanks go out to Carole for all her initial work in bringing this to life.”

Since 2006, Carlton Bingo has donated over £230,000 to many charities, which are picked because they are particularly close to the hearts of our customers and staff. We’re overwhelmed by the generosity and time that everyone is prepared to put into charity events across all our clubs.

We can’t thank you enough!!