Month: November 2018

People donating new toys for the “Toys on the Table” 2018 campaign now have further collection points available. Morrisons at Freemans Park and the Argos outlets at Homebase and Sainsbury’s have made toy collection points available in their stores. These…

On 19th August 2018 Terry Watts the president of Toys on the Table and long time driving force behind the charity passed away. The Service of Committal followed by a Service of Thanksgiving was held on 10th September 2018. Terry…

The unit that “Toys on the Table” had in the Fosse Park Food Hall in 2017 during November and December helped us bring our charity to the attention of many more people and they responded magnificently, requiring TOTT bring a…

We are really pleased to have the special support of “Leicestershire cares” for this year’s campaign. “Leicestershire cares” brings businesses and communities together for the benefit of all. As with their support in past years we are sure that in…

For many years Toys on the Table has had the support of the students and staff at Leicester University with volunteering and wrapping of presents. This year the University is planning to add something different. They intend to build a…

This year’s launch took place on the 1st of November. Once again we are very grateful to Radio Leicester for supporting the charity by making their studios available to us to publicise the launch, and to Ben Jackson for hosting…

In October 2018 Leicester City Council agreed to extend the free lease we have on our premises, where all the toys are collected, catalogued, wrapped and distributed, for a further 5 years. Naturally, we were delighted to accept. Such support…

Thanks to the generosity of the people and businesses of Leicestershire and Rutland, in 2017 Toys on the Table were able to distribute 10,000 new toys worth between £80,000 and £90,000 to more than 3,500 deserving children. In 2018 Toys…