CaringKids Christmas Toy Appeal – Closed for 2024

04/10/2024 CaringKids

Nothing is more fun than the gift of giving! Knowing that your gesture of kindness will spark JOY for kids at Christmas, and all year round!

Are you thinking about hosting a toy drive at your workplace, community group, school, preschool or amongst your friends and family?

You can help us fill up Joy Boxes full of toys, games, school stationery and sports equipment for children caring for family members living with a disability or serious illness.

Host a CaringKids Toy Drive

Host a CaringKids Toy Drive by popping up a Xmas tree or hosting a virtual online toy collection. For hybrid/ virtual workplaces – yes! we do have an online tax-deductible toy store, choose from hundreds of toys, powered by Simply Giving.

Are you a business, workplace, school, or community group who would like to host a toy drive for CaringKids this Christmas? Anyone can join in from anywhere in Australia. You can make this Christmas our most joyful yet for young carers aged 4 to 12 years!

Register your interest in hosting a CaringKids Toy Drive

Please get in touch with us via the form below to host a CaringKids Toy Drive!

Click the ‘+’ sign to open the form ‘Register your Toy Drive’.

Register your Toy Drive - Closed for 2024

Toy Drop-Off Location Sydney Metro Area

In person toy collections must be brand new, quality toys, games, school stationery and sports equipment, 30cm or less in size to suit children aged 4 to 12 years.

Toy Drop-Off Location

Banksmeadow, Sydney NSW

When

You can drop donations to us between 9:30am and 12:00pm on:

Saturday, 30th November 2024
Monday, 2nd December 2024
Wednesday, 4th December 2024
Saturday, 7th December 2024
Monday, 9th December 2024
Wednesday, 11th December 2024
Monday, 16th December 2024

Contact us for our address and to book your donation drop-off 🎁

Shipping Address

Items can be shipped to: Hillsdale, Sydney NSW 2036

Contact us for our shipping address, if you are shipping toys to us this Christmas.

Online Toy Drive

Simply Giving

We can setup a personalised Christmas Toy Appeal fundraising page for your school/sports club/company from our Simply Giving website.

From your customised Fundraising Page your supporters then can choose from hundreds of quality new toys to buy for our young carers sorted by:

Category
Gender
Age
Price Range

and, best of all, the toys will be delivered directly to our workshop.

Watch a 2 min video explaining the benefits of giving toys to us via Simply Giving.

Contact us for assistance setting up your Fundraising Page.

All toys donated are tax-deductible.

CaringKids Christmas and School Holiday Closure Dates

🚚 Our last day accepting toy donations is Monday, 16th December 2024 – 9:30am to 12noon.

🏠Our office and toy workshop will be closed Thursday, 19th December 2024 and will re-open on Monday, 3rd February 2025.

Christmas Toy Appeal Resources

Our posters and social media tiles below are designed to support you to raise funds and host events. Share these with your friends, colleagues or school community to reach your fundraising goal and help bring more joy to young carers.