A charity appeal deadline for toy donations to help children in Caerphilly County Borough has been extended.
Operation Santa aims to help more than 650 local children who have been nominated by social workers.
People across the county borough can pledge to buy a toy and choose the age, gender and geographical area of the recipient. More than 700 have been pledged so far.
Operation Santa is helping families who are working with Llamau, Action for Children, Home-Start and Gofal Cymru.
People either call the pledge hotline on 01443 866577 or email operationsanta@caerphilly.gov.uk and pledge to buy a present for a child.
The pledge hotline will now be open until Monday December 3 – an extension on the original November 23 deadline.
Once a pledge is made, that person has to buy the gift and take to one of the collection centres.
The collection centres are:
- Barclays Bank, Ystrad Mynach
- Customer First Blackwood
- Customer First Pontlottyn
- Harper and Wallis Estate Agent, Hanbury Road, Bargoed
- Lloyds TSB Bank, Rhymney
- Risca Family Centre, Risca
- Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly
Cllr Robin Woodyatt, cabinet member for social services, said: “Thank you to all those people who have already pledged to buy a gift as part of Operation Santa. For some families, Christmas can be a difficult time, but the generosity and kindness of county borough residents and businesses can and really does help to bring some Christmas cheer to these families.”