CWL0356-2664202 Hillhouse Link Tenant and Residents
| Wish ID | CWL0356-2664202 |
|---|---|
| Group name | Hillhouse Link Tenant and Residents |
| Locality | Blantyre/Hamilton |
| Type of Wish | Financial donation |
| About us | We are a voluntary community group, established in 2018, dedicated to supporting and assisting our local community in any way we can. We work closely with South Lanarkshire Council’s Community Engagement Team and have been involved in the Our Place Our Plan initiative for several years. Hillhouse has been recognised as an area experiencing high levels of poverty for some time. Many of our families don’t often have opportunities to celebrate, so we fundraise throughout the year to provide full Christmas parties for local children, as well as a free Christmas tea party for older residents. |
| Our Wish | The children’s Christmas party will take place on 20 December, while the date for the pensioners’ party is still to be confirmed. We hire Beanies Themed Disco to provide entertainment for the children at a cost of £350, and we bring in a local professional singer for the pensioners, also costing £350. Each child receives a £10 gift and a selection box. With capacity for 80 children, this totals £960. We also aim to provide a small gift bag for each pensioner; we normally have around 90 attendees, costing approximately £900 overall. In addition, we provide a Christmas buffet for the children, which cost £420 last year. The pensioners are served trays of sandwiches, sausage rolls, and cakes, which totalled £330 last year. As an extra treat, we try to use any remaining funds to offer a free bar for the pensioners; last year we stocked the bar with £530 worth of refreshments. Finally, the hall hire for each event is £100. |
| Date added to website | November 2025 |
| How to answer this wish | If you would like to answer this wish, please email CommunityWishList@southlanarkshire.gov.uk |