Festive joy for children in refuge.
We are excited to announce details of the upcoming launch of this year’s Rotary Christmas Toy Box Appeal - an initiative that aims to provide individual toy boxes to every child, in every domestic abuse refuge across the UK.
To kick off this year's Rotary Christmas Toy Box Appeal, we will be running an online launch event where members of the Rotary Christmas Toy Box Team and Kids in Mind will be on hand to share information and answer your questions about getting involved in the appeal.
The launch event will take place online on Wednesday 2nd September at 7pm.
Registration is now open - Register to attend at: rotarygbi.org/members/RCTBLaunch2026
We look forward to welcoming you to our live webinar, where you will find out everything you need to know about this year's Rotary Christmas Toy Box Appeal, which aims to bring festive joy to children who will be spending Christmas in a refuge this year.
These are individual toy boxes which cost £30 each and will contain age and gender specific new toys up to an approximate value of £80.
Each box will be delivered to children living in domestic abuse refuges across the UK at Christmas 2026.
The aim is to provide an individual Rotary Christmas Toy Box to every child, in every domestic abuse refuge across the UK.
Please bear in mind that over Christmas refuges are generally full, with 15 to 20 children in each refuge, on average.
When you make a donation you will be asked if you want to direct your donation for Rotary Christmas Toy Box to a specific refuge. To avoid any confusion, please do not contact your local refuge directly about the project, as this may cause confusion. The logistics are arranged through Kids in Mind charity.
Kids in Mind are Rotary GB&I’s supporting partner for the Rotary Christmas Toy Box Appeal, and are responsible for sourcing, packing and delivering the toy boxes.
If want to show your support for the 2026 Rotary Christmas Toy Box Appeal, we have created a promotional resource pack to help, containing:
The 2026 resource pack will be available here when the appeal is launched on 2nd September.Â
The 2025 initiative raised over £97,000 which helped us deliver boxes of toys to over 3,200 children. Thank you for your amazing support.
Rotary Christmas Toy Boxes are made possible through the support of our valued partner, Kids in Mind. In Rotary Magazine we took a look back at the impact of the campaign, rounding up some of the incredible work of volunteers who made it happen.
Thank you for your incredible support of the initiative in 2024. As a result an outstanding £84,225 was raised, enabling the delivery of 3,369 toy boxes to children living in domestic abuse refuges across Great Britain and Ireland, bringing smiles and joy during the festive season.
This initiative was a true success, made possible through the support of our valued partner, Kids in Mind.
The Rotary Christmas Toy Boxes initiative is part of the Rotary Children's Fun Day campaign, a Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland project supported by Kids in Mind.


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