A construction firm in Chorley are laying the foundations to ensure all patients at the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals have a gift to open on Christmas day.

For the second year D & G Builders and Joiners, located at Quarry Road is sponsoring Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity’s Give a Gift project to buy and bag at least 1,200 pressies to be handed out on the big day to those on the hospitals’ wards.

D&G has donated £2,500 to help the LTHC team’s present buying. | S

placeholder image — D&G has donated £2,500 to help the LTHC team’s present buying. | S

The firm has donated £2,500 to the LTHC team to spend on gifts such as chocolates, toiletry sets, fluffy socks and mindful colouring books and pencils for adults among other goodies.

Team member Lucy Clark said: “We are so grateful to D & G Builders and Joiners for such a fantastic donation towards our present shopping.

“Giving all patients a gift on Christmas morning really creates a lovely atmosphere on the wards that lasts throughout the whole day.

“It makes a tremendous difference to not only how patients feel but also to how the staff feel. It makes it special.”

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The team will also be collecting more gifts from supporters on a tour of Preston, Leyland and Chorley on Monday, December 15, aboard a Stagecoach bus with none other than Santa himself at the wheel.

Stagecoach has loaned the bus free-of-charge to the LTHC team, which will be making stops at the ISSA Fatima Centre, Virgin Money and Primark in Preston city centre, the Bowker BMW and Porsche garages at Preston Docks and Shout Network before taking a break at Tesco in Leyland where it will meet up with staff from before going on to Smart Labels and Chorley St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School.

To support the Give a Gift project click here