Angels save Santa’s sleigh this Christmas!

5 months ago

The Santa sleigh float run by Lytham Round Table is one of those festive fundraisers we’ve been enjoying in the area since the 1980s but this year we could have missed out with expensive repairs needed to the float. Lytham Round Table sent out a plea in early November for donations to fix the Santa float and it was local in-home care company, Visiting Angels, who stepped in to save the sleigh.

The Christmas tradition kicked off on Tuesday from Frobisher Drive and continues on routes around the town for 8 days – all with the purpose of raising as much money for good causes and charities in the community. You can view all the routes on the Lytham Round Table website: https://lythamroundtable.co.uk/

Lisa Footman is the MD of Visiting Angels (https://www.visiting-angels.co.uk/fyldecoast/) and although she and her team of Angels would be sad to have missed out on the festive favourite if the float had not run this year, there was another very special reason why they donated the full amount to fix the float.

“My father, Paul Minton, passed away very suddenly in October 2021. He was a Round Tabler who originally set up the Santa float back in the 1980s. The Christmas music and holiday spirit brings joy not only to the children in our area but everyone including our elderly clients. My only request to the brilliant team who coordinate this fundraiser every year was to slow down outside some of the homes where I know our clients aren’t quite quick enough to get to the window in time before Santa flies past! We’re so proud that this year the sleigh is Angel powered!”

This year, Santa’s sleigh will also be at the following locations with the support from Round Table 41 Club (Lytham & Kirkham):

16th - Lytham Booths 9.30am - 4pm

20th - Lytham Lidl 9.30am - 4pm

22nd - St Annes Booths 10am – 4pm

If you would like to donate, the Round Table can accept donations via a text message. Text JINGLE along with the amount you would like to donate to 70460. For example, texting JINGLE 3 to 70460 would donate £3 plus the cost of one standard rate message.

Notes to Editors

For more information, you can call Lisa’s mobile on 07977 583703
Images: a selection of images from Tuesday’s (last night) launch of the Santa float

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About Visiting Angels

In 2017, the Visiting Angels brand came to the UK under the expert leadership of Dan Archer. A franchise veteran and passionate ambassador for quality care at home, Dan launched the first UK office in October 2017. In less than 12 months, Visiting Angels Sheffield proved to be one of our most successful new franchises. Ever. Dan and his team were awarded ‘Best International Office’ at our 2018 Annual Conference in recognition of their exceptional performance and commitment to the Visiting Angels UK mission. Most care businesses, and in turn, most care franchises, will tell you that they put their clients first. And whilst we don’t disagree with the sentiment, we take a slightly different view on how to achieve it. We believe that to truly be successful in this pursuit, and to change the future of social care in the UK, we must actually put our carers at the heart of the business. For without them, there is no business. We describe this approach as "carer-centric".