The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at Eden Girls’ School, Slough where pupils, parents and staff have been working to make a better Christmas for people most in need. Students at the school in Bath Road organised collections and a range of activities as part of their annual Festive Winter Gift Programme. The school has been filled with collections of food and warm clothing donated to help the homeless. Parents also paid for new items of clothing specially requested by Slough Outreach and Connection Support. Staff and pupils at the school worked together to create hampers filled with treats that would bring comfort to people experiencing hardship over the winter season.
Busy putting the food packs together Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Slough donated meal starter packs in the run up to Christmas to help those in need. The starter packs fall under the National Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Cheap & Easy Cooking campaign that aims to provide ready to cook meals in pre- packed boxes with recipe books. The meals were handed to Slough Outreach who distributed them to those in need. The Ahmadiyya women’s auxiliary also donated hats, gloves and scarves for the homeless. Ahmadiyya president Atiq Ahmad Bhatti said: “As Muslims, service to humanity is our duty and given the challenge of food poverty the campaign aims to make tasty and healthy meals more accessible to those in need during this Christmas period. We will continue to do our utmost to help support the vulnerable in these times of great need.”