Get your festive fitness fix with the Barnsley Hospice Elf Run
Dust off your jingle bells, pull on those pointy eared hats, and lace up your curly-toed shoes – it’s time for Barnsley Hospice’s annual Elf Run! This family-friendly festive event is a magical way to support your local hospice and spread joy where it’s needed most while encouraging you to...
Support older people in Barnsley with Age UK Barnsley’s £1 raffle
Winter can be particularly challenging for older people, with colder temperatures, darker nights and the risk of loneliness and isolation making an already difficult time of year even harder. To help fund the crucial support they offer for people over 50, Age UK Barnsley is bringing back its Win Christmas...
Charlotte’s Cards celebrates 5 years of kindness
While most children spend the lead up to Christmas writing their wish lists, one local teenager spends hers thinking about someone else’s. Since she was ten years old, Charlotte Oram has been designing and making Christmas cards to raise money for the Rotherham Toy Appeal. What started in 2021 with...
Spread some joy, donate a toy to the Rotherham Toy Appeal
For many children, Christmas morning means the excitement of waking up early, racing downstairs and discovering presents waiting beneath the tree. But for families experiencing financial hardship, making Christmas feel magical can be an enormous challenge. The Rotherham Christmas Toy Appeal has been helping to change that for local families...
Make Christmas Day special for Barnsley care leavers
For many of us, Christmas is wrapped up in traditions — family meals, decorations and the comforting feeling of knowing where we belong. For young people who have left the care system, however, Christmas can be a very different experience. The transition to independent living can bring challenges and, without...
South Yorkshire’s Santa Sleigh Runs 2026
Find out if Santa and his sleigh are coming to your neighbourhood this Christmas thanks to three South Yorkshire organisations.
Christmas is about to get wonderfully mad at Wentworth Woodhouse
Forget Santa and his sleigh. This Christmas, there’s a rather more curious adventure waiting at Wentworth Woodhouse – and you’ll need to follow the White Rabbit to find it. The magnificent State Rooms will be transformed into Alice in Wentworth Wonderland, taking visitors on a festive journey through the Room...
Billingley wreath making classes make a difference for good causes
From thousands of sprigs of holly to thousands of pounds for good causes, one family’s festive tradition is a reminder of what Christmas is really about. For more than a decade, florist Bob Hendley and his family have been organising Christmas wreath workshops in Billingley village to give back to...
