Martin House Children’s Hospice hosted its annual family Christmas party – with visits from Gareth Southgate and Leeds United players – at Bowcliffe Hall in Bramham.
Former England football manager, and Martin House ambassador, Gareth Southgate met the families at the party, alongside Leeds United players Josuha Guilavogui, Illan Meslier and Ilia Gruev who handed out gifts to the children.
Josuha Guilavogui, Ilia Gruev and Illan Meslier meet families at the Martin House Christmas Party (Image: Duncan Lomax)
Clair Holdsworth, chief executive officer at Martin House, said: “The family Christmas party is one of our favourite days – it’s so special to give families these incredible memories, particularly when we never know if this will be the last Christmas some of them get to spend together.
“We’d like to thank Gareth and Leeds United for coming along to sprinkle a little extra magic on the day and do our amazing team at Martin House for helping us to spread some festive cheer with families.”
Martin House Santa’s Grotto (Image: Duncan Lomax)
Clair added: “We’d like to give a huge thanks to Jonathan Turner and his team at Bowcliffe Hall, who are absolutely amazing and work so hard to help us make this such a special event for families.”
“We can only provide this kind of experience thanks to our supporters, who generously donate to help us make every Christmas count for families.”
Martin House is holding a Christmas appeal, which can be found at: www.martinhouse.org.uk/ChristmasAppeal.
