We're finishing up our week of festive thank yous with a shoutout to the staff, pupils and families of Rednock School for this bumper donation of food for our Christmas Appeal. For many members of our community, knowing that the Christmas dinner shopping is sorted can be a huge weight lifted.

We've still got some more thank yous to say this week! Today it's a huge thank you to Michaelwood Services for this donation of treats to go in our Christmas hampers. We've really felt the love that so many of you have for our community this year.

GL11 Community Hub is now closed until Monday 5 January. Thank you all for being part of our community this year and we hope you have a peaceful Christmas. If you need any help whilst we're closed, please see our website for useful contact numbers: https://www.gl11.org.uk/new-shut-down-help.

It's Thank You Thursday, but this week every day has been about thank yous! Today we're saying a massive thank you to everyone who donated toys to our Christmas Appeal. We're just absolutely amazed at your generosity and know this will make so many children very happy this Christmas. Thank you!

Congratulations to eight year old Elwood from Tetbury, who entered our GL11 John Lewis Christmas Hamper prize draw at the Dursley Festive Lights switch on last month, and picked the P30 winning square! Your Mum is very pleased and proud. Great job Elwood.

This week our social media posts are all about the wonderful contributions people have made to our food pantry and Christmas Appeal in December. Today we'd like to thank everyone who took part in the Gert Lush Events 12Ks of Christmas. These items will definitely keep us going into the new year.

Continuing with our week of thank yous, we'd like to give a big shout out to Coventry Building Society in Dursley for this wonderful donation of food for the Christmas hampers being provided to our community this week. Thank you!

As we countdown towards Christmas, we're giving over our socials this week to thank everyone who has donated to us this festive season. Today we'd like to thank the staff, pupils and families at Cam Everlands Primary School for these fantastic donations to go in this year's Christmas hampers.

It's been a week of Christmas meals at GL11 Community Hub for our Explorers, Community Lunch, and Family Friday groups. Sharon and her team of volunteers have been working hard in the kitchen, roasting turkeys, preparing vegetables, and serving up Christmas pudding.

Unfortunately GL11 will be closed tomorrow (Saturday 13 December) due to unforeseen circumstances. This was due to be our last Saturday opening of 2025. In 2026, we will be opening on the first Saturday of each month (with the exception of January). Our next Saturday opening will be 10 January.

It's Thank You Thursday and this week we'd like to say a huge thank you to Coaley WI for their amazing donation of £100 towards our Christmas Appeal. If you'd like to join Coaley WI in contributing to our Christmas Appeal head to https://www.justgiving.com/page/gl11-xmashampers-2025.

Dealing with depression, anxiety, isolation or overwhelm following the birth of your child? You're not alone. The free 12-week Shine Creative Therapy & Wellbeing Course is returning to GL11 in January. Email Rebekah on [email protected] for more information and to book your place.

With just 16 sleeps until Christmas Day, a reminder that GL11 will be closed from 1pm on Friday 19 December. We reopen on Monday 5 January 2026. We'd love to see you at some point in the next few days, but if not we hope you have a peaceful Christmas.

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Morning everyone and happy Monday to you. Hope you had a great weekend. Just a quick update: there's no money advice at GL11 today (Monday 8 December) and no Careers Cafe on Wednesday (10 December). We're really sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

2,200 - that's the number of people we welcome to GL11 Community Hub every month. Some of them might be coming for a craft workshop, or to use the food bank, or to have a cuppa in the cafe... Whatever the reason, it's our aim that all of them will find us a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space.

It's #ThankYouThursday, the time of the week when we celebrate the contributions people make to the life of GL11 Community Hub. This week, we'd like to say a huge thank you to Mike Stratford and everyone at Rednock School for this kind donation of Advent calendars for our Community Pantry.

"Thank you for making my Christmas extra special"

Each year our Christmas elves, like Kath here, work hard throughout December to bring festive cheer to our community through our build your own hamper programme.

Last year, 16% of households in the UK experienced food insecurity, a total of 14.1 million people, including 3.8 million children. It may be that they ran out of food and couldn't afford to buy more, or that they reduced the amount they were eating or went hungry due to a lack of money.

Christmas hamper slots are booking up fast, don't miss out! For £4.50 you can take away a box of Christmas food from GL11 Community Hub. Slots are available between Weds 17 Dec and Fri 19 Dec, with best availability on Thurs 18 Dec. Book via Eventbrite: https://gl11.eventbrite.com

We're excited to be attending not one, but two Christmas lights switch ons in our local area this weekend. Better still, we understand that Father Christmas can make it to both! Join us in Dursley this evening and in Cam tomorrow to meet the team and enter our draw to win a luxury Christmas hamper.

It's Thank You Thursday and today we want to say a huge thank you to everybody who came to our Annual General Meeting last Tuesday.

We're celebrating National Cake Day in the cafe today with three delicious options baked here by the wonderful Sharon. Not that we need any excuse! Don't forget that today, and every Wednesday, a slice of cake is only £1 as part of our Cost of Living Day. Why not pop in and treat yourself?

Our Christmas craft workshops start this week! Have you booked your space yet? For full details and to book check out our Eventbrite page at https://gl11.eventbrite.com or give us a call on 01453 548530. Come and create something beautiful this festive season.

Looking for a really quick way to support GL11 Community Hub? Nominate us for a Movement for Good award to help us win £1,000! Just fill out this short form: #nominateACharityinateACharity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1130096&ct=community#nominateACharity. The more nominations we have, the more chances we have to win.