Befriend a Child

We’re gearing up for an unforgettable year celebrating 50 years of Befriend a Child, and we need your help to make it extra special! 💛 We’re looking to gather over 100 tombola and raffle prizes for our exciting 2025 events, including our 50th Celebration Firewalk, Golden Anniversary Ball and the fabulous Boozy Barbie Brunches. 💃 🤩 This is a big task for us, and we really need your help! 🥰 Do you have any items you could donate to help us reach our goal? Whether it’s a small gift, a voucher, or a fun experience, every prize will make a difference in supporting local children and young people. If you’d like to contribute, please email fundraising@befriendachild.org.uk. Thank you for helping us make 2025 one to remember!

🎉 New Year, New Goals! 🎯 Make 2025 the year you challenge yourself while making a difference for children in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Whether your resolution is to get active, try something new, or give back to your community, we’ve got the perfect opportunity for you! 💪 Take on the Kiltwalk Tie up your walking shoes and don your kilt for an unforgettable journey, whether it’s 3 miles or 18 miles. 🚴♀️ Cycle with Ride the North Pedal through Scotland’s stunning landscapes with a 70 or 100-mile cycling challenge. 🦸♂️ Unleash Your Inner Beast Conquer the ultimate 10K obstacle course at the Beast Race—mud, water slides, and mighty obstacles await! By signing up, you’re not just achieving your goals—you’re helping support local children facing challenging life circumstances. 💥 Let’s kickstart the new year with purpose! Join Team Befriend a Child today and make 2025 unforgettable. 📩 DM us or email fundraising@befriendachild.org.uk to get involved! If these events don’t spark your interest, don’t worry! There are plenty of other challenge events locally and beyond. Have a search online to find the perfect one for you. Jenna Simpson Katie Kyle Jenny Montgomerie Emily Findlay BEM Sarah Misra Louise Coleman Jean Gordon Andi Watson

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎅 💛 From all of us at Befriend a Child, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your incredible support throughout 2025. From our incredible befrienders, mentors and sessionals to all of our amazing funders and supporters, your generosity and kindness have helped us make such a difference in the lives of local children, and we couldn’t do it without you. 🥰 We hope you have a wonderful festive season surrounded by loved ones. Take care, and we can’t wait to see you in the new year! 🥳 💫 Please note, Befriend a Child HQ is now closed and will reopen on the 3rd of January.

A huge shoutout to the incredible teams at Worley, TechnipFMC and @apollo for their amazing efforts in making up our Giving Tree Tags for this year’s appeal! 💛 🎅 Thanks to your efforts, we spread Christmas joy and made this festive season truly magical for local children in need. 🎁 We’re so grateful to have your support, thank you for being part of the Giving Tree Appeal! 🤩

🌟 A huge THANK YOU to XIC 🌟 We’re so grateful to XIC for their incredible support in printing all 3,600 Giving Tree Tags for our Giving Tree Appeal 2024. 🎄🎁 Thanks to their generosity, we were able to distribute tags to over 100+ shops and businesses across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, making it easy for our amazing community to get involved and help us bring smiles to local children at Christmas. 💛 Your support means the world to us ✨

A Massive Thank You to GEOLOG International! ✨🎄 We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Geolog for generously funding this year’s Christmas party! Their ongoing support makes such a huge difference, and this year’s celebration was no exception. Thanks to them, the children had an incredible time filled with fun, laughter, and festive cheer. 🎅🎁 From the entertainment to the activities, their generosity ensured the party was truly magical for everyone who attended. We couldn’t do what we do without supporters like Geolog, thank you for making this festive season so special for the children we work with. 💛

Our Biggest Giving Tree Yet – Thank You! ✨🎄 We are absolutely blown away by the incredible generosity of our amazing community this year! Thanks to everyone who donated, our Giving Tree Appeal received the biggest amount of gifts we’ve ever had. 🎁💛 These donations mean the world to the children and young people we support, ensuring they experience the magic and joy of Christmas. Your kindness and support are truly making a difference, one smile at a time. 🥰 From all of us at Befriend a Child, THANK YOU for helping us make this festive season so special. You’ve made this our best year yet! 🌟

🎉 We’re Turning 50, Let’s Celebrate Together! 🎉 Next year marks an incredible milestone, 50 years of friendships and making a difference in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire! Join us for an unforgettable evening at The Chester Hotel filled with: 🍴 A mouth-watering 3-course meal 🎲 Exciting games and fabulous prizes 🎤 Spectacular live entertainment ✨ A nostalgic look back at 50 years of turning frowns upside down You don’t want to miss this special event! 📧 Email us at fundraising@befriendachild.org.uk to book your seat or table. 🌐 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eKq2Bf85 Let’s make this celebration one for the books—see you there! 💛

It’s that day of the year again! It’s #UKCharityWeek’s #ChristmasJumperDay so, of course, we had to get involved, even our office dog Poppy got into the festive spirit! 😎🤩 We hope you donned your Christmas Jumper today too! 🥳

We’re so excited for this year’s annual Christmas Party, made possible by the amazing support of GEOLOG International! 🎅🎄🎁 For many of the children we support, the holidays can be a difficult time, but this event brings so much joy with festive games, a delicious Christmas dinner, and even a visit from Santa! 🎅 GEOLOG’s generosity doesn’t stop at Christmas—they’ve also helped us update our Bon Accord Square offices, making a big difference in how we support local kids. 🥰 Thank you, GEOLOG, for helping us make this season magical and for being such a fantastic partner all year round! 💛