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Help parents in prison to give a Christmas gift to their children
Every year, more than 200,000 children are separated from their mums or dads through imprisonment. Christmas can be a painful time for families in this situation. But you can help make the festive season a little brighter through Operation Elf.
Operation Elf supports parents in prison to give their child a Christmas gift, helping to maintain their identity as a mum or dad, and strengthen family bonds.
Donate to the Operation Elf 2025 Appeal
If you'd like to take part in Operation Elf 2025, please do consider collecting gifts for children as part of your parish or church. For information on how to contact your local service, please use our Prison visitors guide or email parish.action@prisonadvice.org.uk.
Join in the fun with your workplace
If you are a corporate organisation and interested in getting involved, please contact our fundraising team at parish.action@prisonadvice.org.uk
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After tasking the dads with finding out what gift their children would appreciate, we used the gift cards to buy their presents. We also ran a workshop for them to wrap the gifts and make Christmas cards. It was such a pleasure to see the men engaged with their families in this way.
Ellie - Family Support Worker
HMP Send Christmas Family Day
HMP Send Christmas Family Day
HMP Send Christmas Family Day
