Rochdale Giving Back: Christmas toy appeal

From Wednesday, 12 November 2025–Friday, 12 December 2025, we're collecting donations for the 2025 Christmas Toy Appeal. The toy appeal helps make sure local less fortunate children have presents to open on Christmas Day.

As part of the 'Giving Back' Christmas toy appeal, you can donate gifts so local children living in poverty have a present to open on Christmas Day.

This appeal is organised by the ‘Rochdale Giving Back’ staff-run charity in partnership with Rochdale Borough Council, Rochdale Football Club, Your Trust and Rochdale Town Centre Management.

Presents you can give

You can donate any toy or gift which is:

New
Not gift wrapped
Suitable for a child aged 0–16 years old

We'd particularly welcome presents for babies and teenagers as we don't usually receive as many for these age groups.

How to donate

There are 3 ways to donate a toy or gift to the appeal:

In-person - you can drop off your presents at any of the venues listed below. Please only drop off gifts during the venue's opening times.
- Any library in Rochdale borough – find the opening times and address of your local library
- Heywood Civic Centre – view Heywood Civic Centre opening times and address
- Littleborough Sports Centre – view Littleborough Sports Centre opening times and address
- Middleton Arena – view Middleton Arena opening times and address
- Rochdale Leisure Centre – view Rochdale Leisure Centre opening times and address
- Rochdale Riverside Management Office – view Rochdale Riverside Management Office opening times and address
- The Crown Oil Arena – view The Crown Oil Arena opening times and address
In the post - if you can't get to one of the drop-off points in Rochdale borough, you can post your gift to us instead.
Ordering online - you've also got the option to order a gift online and have it delivered straight to the appeal.

Address for posting your gifts or ordering online

Giving Back – Christmas Toy Appeal
Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale OL16 1XU.

Support for the Christmas toy appeal

You've helped provide some much-needed festive cheer for thousands of children and teenagers, donating over 47,000 toys since the appeal began in 2014.

In 2024 you donated over 7,000 toys, which council staff, schools and partners in the voluntary sector distributed to local children.

Local businesses and services supporting the Christmas toy appeal

Rochdale Giving Back would like to say thank you to the local businesses and services for supporting the 2025 Christmas toy appeal.

This appeal is run by the Rochdale ‘Giving Back’ charity, supported by Rochdale Borough Council. The council does not endorse the organisations supporting the toy appeal, the views they express or the products or services they offer.