This Christmas, Clone are supporting Spotlight UK’s annual Christmas Toy Appeal, collecting presents for dis-advantaged children across Basingstoke, Hampshire and Surrey who would be unlikely to receive a gift this year.

In 2022, Spotlight donated gifts to more than 3,000 children and hopes to do the same again in 2023 with help from local companies.

Throughout November and December, Clone’s toy collection drop off box grew rapidly with all the generous donations pouring in from the locals of Basingstoke. On 13th December, the team assembled and dressed in Christmas attire transformed our conference room into a mega wrapping station! Each of the donated gifts were individually wrapped and labelled, enabling Spotlight to identify and then appropriately select for each child receiving them.

A whopping total of 288 presents were wrapped and as an additional gesture the Clone team donated their usual yearly ‘secret Santa’ spend into the toy appeal too, which added approximately 20 additional presents!

Some extra thanks also goes to James Nudds from GAME and Anne Millar who contributed a great deal to the collection.

To find out more about the great work Spotlight UK do, click here to their website: spotlightuk.org

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