Free toys worth £25 with Tesco for children with parent in the forces with NOTW

thatguy1

What a wonderful gesture from the News of the World.

This xmas the News of the World have joined up with supermarket giant Tesco to give £25 worth of presents for EVERY CHILD who has a parent on the front line

WHAT TO DO:
Just email to [EMAIL="toys@notw.co.uk"]toys@notw.co.uk[/EMAIL]:

• THE name of the serving member of the family
• THE number, age and gender of his/her children
• THE name of the serving member's home unit

It's as simple as that! The presents will then be dropped off at military bases around the country

Thanks to parisp on HUKD!

bensonsmum

thatguy1 wrote: »

What a wonderful gesture from the News of the World.

This xmas the News of the World have joined up with supermarket giant Tesco to give £25 worth of presents for EVERY CHILD who has a parent on the front line

WHAT TO DO:
Just email to [EMAIL="toys@notw.co.uk"]toys@notw.co.uk[/EMAIL]:

• THE name of the serving member of the family
• THE number, age and gender of his/her children
• THE name of the serving member's home unit

It's as simple as that! The presents will then be dropped off at military bases around the country

Thanks to parisp on HUKD!

thats absolutely brilliant, i was a child of a member of the armed forces (many years ago i hasten to add) and i know that it would have been absolutely brilliant to think that other people thought enough of what my dad was doing to do that for me and other children, i just think it is such a shame that this needs to be done by Tesco's and NOTW and that our own government don't show as much respect for our armed forces and their families.

zoold

Does this include soldiers who are posted abroad, as my brother has just been posted to Germany?

sianf_2

It says here that there is a different way of claiming this year - http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/public/pub_campaigns/toys_for_our_boys/1139847/Our-Santas-dish-out-150000-gifts-for-our-brave-troops.html

BAILEYS6904

zoold wrote: »

Does this include soldiers who are posted abroad, as my brother has just been posted to Germany?

Erm, doubt it. its not a war zone, they dont have to pay VAT, and Germany overly close to the frontline lol

thatguy1

sianf wrote: »

It says here that there is a different way of claiming this year - http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/public/pub_campaigns/toys_for_our_boys/1139847/Our-Santas-dish-out-150000-gifts-for-our-brave-troops.html

You have to be a member of NOTW to see that page & do it online.

pretzelnut

ooops i mised the frontline part, and i just emailed it to like 100's of people, darn, must read closer in future.
Im sure they'll pass it on to people who need it though, so all is not lost.

skylight

Well, the claiming the toys looks better than it did last year. It was a fiasco trying to help SIL get these for my nieces - luckily they are not going to be reciepients this year as their Dad is home.

pretzelnut

OP - can you change the title from ''parent in the forces'' to ''parent serving on the front line''

Its a bit confusing.

tinawina_2

its really fab of the notw to do this. my dh is ex army and think it's a lovely thing. i think they would prefer their dad or mam at home this christmas though. bloody war.

kelda_shelton

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