{"id":582873,"date":"2025-11-20T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582873\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:30:18","slug":"armley-mission-offers-advent-calendars-which-give-back-to-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582873\/","title":{"rendered":"Armley: Mission offers Advent calendars which give back to charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is around the corner\u00a0 \u2013 and Armley\u2019s Leeds City Mission has something special for families in West Leeds!\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve stocked up on \u2018Real Advent Calendars\u2019, packed with delicious Fairtrade chocolate, a 24-page Christmas story activity book, and a warm helping of goodwill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those who love to read about the real story of Christmas and the birth of Jesus, there\u2019s a line from the Christmas story with a high-quality colour picture behind every window, meaning children can learn more and more each day as they enjoy the chocolates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each calendar isn\u2019t just a treat \u2013 it\u2019s also a gift that\u00a0gives back.\u00a0A donation from every sale supports the Funzi and Bodo Trust, a Leeds-based charity which helps to provide vital maternity and medical care for mothers and babies in two remote Kenyan mud-hut villages.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Plus, the Fairtrade Mark guarantees a fair price for cocoa producers in West Africa enabling them to make a living as they sell their crops to chocolate manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the few truly ethical Advent calendars in the UK,\u201d\u00a0said Sinclair Martin from Leeds City Mission.\u00a0\u201cAnd at just \u00a34, it\u2019s affordable for families who want to make a difference this Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not all! Volunteers from Leeds City Mission, which is based in Armley, have also upcycled over 7,000 Christmas gift tags from used greetings cards \u2013 and they\u2019re available for free at the Mission.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leeds City Mission, Mistress Lane, Armley (opposite Armley Library, next to Westerly Rise flats).<\/li>\n<li>Open: Monday\u2013Friday, 10am\u20133pm.<\/li>\n<li>Call for details: 0113 345 3118.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-19.08.56-645x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164819\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bramleybaths.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bramleybaths.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas is around the corner\u00a0 \u2013 and Armley\u2019s Leeds City Mission has something special for families in West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-582873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115582980883434557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}