This Christmas Ant Kids will be inviting disadvantaged children from all over Sheffield to a magical Christmas Grotto! The children will meet Father Christmas and receive a framed photograph with him, have a cup of cocoa with the elves in Santa's Sleigh, be given a special Christmas gift and will be able to explore the magical grotto - all paid for by Ant Kids charity. Ensuring every child has a wonderful Christmas time has always been a goal of ours and we're pleased to continue this year!

We need to raise £6000 to buy gifts for each child who visits Father Christmas, pay for the decorations to make a magical North Pole Grotto, buy equipment for each child to take away a photograph there and then, give each child a cup of hot cocoa with the elves.... And of course everything else involved from Christmas trees to costumes!

Children in poverty, suffering from illness or generally having a difficult time might find it hard to have a magical Christmas along with their friends. Often the Christmas period is the hardest for their parents or carers; with a visit to our grotto, the children will be able to spend time doing what children should do at Christmas, without feeling different or left out - all the while, there is no financial strain on the parents and our teams are on site to provide care for the children.