Hebburn Helps Opens Christmas Aid Applications for 2026

If Christmas is looking hard this year, help is available, but the clock is ticking. Hebburn Helps, the town's community food bank and crisis response charity, has opened applications for its 2026 Christmas Aid, and the deadline is Friday 13 November, as reported by the Shields Gazette.

What Christmas Aid offers

Christmas Aid supports families in need over the festive period with things like Christmas gifts, food hampers and Christmas dinner. The charity has been clear that rising costs mean it may not be able to provide everything people ask for, and that Christmas dinners are especially limited this year.

How to apply

Applications are made online, using the application form linked from the Christmas Aid page on the Hebburn Helps website.

The charity has asked applicants to:

• give as much detail about their circumstances as possible, because applying does not guarantee help
• not call or message about their application once it has been submitted

Referrals made through schools or children's services are treated as a priority.

What happens next

According to the Gazette, Hebburn Helps will contact successful applicants towards the end of November. If you have not heard by 1 December, your application has not been successful this time.

Best for: The Shields Gazette reports that Christmas Aid applications close on Friday 13 November 2026. The charity's own page does not state a closing date, so apply as early as you can. For general questions about the charity's services, Hebburn Helps lists its number as 0191 489 9707, open Monday to Friday, 9am to 2pm.

Want to help instead?

Christmas is one of the busiest times of year for the charity. If you are in a position to give, the Hebburn Helps website has details of its appeals and events.