The Christmas Float has a special place in the hearts of Middleton people, it has been seen on the streets each year for over 65 years. The funds we collect from your donations, a sum in the thousands, will be given back to charities, individuals and good causes in the Middleton area. Over the last few years your generosity has funded:

  • Helped to build a community garden

  • Supported local schools to make sure all children can go on educational trips abroad

  • Supported local youth sports organisations such as football and gymnastics clubs, jujutsu and boxing clubs, trampolining and cricket clubs

  • Helped to provide defibrillators

  • Supported local talent such as our world beating ballroom dancers

  • Funded local theatre productions and workshops

  • Supported local club Archaeological Society and Brass Band with their overheads

  • Helped fund local neonatal care

  • Helped buy new equipment to replace old and worn out items for our local uniformed groups and church

  • Funded the Life Education caravan so it could visit two schools per year

  • Funded flowers and planters in support of our local in bloom efforts

  • Organise and run a highly successful community fete

  • Provide free Slow Cookers to help with fuel and food poverty

  • Help provide new broadband connections for community use in training and education

  • Supplied Christmas gifts to help make sure all Middleton children had a gift a Christmas

  • Help with ticketing costs for a local stage group