Grotto

Santa's Grotto

We operate a Santa's grotto during most of the Switch On Day event.

We charge a low entrance fee (£3.50) so that residents on lower incomes can take part. We have previously had a family rate of £10.

We give books as presents to each child that visits. This is because they are universally acceptable (no worries about food allergies etc) and because children on lower incomes may not have many books and we would like to encourage reading.

Grotto visits are on a first come first served basis. We previously tried getting parents to book and pay in advance but this caused a large amount of admin work both when taking the bookings and also when letting people in when running the event.

Volunteers required:

• Father Christmas
• One or preferably two people to manage the queue and let one child or family in at a time