STAFF at Co-op Travel have been collecting donations in order to make Christmas a bit merrier for disadvantaged children.

The Clifton Moor branch has been collecting arts and craft gifts from local businesses and customers which included play dough, glitter, pen sets and painting by numbers.

They were handed over to volunteers from the company’s chosen charity, the NSPCC, on Friday.

Branch manager Vicki Westerman said: “Each year the company chooses a charity for them to help. I would like to thank everybody who donated gifts this year.”