Christmas is a season for kindness and a celebration of the greatest gift of love. It’s a time to reach out to neighbours and strangers by sharing generosity and the warmth of connection. Love Christmas 2026 is a campaign to deliver Bags of Kindness to those who need them most all over the UK, and we’ll be playing our part here in Ipswich!
There are three ways for you to play your part in Love Christmas:
Give. Act. Share.
Donate towards this year’s Love Christmas campaign!
Love Christmas Bags of Kindness are only made possible by the generosity of thousands of people like you across the country. Thanks to match funding from Love Your Neighbour, every £5 you give to River Church’s Love Christmas campaign is matched to make £10 towards a Bag of Kindness. How many gifts could you help to fund this Christmas?
Click the link below to find out how to give electronically to Love Christmas. Our preferred payment method is Bank Transfer to ‘River Church Ipswich’ (account number 73912060, and sort code 30-96-26); please remember to use the reference ‘Love Christmas’ to ensure your donation goes to the right place.
Pack Love Christmas gifts of kindness!
If you would like to help us pack bags full of goodies join us this year. We will be hosting a packing party on Saturday 28th November from 9:00am, with festive snacks, drinks and music.
Get the word out that Love Christmas is coming to Ipswich!
You can help raise awareness about Love Christmas by telling your friends, and sharing posts on social media. Remember to use the hashtag #LoveChristmasLYN and to tag @river.church.ipswich in all your posts, so that we can share them as well. This will help even more people to play their part, and even more bags of kindness to be shared across Ipswich!
If you are a press contact interested in covering Love Christmas, please email hello@river.church with your enquiry.