A BASINGSTOKE hospice has once again received a welcome boost from an annual Christmas gift wrapping service at Festival Place.

Every December, the shopping centre hosts the Happy Wrappy service run by St Michael’s Hospice, which asks customers to make donations to the charity in return for having their purchases beautifully gift-wrapped.

This year’s Happy Wrappy event raised £721.94, which was added to the incredible £20,000 raised by the hospice’s first pop-up shop at Festival Place.

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Festival Place’s charity of the year for the last five years, St Michael’s Hospice, provides care to people affected by life-limiting illness.

Ann Schuster, head of retail for the charity, said: “Thank you to local residents for continuing to support our events at Festival Place. We are so grateful to all the team there for working with us every year to raise vital funds.”

Events and community manager Sian Fisher at Festival Place said: “The Happy Wrappy service is a much-loved part of our Christmas events at Festival Place and is always very popular with our customers.”