Whitstable’s Santa Post is back!
Send your letter to Santa in the special Santa Post red telephone boxes.
You can find special Santa Post stations at The Littte Library telephone boxes or inside The Horsebridge gallery. The telephone boxes can be found on Island Wall/Nelson Road and Tankerton Road (near the Castle Entrance). They are open from 1 to 10 December.
Do make sure you include your address in your letter to receive a special reply in time for Christmas.
Please support Whitstable's free Santa Post by taking part in our Text Raffle
You'll be in with a chance to win prizes generously donated by Toys 'N' Trends right here in Whitstable. You could win a special bundle of Ty Beanie Boos or one of 5 runners up prizes of a £20 Toys 'N' Trends voucher.
If you are able, we would love you to make a £3 donation for an entry to the raffle. The funds raised will help keep the elves all stocked up with supplies needed to handle all the replies to your lovely letters. Simply text SANTAPOST to 70215 to enter and follow the simple instructions.
Texts charged at your standard network rate, see below for terms and conditions.
Thanks to local councillor Chris Cornell for his continued support and effort on Santa Post every year and to all the volunteer elves helping Santa at this busy time..
Text Raffle terms and conditions
For information on how we use your personal data please see the Privacy Notice.
- The prize draw will be open at 8am on 16 November 2022 and close at 8pm on 12 December 2022.
- Entry to the prize draw is by texting the SANTAPOST to 70215. Text messages cost your standard network message charge (based on your service provider rates – please check with your provider). You will then receive a free bounce-back message from 70215 providing you with instructions to enter the competition and the option to make a donation to Horsebridge Arts Centre.
- For the avoidance of doubt, opting out of the optional donation will not affect your entry into the prize draw.
- The prize draw is open to all residents of the UK (please note the text service to enter the prize draw does not include Channel Islands or Isle of Man mobile networks). The prize draw is open to those aged 18 or over, except staff members of charity involved in the Santa Post project. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested.
- Please ensure you spell the Keyword SANTAPOST correctly and send your text message to the correct short code of 70215 within the time period that the prize draw is specified as being open. If your short code is invalid, or your text message is received outside the specified time period you will not receive a bounce-back message but may still be charged your standard network message charge. You will not be donating to Horsebridge Arts Centre nor will you have entered the prize draw. If you enter the Keyword incorrectly but we, acting reasonably, believe that you are trying to find out more information about the prize draw, you will be sent the free bounce-back message, as described above.
- If you’re a UK taxpayer, Horsebridge Arts Centre can claim an equal share of an additional £2.50 in Gift Aid from the Government for every £10 donation you make. If you elect to make an optional donation, we’ll send a follow up text to ask if you want us to claim Gift Aid on your donation. If you follow the link in our follow up text you’ll be taken to a Gift Aid declaration - please read it carefully. Find out more about Gift Aid here.
- There are six prizes available to be won. The details of the prize are as follows: One main prize of a Ty Beanie bundle and 5 runner up prizes of £20 Toys 'N' Trends vouchers.
- The winners will be selected at random and contacted on 14 December 2022 by Horsebridge Arts Centre by telephone. If the winner does not respond in order to claim the prize by the end of the next working day, Horsebridge Arts Centre reserves the right to contact the next eligible winner (and in this case the original winner forfeits their claim to the prize), and so on until a winner is found.
- The prize is as stated. There is no cash alternative and the elements of the prize cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, unless specified above, no other costs or expenses will be covered by Horsebridge Arts Centre, or any of the prize providers.
- Horsebridge Arts Centre and its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any text not being properly received.
- The prize draw and text donation service is provided by Donr on behalf of Horsebridge Arts Centre. If you have any queries regarding the service, please contact Donr at the following email address: hello@donr.com or call on the following Helpline Number: 0333 4444 111 (Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:30).