Thousands of homeless people to benefit from online Santa box appeal

Anthony Flynn CEO of the Inner City Helping Homeless Charity. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Almost 10,000 homeless people will receive a “Santa box” filled with Christmas gifts this week after a charity successfully overcame Covid-19 challenges to run its annual appeal.

Each year Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) holds an annual “fill a Luas” event, where people are urged to donate shoeboxes wrapped in Christmas paper and filled with gifts and essential goods for the homeless.