A vital part of the Operation Christmas Child year takes place behind the scenes in the weeks that follow Drop-off Locations being open. It’s during this period that thousands of generous supporters donate their time to manually check hundreds of thousands of shoeboxes for safety and customs compliance before they’re sent to children in need around the world.

Regional Processing Centre Locations For 2021

We can now confirm the locations we are planning to process shoeboxes for the 2021 campaign.

Regional Processing Centres: (Open for 4 weeks in November – December)

West Midlands

Unit 1 Junction 2 Industrial Estate, Demuth Way, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 4LT

22 November – 18 December

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West Anglia

3 Tebbutts Road (formerly Poundstretcher), St Neots, Cambs. PE19 1AW

22 November – 18 December

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South East

(Former) John Lewis At Home, Kingstanding Way, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3UP

22 November – 18 December

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North West

Coming Soon

Pop-Up Processing Locations: (Most locations will be open for 2-6 days of processing, dates to be confirmed)

Belfast

45 Mallusk Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT36 4PP

 22 – 27 November

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Glasgow

Destiny Church – Southside, 1120 Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, Glasgow, G41 3QP

 29 November – 4 December

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South Wales

All Nations Church, Sachville Avenue, Heath, Cardiff, CF14 3NY

 10 – 11 December

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Bristol

Christ The Servant Church, Materman Road, Stockwood, Bristol, Somerset, BS14 8HS

 22 – 27 November

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Volunteers share their experience…

A great experience for all the family…

“I took my wife and three boys to the warehouse in Oldbury.  We were going to do just the morning, but we ended up staying all day.  We all loved it and will definitely go and help again.  That place in Oldbury is like a little piece of heaven.  My boys had been learning about the love of God at kids’ church the Sunday before.  When we came back one of them said to me, ‘It was great to be able to send God’s love to children who need it.’  It was so great to hear my child say that.”

Stuart T

Prioritising safety

The health and safety of our staff, local partners, and beneficiaries is of utmost importance to us. We safely operated with comprehensive Covid-secure arrangements in our Processing Centres in 2020 without having to suspend activities at any time. We will continue to implement whatever arrangements are necessary and appropriate in November 2021 taking full account of UK government guidance.

Thank you for considering partnering with us in this way to bring ‘Good News and Great Joy’ to the world’s children.