This year we have seen the impact of the crippling rise in the cost of living and for many families and individuals this means no relief at Christmas just more difficult decisions about how to make the household budget stretch.

So this is a great opportunity for those who still have the financial wiggle room or who are simply just comfortably off, to share their good fortune with their neighbours, and put a smile on peoples faces.

It is a joy each year to be able to deliver these hampers around the Belper area and see and hear the reactions.