Taking part in National Elf Service Day is as easy as finding the first door on your advent calendar. Simply dress up in your Christmas fancy dress with your friends, family, colleagues, classmates or pets and make a donation to your local hospitals.

Whether you've gone all out from the elf hat on your head to the bells on your elf toes, or you've thrown on your favourite Christmas jumper for the sixth year running, you're all part of something bigger. You're part of a full-hearted community, looking silly to do something serious. You're doing great things for people spending Christmas in our hospitals.

To support your day and help make it extra elf-tastic, we'll send you some fundraising materials including elfie selfie props, a delicious festive recipe, a colouring page, and our downloadable elf name generator so you and can work out you.

This is your moment to do something great for your hospitals.