The Wirral Scout & Guide Charity Post is pretty much “what it says on the tin”!  It is a co-operative venture between 48 Scout Groups, 9 Guide Units (7 District/2 Senior Section Units) who deliver Christmas Cards throughout the Wirral, raising money for charity.

The Scheme is organised into 5 ‘Areas’, each corresponding geographically with the Scout ‘Districts’.  These are the 4 Wirral Districts within the Merseyside Scout County ( West Wirral , Birkenhead , Bebington and Wallasey) and the Neston part of the ‘Ellesmere Port & Neston’ District within the Scout County of Cheshire.  Each of these Areas has a Main Sorting Office which is responsible for collecting the Cards from the Special ‘Charity Post Boxes’ in their area, franking it  then sorting firstly into the 5 Areas and then sorting their own Area’s mail into the zones designated for each of their participating Scout/Guide Units.  Mail for the other Sorting Offices is exchanged daily between the 5 Offices.  The Groups/Units then take their Post back to their own HQ for sorting into streets/delivery ‘walks’.

Money is raised via the sale of the special stamps.  Each participating Scout/Guide Unit recruits and looks after outlets (usually shops) in their area who kindly volunteer to sell the stamps (taking no profit for themselves) and also hosting one of the special Post Boxes.

Administration of the Scheme is carried out by a Coordinating Committee with representatives of each of the Areas and, in particular, they are responsible for selecting the Charities to be supported in a given year and deciding the amount of money allocated to each charity.  

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