I saw this in here last year and participated, but I haven't seen it mentioned here yet this year. Apologies if I have missed it.
Anyway, it's a wonderful project where you sign up, select your local police station ad they allocate you a child to buy a present for. You then drop it in and they allocate it to a child in care, in a refuge or otherwise disadvantaged.
www.met.police.uk/applyregister/met-christmas-appeal/
When searching for a police station, make sure you actually type in the location of a police station. Typing in a local area or general postcode won't show you the nearest police station or anything like that. You have to find the station on the map as it were.
So, what shall I get an unknown 17 year old boy????