On Saturday November 6th 2010  Hinckley Churches Together (an ecumenical group of ministers and lay people from churches across Hinckley and surrounding areas) will be hosting an Alternative Nativity  or Alternativity at the URC on the Borough in Hinckley. This will be an occasion for people to be able to buy Christmas presents for friends and family that are also gifts which benefit the poorest people in the world via donations to national and international charities.

Some of the charities involved include:

The Bible Society, SNIPS, Hinckley Homeless, Intercare, Karibuni Trust, Send a Cow – Morning Star Fund, Christian Aid, The Salvation Army, CAFOD Work Link, Leprosy Mission, Tearfund, ADAPT, Mercy Ships, Jesuit Nevett, DLRAA Rainbows, Sight Savers, Aim for Change and Womens’ Refuge.

The Alternativity starts at 10am and finishes at 2pm.