The second Telegraph & Argus Toys & TIns Appeal has been another resounding success thanks to the generosity of T&A readers and local businesses.

Bags of toys and non-perishable food have been collected and delivered to our reception in Hall Ings and have now been passed to our charity partner, Bradford Women’s Aid.

An anonymous donation of £200 from a reader has been passed to the charity and is being used to buy things specifically for the mums.

Local businesses Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, The Entertainer toy shop and charitable organisation Purely Islam all stepped up to donate items.

And readers brought toys to us by the bagful.

Employees at Boots in The Broadway bought toys in lieu of Christmas cards and donated them.

Bradford Women’s Aid director Sally Deane said: “Thank you very much to the kind people and businesses of Bradford for supporting the T&A Toys & Tins Appeal.

“Your generosity will mean that every one of the women and children we support at BWA will receive much-needed food and gifts over the festive period.

“It will bring some happiness and comfort to what would otherwise be a very bleak time. It will mean a lot to them to know that others care about them and have shown this through their support of the T&A’s Toys & Tins Appeal.

“Our funding comes from Bradford Council, the Big Lottery Fund and Children in Need. However unfortunately, we are always in need of more funding and support for women and children in need. Our aim is for women to achieve independence and be able to attain their goals in life.”

Volunteers from the charity will now sort the toys into ages and wrap each and deliver them to the families in their charge in time for Christmas. They will also sort the donated tins and non-perishable food into food bags for the families who often have to leave a dangerous domestic situation with nothing.

Telegraph & Argus editor Nigel Burton said he was delighted by the response to help such a worthy cause again.

“I was thrilled to see such a magnificent response to our appeal for toys and tins from all our readers and local businesses and want to offer my heartfelt thanks,” he said.

Bradford Women’s Aid was set up over 30 years ago by local women who wanted to help and support women and children whose lives had been affected by domestic abuse.

The organisation provides refuge, resettlement, outreach and children’s services and last year directly supported 850 women and children, many of whom became homeless as a result of domestic abuse.