The Cambridge Christmas Table
This Christmas, your donation goes twice as far.
For some Cambridge families, Christmas comes with added pressure when household budgets are already stretched.
The Cambridge Christmas Table is a simple way for our community to help.
This Christmas, Give It Back Trust will match every dollar donated, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $10,000.
You give $50. We make it $100.
No gifts to buy. No groceries to drop off. Just give what you can.
Why we're doing this
When Cambridge gives back, families right here feel it.
This Christmas, most of us will sit down at a full table. Just down the road, a growing number of local families won't, and December is when the Salvation Army food bank's shelves empty fastest.
Together, we can turn $10,000 of community giving into $20,000 of impact.
Funds raised will be used to purchase food and everyday essentials, with the Cambridge Salvation Army helping get them to Cambridge families who need a little extra support this Christmas.
“As local business owners, we believe a business has a part to play in supporting the community around it.”
The Give It Back Trust
So far this Christmas
Cambridge families will have food on the table this Christmas, given by local businesses.
And we're still going.
Updated every week. Last updated Monday 9 November.Each plate is a Cambridge family with food on the table.
Four ways to take part
Skip the client chocolates.
Many businesses are ordering client gifts about now. This year, consider putting some of that budget towards food for families in our town. Your clients and staff will see you showing up, and everything raised stays here.
Swap your client gifts.
Put the chocolates or hampers budget towards food for a local family. We'll provide an e-card to let your clients know.
Involve your team.
Run a staff collection and add to it as a business. While the match lasts, the Trust doubles the total.
Ask a neighbouring business to join you.
Challenge a neighbour, supplier or customer to give too.
Show your support.
Every business that gives receives a supporter tile, email signature line and a place on the Wall of Local Legends.
What your gift becomes while the $10,000 match lasts. Any amount is welcome.
How to give
Two minutes. One bank transfer.
1. Direct credit
Give It Back Trust · Westpac
Account 03-1568-0114398-000
Reference XMAS + your business name
2. Tell us you've given
Fill in the short form below, so we can thank you and send your receipt and giving kit.
Please give by Wednesday 9 December, so we can deliver the food to Cambridge Salvation Army on Friday 11 December.
Already given?
Tell us you've given.
It takes 30 seconds, and it's how we send your receipt and giving kit.
Your gift is matched while the $10,000 lasts.
Wall of Local Legends
Already giving back.
Thank you for helping put food on Cambridge family tables this Christmas.
T&Cs: The Give It Back Trust will match donations from Cambridge businesses dollar for dollar, up to a combined total of $10,000. The match applies to the first $10,000 received by Wed 09 December 2026. Gifts after that aren't matched, but still go in full to the campaign. Food and in-kind gifts aren't matched.