Santa stop here! Stagecoach Santa Bus to spread festive cheer across Hampshire city in aid of Winchester Hospice

For one week only, Stagecoach South’s festive Santa Bus is returning to the streets of Winchester to spread Christmas cheer and raise money for the city’s own Winchester Hospice.

From Monday 19 December until Christmas Eve, those wanting to travel by bus will have the opportunity to enjoy a joyful journey with Christmas music, lights and tinsel aplenty.

Whilst travelling, passengers will be able to make a donation to Winchester Hospice, the city’s only adult hospice, who provide specialist palliative and end of life care to those with life-limiting illness.

Donna Coombs, clinical matron at Winchester Hospice, says: “We are so grateful to be supported by Stagecoach this festive season. The Santa Bus is a really fantastic initiative – lifting our community into the Christmas spirit whilst giving passengers the chance to donate to our hospice if they are able to.

“Winchester Hospice relies on hundreds of thousands of pounds to be raised each year to continue providing the services it does and we want to say a big thank you to everyone who will be supporting us as they travel this week.”

The single decker, which has been festively decorated by staff at Stagecoach South’s Winchester depot, will appear across the network on multiple different routes throughout the week, including in areas further afield such as Romsey, Alton and Eastleigh.