Zimmer Biomet Christmas market delight for Action for Children

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Christmas market in full swing

Staff from Zimmer Biomet have put on a traditional Christmas market in Bridgend helping raise over £300 for its charity partner, Action for Children.

Presents left for Action for Children by generous Zimmer Biomet staff

Parents from Action for Children Bridgend Families First Parenting service made Christmas stocking fillers to sell at the event and many presents were placed under the tree from Zimmer Biomet staff for all children and families who access the Brackla Family Centre for Parenting, Flying Start Nursery Settings and Young Carers.

Parent Sarah on the Action for Children stall

Zimmer Biomet is a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare. They design, manufacture and market orthopedic reconstructive products; sports medicine, biologics, extremities and trauma products; office-based technologies; spine, craniomaxillofacial and thoracic products; dental implants; and related surgical products.

Jenny Eagle, Zimmer Biomet’s Marketing Communications Senior Manager, said: ‘We’d like to thank Action for Children for supporting our first ‘Giving our Best’ holiday event. Our team members really enjoyed the chance to interact with the charity and were thrilled to have the opportunity to buy gifts for such a great cause. We were honoured to help with the Christmas Toy Appeal and hope that the presents bring a smile to the faces of the 250+ children, parents and young carers they will be given to.’

Parent Sarah with Action for Children’s Alison Meredith (right

Alison Meredith, Action for Children’s Parenting Monitoring and Development Co-ordinator at the Brackla centre, added: ‘Zimmer Biomet have been wonderful in their support of Action for Children and the Christmas market was a particularly lovely event that our parents really appreciated. The presents donation was very generous and will make a huge difference to the families we support. I want to thank everybody at Zimmer Biomet and wish them all a very happy Christmas.’


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