AS part of Make a Contribution Week, Exeter students are appealing for people to donate unwanted Christmas gifts to a city charity.

The students from Exeter College Students’ Union are collecting unwanted goods in a bid to raise money for Positive Action South West, a charity which assists people in the region with, or affected by, HIV.

Students’ Union president Kurtis Schofield said: “We thought that rather than seeing all these lovely Christmas presents go to waste, it would be far nicer and much more fun for them to go to good homes.”

After the items have been collected they will form part of a charity auction with the proceeds going to Positive Action South West. The auction will take place later this year.

Unwanted presents can be left at Exeter College’s Hele Road reception, marked ‘Exeter College Students’ Union Gift Amnesty’.