BARNSLEY’S shopping centre has been rewarding shoppers with gift vouchers and festive goodies as part of a campaign to show kindness at Christmas.

Since November the Alhambra Shopping Centre has been treating late night shoppers as part of its annual Random Acts of Kindness campaign.

The shopping centre has paid for £500 worth of festive goodies for Barnsley residents so far and has been giving away two £50 gift vouchers every Friday throughout December to shoppers who found the shopping centre’s ‘elf on the shelf’, Barnes-sleigh.

The Alhambra’s marketing manager, Steph Higham, said: “Our Random Acts of Kindness Christmas campaign is a fantastic way to reward our customers, especially at this time of year when buying presents can be pretty stressful.

“All our winners have been so excited, even if most of them thought it was a joke initially. It’s great to help out our loyal shoppers and to see people so appreciative.”