Gifts that give to charity

[DeathWinsAGolfish]

I'm looking for gifts that give part of their profits or a donation to good causes.

I have already bought Advent of Change advent calendar and a room with Shelter, but would like some other ideas, where the recipient receives a gift knowing that there will be a charitable donation on their behalf too.

Harry Specters chocolates, don’t give to charity as such but they employ people with autism www.harryschocs.co.uk/

Oddballs raise money for cancer charities www.myoddballs.com/pages/about-us

www.happystride.co.uk/

Happy Stride exercise clothes donate to a mental health charity called Young Minds.

I saw someone else mention this on MN a while back and thought it was a fantastic idea: lendwithcare.org/

So the charity makes small business loans to people in developing countries - you buy a gift card, and the recipient can choose which business(es) to invest it in. When the loan has been paid back, the reipient of your gift gets to choose where the money goes again, and the cycle continues.

I think it would be a great charity gift, as the recipient gets to be actively involved, rather than just get a picture of a goat or whatever.

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Helping you give dignity to children in care
Why children in care?

There are over 90,000 children in care in the UK and Ireland with one child entering the care system every 15 minutes. Most transport their worldly belongings in plastic bin bags or plastic shopping bags, losing their dignity in the process.
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We believe that no child should carry their life in a bin bag or plastic shopping bag. Life Goes Inside™

That’s why we created Madlug.

We operate under a ‘buy one, give one’ model, which means that with every Madlug bag you purchase, a pack-away travel bag will be given to a child in care.

I do lend with care, every now and then I top up another £5 and do another loan, but obviously you can wait to get all the £15 back and restart then.

Good Candles good-candles.com/collections/2020-collection
Jollies socks jolliesocks.com - donate one pair of socks for each pair sold. All cotton is organic and sustainable.
Gorilla Spirits gorillaspirits.co.uk - small business which donates £1 from every bottle toThe Gorilla Organization.
Cloudberries jigsaws www.cloudberries.co.uk - plant one tree for every puzzle sold and the shipping is carbon free. All puzzles are made with recycled paper and board.
Biscuiteers www.biscuiteers.com/send-a-gift/gosh-collection
Rainbows Hospice charity bath bomb www.divinebox.co.uk/collections/rainbows-hospice-charity-bath-bomb/products/rainbows-hospice-charity-bath-bomb

THE WEAR ONE, SHARE ONE COMPANY
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Social impact is at the heart of everything we do and Wear One, Share One allows YOU to be a significant part of that.

Through it, for every item you buy we’ll donate another item to someone experiencing homelessness because we believe in products with a purpose created to help people.

Thank you, so many great ideas.
We've used madlug before and can recommend their lunch bags too, it's such a sad statistic of one child into care every 15 minutes, with a black bag of belongings.

Orders made, thank you.

If there are any others out there I'd love to hear about them.

Emma Bridgewater are doing charity mugs for Shelter this year, my adult DC will get money or a voucher so I am putting that in the mugs with some Kit Kat’s which will avoid buying heavily packaged chocolates.

I can recommend this charity, I've ordered lots of times and the products are lovely and high quality. Please read about the work they do with adults with complex neuro diverse and physical needs.

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I buy my parents a weekly raffle ticket into their local Air Ambulance draw (previously their local Hospice draw). For both, the recipient gets a cuddly toy and a weekly entry into their raffle. My parents have won twice (from memory, £700 and £50) so they enjoy the anticipation as they don't want stuff.
Oxfam shops also seem to stock a fair number of Fair Trade products.

Arthouse have some amazing artwork, I'm suddenly enjoying Christmas shopping with all of these amazing companies, thank you for your suggestions.

Oops two amazings...

Love the idea of lend with care. Just asked my mum and sis to get me this for my present

This charity works with current and ex-prisoners, the products are embroidered in prison, most of them by hand
finecellwork.co.uk/

www.stand4socks.com/products/the-manchester-sock Stand4socks buy a pair, a pair given to homeless charity in that area.

I'm another fan of Lendwithcare.

I gave my teen DD a voucher for her birthday and she's loved looking at all of the entrepreneurs, deciding which to make a loan to and then receiving the repayments to reinvest.

It's given her several life lessons while giving the entrepreneur the investment they need for their business.

www.goodgifts.org/

Manchester socks, perfect,

"And on the sixth day..."🐝

@DeathWinsAGolfish I got my socks today and they are really good quality

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=brave+strong+girls+hilary+moore&crid=3K4IBGC32IJZ6&sprefix=brave+strong+girls+hilary+moore%2Caps%2C59&ref=nbsbb_noss

These children's books with brave strong girl characters have all profits going to the Malala Fund.

Found another one - Vurchoo jewellery- studs of hope, reasonably priced stud earrings which help children around the world access education. www.vurchoo.co.uk/collections/studs-of-hope

WWF have an online shop and all product are sustainably sourced.

Not quite the same but Trend Tomic do amazing cork earrings and a tree is planted for every purchase.

barekind.co.uk/

Barekind do lovely ladies and children’s bamboo socks - a percentage of the sale goes to a charity that supports the animal on the socks (including some small UK charities like wildlife rescues)