Christmas Cards

[TheDevil]

I'm hoping to buy Christmas cards that will help donate money to homelessness charities. Do people know if any of the major supermarkets sell charity Christmas cards?

[Buenchico]

Sainsbury's have had a wide range of charity Christmas cards in previous years. I've not shopped in Sainsbury's recently though, so I can't be sure whether they''re stocking them this year. Further, even those stores that do sell charity Christmas cards often only have them from a small range of charities.

Many (most?) large towns have pop-up shops selling charity Christmas cards, so it might be worth googling the name of your local town, together with 'charity Christmas cards', to see if there's one near you. Alternatively use the search facility here to if there's a pop-up shop within the 'Card for Good Causes' group nearby. (There are over 300 across the country):
https://www.cardsforcharity.co.uk/look-for-a-card-shop.html

Or buy online from Shelter:
https://cardshop.shelter.org.uk/

[Buenchico]

PS: I've just noticed your username. Should you really be buying Christmas cards?

;-)

[TheDevil]

Thank you for that response Buenchico. I will have a look in Sainsbury's as I prefer to buy on the high street.

I would have thought homelessness would be one of the go to charities for Christmas cards to donate to so hopefully Sainsbury's can assist.

[TheDevil]

Even TheDevil has a Christmas card list. You must ask yourself though, do you really want to be on it?

[JimF]

Why not just donate to charity so that all of your donation will actually go to the charity?

[TheDevil]

I have always sent out Christmas cards and this year I think it would be nice for those receiving my cards to know that a percentage of the cost was donated to charity.

I have never came across charity Christmas cards myself, so I was just wondering if anyone else had.

[woofgang]

oxfam do lovely ones, marks usually do a charity card

[ubasses]

This link will tell you which of the shops give the biggest percentage to the charities.
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/12/how-much-is-donated-from-charity-christmas-card-sales/

[Buenchico]

^^^ Further to Ubasses' post, if you want to maximise the amount that actually reaches the relevant charity then (unless you're able to buy directly from the charity itself) buying from one of the pop-up shops in my link above is the best way to do so. That organisation is, in itself, a charity, which hands over a minimum of 70% to the charity that supplies the cards you buy. (The remainder goes to cover the costs of setting-up and running the shops).

[TheDevil]

Thank you all for the contributions.