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Don't Be A Scrooge: 5 Ethical Gift Ideas
The spirit of Christmas is spread through the act of giving, if everyone stopped giving this Christmas then no one would have the pleasure of opening a disappointing present at some point over the festive period.
When you give out gifts this year make sure they’re ethical, that way you can spread Christmas cheer further and have the chance to please at least one person.
Jingle All The Way showed us it’s important to help those less fortunate at Christmas, so here’s our five ethical gifts for those of you who didn’t do your Christmas shopping in October.
The Gifts
2 Chainz Dabbing Santa Jumper: £25.00. Buy Here
Cause: Helping Families In Need This Christmas
The famous dabbing Santa jumper is brought to us courtesy of 2 Chainz, with a portion of all sales being donated to his charity ‘The Real University’ who in turn will use the money from sales to help families in need this Christmas.
The jumper immortalizes the dance that took 2015 by storm and if you post your dabbing Santa photo on Instagram using the #DABBINSANTA then you will feature on 2 Chainz’s website.
Bala Football: £15.00. Buy Here
Cause: Improve The Lives Of Workers
A high quality, handmade football created in Pakistan. Buying this football supports the workers and families that made it by offering them a fair working wage and good working conditions.
With football being the biggest sport in the country there will be a lot of footballs bought this Christmas, many of them being mass produced by underpaid workers in sweatshops, you can change this by purchasing one of these balls.
Boozik Iphone Amplifier: £18.00. Buy Here
Cause: Sustainable, Fair Trade Product And Energy Free.
The Boozik Amplifier acts as an Iphone speaker, however, it is 100% green and sustainable. Hand carved out of oven-dried bamboo in Thailand by workers who are paid a fair wage the speaker clips onto your IPhone without the use of electricity to amplify its sound.
The amplifier comes unpainted or in red, white and black colours, it makes for a great stocking filler.
A Sheep: £10.00. Buy Here
Cause: A Sheep For Women In Ethiopia
In rural Ethiopia the purchase of a sheep can dramatically improve the lives of the people living there. A sheep can be used for it’s wool and milk which can then be sold or traded at market.
Present Aid are offering you the chance to improve the lives of women in Ethiopia by giving each member of their women's savings club a sheep, and with the money earned from the animal they can pay for medical bills and for their families education.
Christmas Meal: £5.00. Buy Here
Cause: Christmas Meal For A Young Homeless Person
Charity starts at home, and for £5.00 you can pay for CentrePoint to give a young homeless person the opportunity to have Christmas dinner with their friends. They will also be given support from charity workers. This is a Christmas Carol gift, so don’t be a Scrooge and buy a turkey!
