This year, Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper Day is taking place on Friday 15th December ’17. Millions of people up and down the country; colleagues, school children and friends will be adorning a festive knit so that they can help the charity do whatever it takes to make sure the world’s forgotten children get the chance to have a brighter future.
The fundraising idea began back in 2012 and has since seen millions of people join in. It has since become a quintessential British Christmas time tradition. We will, as previous years, be donning our festive jumpers. The children will go to school and I to work in our tackiest jumper. But not forgetting to donate £2 each to the charity here
Not only will people be donating to make the world better with a sweater but they can also help raise even more money by buying products as gifts.
Companies such as; Selfish Mother, WHSmith, Ellas Kitchen, Arsenal FC, Kurt Geiger and Ikea have all jumped on board and are offering to give donations from the sales of certain products.
Save the Children do whatever it takes to save the lives of children. From the first moments of life, they work to get children the healthcare, food and water, safety and education they need to survive and thrive. Save the children’s pioneering helps give children, no matter where they’re born, the chance to fulfill their potential.
Selfish Mother have created a range of Christmas Jumpers, in their FMLY store, that no only look good but do good too. The designs feature unique and festive slogans. £50 adult and £25 child, each offering 50% donation to Save the children.
WHSmith will stock two Christmas Jumper day Bears called Bruno and Benji. The bears are sporting their own festive jumpers that were designed by competition winners Holly aged thirteen and Phoebe aged nine. Retailed at £4.99 with £1 being donated to Save the children
Ella’s Kitchen are selling a Jungle Belly Christmas Dinner. This festive pouch is created for tiny taste buds and includes organic turkey, potatoes and all the trimmings, so little ones can enjoy Christmas dinner with the rest of the family. For every pouch that is sold Ella’s Kitchen will donate 30p to Save the Children.
To help raise funds Arsenal Football Club have created a range of festive knits for all the family, which each carry 20% donation to Save the Children. Even pets and little ones can join in as they have Baby Christmas Sleepsuits and jumpers for dogs
Pictured Granit Xhaka
Kurt Geiger will donate 10% of the purchase of any Kensington bag sold between 22 November and 24 December
Ikea have launched, third year running, a range of soft toys designed by children for children. The FULL purchase price from the sale of each toy will go to Save the Children.
Who doesn’t love a mince pie? To celebrate Christmas jumper day LEON will be selling mini mince pies in support of Save the Children. The mince pies will sell for £1 with a 20p donation.
In support of Christmas Jumper day, Save the Children have created a range of kitsch tote bags. These feature tongue in cheek imagery of three festive cats and dogs; CHIBBY the Cat, DUCHES the bulldog and CHESTER the westie. Retailing at £6, all proceeds go directly to Save the Children.
How will you be supporting Save the Children this Friday?
No payment has been received for this post.
