20 Charity Gift Ideas for Christmas 2024

Looking for a gift with a difference? Oxfam's charity gifts are a great way to sprinkle extra magic on any occasion. With ethical gifts like these, you can show loved ones how much you care while helping protect people and planet at the same time.

1. Oxfam charity gift cards

Browse our range of Oxfam Unwrapped charity gift cards, and make a donation to a cause of your choice on behalf of a loved one this Christmas. Available as both physical cards and e-cards, Oxfam Unwrapped is a thoughtful gift choice made extra special with the option of adding a personalised message.

Picture of Oxfam Unwrapped cards on a red festive background

2. Festive Fair Trade Chocolate

These Fairtrade Divine Milk Chocolate Coins are worth their weight in gold with Divine seriously smooth milk chocolate. The perfect stocking filler or as a treat for yourself. 

Divine Fairtrade Milk Chocolate Coins

3. Classic and Contemporary Second Hand Vinyl

Buying for a music-lover? Choose from a huge variety of vinyl, including vintage and collectable pieces as well as new releases. Available online or in your nearest Oxfam shop.

Vintage Vinyl records wrapped up as Christmas gifts

4. Second Hand Books

Our extensive online second hand book shop boasts antique and collectable books and rare signed books. Plus gorgeous art and photography books perfect for coffee tables. And classic kids books for bedtime. A picture of the book cover is shown online. The blurb is listed in the description. And you can filter by price, genre and condition to find what you're looking for.

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Books wrapped up as christmas gifts

5. Mandala Cushion

Handcrafted by skilled artisans in India, this gorgeous Mandala cushion makes the perfect charity gift that'll brighten up any home. Available in yellow and turquoise, each cushion is made by Fair Trade organisation Arawali who work with craftspeople in surrounding villages in Jaipur to create beautiful embroidered and block printed textiles, footstools and bags.

Embroidered cushion with pompom tassels

6. Ethical chocolate from Tony's Chocolonely

A perfect gift for any chocolate lover! Christmas is all about sharing with Tiny Tony's Chocolonely Christmas Pouch, filled with everyone's favourite flavours. Produced by cocoa farmers earning a living income, Tony's Chocolonely is on a mission to end slavery in the chocolate industry.

Open packet of Tony Chocolonely Mini Chocolates

7. Kantha Weekend Bag

Handmade by skilled artisans in India, using recycled fabrics, this gorgeous weekend bag is available in light blue or multicoloured fabric.

Brightly-coloured kantha weekend bag

8. Fair Trade Cat Cave

This beautiful cat cave will give pets a secure and snuggly place to keep warm this festive season. Each felt bed is handmade in Nepal for a unique gift for all the pet lovers in your life.

Grey felt cat cave

9. Corner Bookmark

A one of a kind corner bookmark for your Oxfam second hand books! Made from recycled sari by fair trade producers I was a Sari. Each one is beautifully unique and features a colourful Sari print.

Corner bookmark in a book, made from patterned recycled fabric

10. Oxfam Archive Posters 2025 Calendar

Take a trip into the Oxfam archives with this A3 calendar, which features a retro Oxfam poster each month. Help support Oxfam's work by purchasing from our range of artistic calendars featuring gorgeous designs like our Cat Calendar, Moomins Calendar or Vintage Railway Calendar.

Oxfam Archive Calendar

11. Bee House

Perfect for the person who's buzzed about bees. This Bee House is designed to provide nest cells for solitary bees of which there are 240 species in the UK. Made by skilled artisans in Bali in return for a fair wage, each wildlife house is unique.

Bee House

12. Moomin Veranda Mug

It doesn't have to be Christmas day to settle in and enjoy a warm brew on a cold winter's night. This Moomin Veranda mug is cute and functional. Every Oxfam Moomin Collection purchase helps fund Oxfam's projects supporting women and girls globally.

Red Moomin mug with Moomin characters cuddling on the front

13. Reusable Cracker

Say goodbye to single use crackers! This reusable cracker is a great alternative which can be reused and enjoyed every year. Lovingly made by artisans in Bangladesh.

Green re-usable cracker made from fabric

14. Kashmiri Trinket Box

Redesigned for Christmas 2024, this Kashmiri Jewellery box is beautifully decorated with a lovely yellow and orange floral design, making it a treasure to store the finer accessories. What's more every pretty trinket box is handmade by a Fair Trade group preserving traditional local crafts in Lajpat Nagar New Dehli.

Black jewellery box with orange and yellow floral print

15. Archive Collection Print Pencil Case

New for 2024, this print is inspired by a 1990s Oxfam poster held in the Bodleian library and has been reworked for a limited edition range designed exclusively for Sourced by Oxfam.

Oxfam Archive Collection pencil case resting on a table

16. Felt Storage Baskets

These felt baskets make great homeware gifts and are available in various sizes and colours including the small polkadot felt basket and large green felt basket. These baskets are produced by Fair Trade organisation Hatale and handmade by their skilled artisans.

Small pink polka dot felt storage basket, being used as a plant pot

17. Felt Christmas Decorations

Make each gift count this Christmas by starting with a planet-loving Christmas decoration. Handmade in Nepal, Oxfam's range of Christmas tree decorations make a great budget gift ahead of Christmas - perfect for Secret Santa gifts!

Decorative black felt cat wearing a red Christmas hat

18. Fair Trade Spice and Seasoning Gift Set

Do you know a culinary enthusiast who loves cooking up a storm in the kitchen? This versatile spice and seasoning trio can be paired with your choice of meat, fish and vegetables to liven up any mealtime. Steenbergs range of fair trade, organic spices are warm, fragrant and pungent, perfect for those new to spices or experienced home cooks!

Collection of three glass spice jars with a wooden spoon (not included in the set) and a dusting of ginger spicing

19. Zaytoun Olive Oil Soaps

Available in rose and sage scents, this sustainably packaged soap is rich in olive oil to restore your skin's natural softness. Zaytoun is an award-winning social enterprise, with 100% of their profits reinvested into furthering their mission of supporting the livelihood of Palestinian farmers through fair trade.

Zaytoun rose olive oil soap

20. Fair Trade Handmade Wrapping Paper

This Fair Trade wrapping paper is the ideal way to present your ethical gift with care. Handmade from recycled material by Nepalese artisans.

Blue wrapping paper with a gold dove design, wrapping a square present