Virtual charity Christmas cards: a new way to give this season
As Christmas comes around, you may find yourself looking for an alternative to the traditional Christmas card. Our virtual charity Christmas cards offer just that.
This small token is the perfect way to wish friends and family glad tidings during the festive period. But Christmas cards can also carry a much more sentimental impact. Your Christmas card could give back and help a vulnerable child.
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Create a personalised Christmas card with our Secret Santa gift certificates
Secret Santa eCards
With Action for Children, you can send a virtual Christmas card by becoming a charity Secret Santa.
Becoming a Secret Santa is easy. You can simply:
- Visit our Charity Christmas Gifts page and choose a gift for a vulnerable child, like a teddy bear or a bed and warm duvet.
- To gift on behalf of a loved one, add an e-card to your basket with a personalised message for your recipient.
- You can then share your e-card with your loved one and let them know you've gifted a charity gift on their behalf.
Our range of Christmas eCards at Don'tSendMeACard.com
Buy an eCard from DontSendMeACard.com
You can send an eCard to loved ones this year by buying an Action for Children charity eCard from DontSendMeACard.com.
Our eCards are not only quick and easy to send, but each one will be a helping hand in our mission to deliver more safe and happy childhoods.
How it works:
- Select a Christmas eCard from our range at Don'tSendMeACard.com. You can choose from cards donning our Secret Santa campaign branding or those designed by children we support.
- Donate the cost of the card and stamp to Action for Children.
- Send your eCard.
Explore our range of charity Christmas cards
There are so many benefits to sending a virtual Christmas card this year...
- As a paperless Christmas card alternative, virtual cards are easy to send. Without having to pay for stamps and postage, you can create your virtual card and send it quickly and easily to friends and family.
- Giving a charity virtual Christmas card means you can send a card to a loved one this year whilst also donating to charity. So many people often wonder whether they should buy a charity card or donate to charity at Christmas. But with our unusual virtual Christmas cards, you can do both. Your Christmas card could help put the magic back into Christmas for a vulnerable child.
4.3 million children now live in poverty in the UK. That’s 100,000 more than last year. And 30% of all children.
Christmas is a time of magic and joy; of festive cheer and love. And we know that this magic begins in childhood. Hanging stockings. Sharing festive food. Presents under the tree. It’s a time for children to feel loved and make memories that last a lifetime.
But we also know that childhood is short. That there isn’t long to make happy memories. That for vulnerable children across the UK, Christmas is anything but magical. For many, Christmas is just another day of empty cupboards and putting on an extra jumper to keep warm. And wondering why their friend got presents and they didn’t.
"I was crying and stressed, if I hadn’t had the money from Action for Children then Christmas would have been ruined."
*Helen, who received help from Action for Children (*name has been changed to protect identity)
By becoming a Secret Santa and sending a personalised virtual Christmas card, you could help change that. You could help a vulnerable child feel the magic of Christmas.
Thanks to the generosity of people like you, we were able to put the magic back into Christmas for Jess last year
At Action for Children, we have over 2,500 frontline workers supporting children every day. We’ve seen children without a bed sleeping on the floor with just blankets. Families phoning us crying because they have no money to feed their children. It’s relentless. And it doesn’t stop because it’s Christmas.
We’re there when families can’t afford the basics. We top up the gas meter when children are shivering in a freezing house. Put food on the table so children don’t go hungry. Buy a Christmas present when a parent can’t. We’re a vital lifeline for desperate families with nowhere to turn.
Last year, your generous support helped us be there for 687,755 children, young people and families in the UK, through 372 services.
And with your help, we could reach even more families this Christmas and beyond. That’s why we need your support now.
Christmas cards are a wonderful tradition. A heartwarming way to spread cheer and show love and gratitude in the festive season. But by buying one of our charity virtual cards, you could also spread joy to a vulnerable child. You could help them feel the magic of Christmas too.
Your virtual gift could help a vulnerable child feel the magic of Christmas
