New online greetings service Nocardsthanks.com is encouraging people not to send printed Christmas cards to friends and family this year and raise funds for charity in the process.
The new service isn't just for Christmas: it can be an environmentally friendly way for anyone to give money to charity instead of sending greetings cards, whatever the occason.
The only organisation in Britain to insist on qualifications, training and professional standards in willwriting the Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW), is reinforcing the message that if
Due to Bluetongue restrictions the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have banned reindeer from travelling to Bond Street in London for the annual Bond Noël Christmas extravaganza in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.
Every Christmas card sold in the UK should be a charity card by 2012, argues Alan Hawkes, managing director of specialist charity card retailer Studio51, which passes 51% of the sale price to nominated charities. He goes further: in his view, not buying charity cards during the festive season should be seen as socially unacceptable.
The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Trafalgar Square will take place this year on Thursday 6 December followed by a season of carol singing, which is backed by the Mayor of London in the run up to Christmas.
National homelessness charity Crisis is urging companies to swap the traditional corporate Christmas card for a tailor-made video e-card of homeless choristers.
