With Black Friday around the corner, you might be thinking about your Christmas shopping. Here’s the Premier Christianity guide to gifts that are good for people and the planet
Madlug
This Northern Irish company produces a great range of cool bags, backpacks and travel accessories. It was started by a Christian entrepreneur and foster carer, and for every bag you buy, a pack-away travel bag is donated to a child in care.
Ripple Effect
Ripple Effect have been working alongside farming communities in East Africa for more than 36 years to promote sustainability and combat climate change. Choose from purchasing a chicken, goat, cow or donkey for a family; buying a beehive, gardening kit or a bicycle for volunteers to get around.
Yes Friends
A Christian-run fashion brand with a mission: to make sustainable, affordable clothes. Their first product was a £7.99 ethically produced T-shirt that garnered 4,000 orders in its first month. They now produce a cool range of basics that don’t cost the earth but won’t bankrupt you, either.
Claire Luther books
These beautifully illustrated children’s books are designed to stimulate meaningful conversations from an early age. The Little Paws Hotel series covers topics such as fear, perfectionism, bullying and bereavement, while the picture book Say What?! illustrates the journey from creation to salvation.
The Christian Poster Company
Christian art, postcards, calendars, notebooks and bookmarks, all designed by Nick, a GP from Liverpool who decided on a career change. Billed as “modern, joyful biblical artwork”, if you’re looking for something to brighten up your wall, you’re bound to find it here.
ShelterBox
Don’t need any more stuff? Wondering what to get for the person who has literally everything? From buying a children’s coat or mosquito net to funding a storm response kit or family tent, there’s something to suit all price tags in ShelterBox’s virtual gift store.
Truth Apparel
Looking for Christian clothing that offers something more than just a good slogan T? Truth Apparel does a great line in those – but also a lot more. Combining ethical materials and production with high-end design, each purchase also comes with a free ‘Messenger’ evangelism pack.
Moonster
Moonster make high-quality leather goods that are ethical and fairtrade. They sell wallets, bags, journals and photo albums made from 100 per cent buffalo leather. Some of their products contain Bible verses, and the company also works with five charity partners on five continents to give back five per cent of their profits.
Toilet Twinning
Tearfund’s innovative project allows you to donate money to twin your loo with one somewhere in the world where safe, sanitary facilities are not so easy to come by. In return, you’ll get a framed picture of your sponsored loo to hang in your own bathroom!
Dalit Goods Co
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Working to provide education and employment for some of the most marginalised communities in India, Dalit Goods Co is the place to go for soaps, candles, spices, homewares and beautiful organic cotton pyjamas!
Luminary Bakery
Got someone in your life who loves a sweet treat? Order them a special Christmas cake from this Christian-run social enterprise that offers training, employment and support to women who have experienced multiple disadvantages and gender-based violence.
Noa Surf Collective
Beautiful belly boards, body boards and handplanes, all hand-crafted from recycled materials on the coast of North Cornwall. Plus, a gorgeous range of hoodies, beanies, prints and cards, with all profits going to tackle sex trafficking and exploitation in South-east Asia.
I Am So Many Things
The place to go for identity-affirming, inspirational Christian gifts. Find brightly-coloured mugs and homewares, cards, prints, colouring books and more.
CLO Coffee
A social enterprise that roasts its own ethically sourced coffee to supply its Leeds-based coffee shop, plus churches, festivals and now home coffee connoisseurs, too! Buy a coffee subscription, purchase coffee gadgets or pick up some cool branded merch.
Treasure Within
Love stationery? Love Jesus? You’re going to love Treasure Within’s range of luxury notebooks, year planners and candles, designed to help women draw closer to God and order their day.
Mercy Ships
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Give a gift of hope through Mercy Ships and use the money you would have put towards presents and cards to buy hygiene packs, medical equipment or to fund life-changing surgery around the world.
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