CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

Our pick of great gifts that benefit good causes

BIRD SONG

Keep feathered friends well fed with this suet ball from Marie Curie. All profits go towards providing care to terminally ill people in their own homes. Birds suet ball, Marie

Curie, shop.mariecurie.org.uk, £2.99.

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RUM DEAL

Buy this quirky, ceramic bottle of Kraken black spiced rum and £1 from every sale will go to marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage.

Reef wreckage Kraken rum, Amazon, amazon.co.uk, £35.99. Buy it with the Ownable app

LIGHT WORK

Buy this limited-edition Solidarity candle and provide a year of vitamin A for five children, as part of a UNICEF programme. Solidarity candle, L’Occitane, uk.loccitane.com, £9.

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IN THE DOGHOUSE

Look after four-legged furry friends by stashing treats and toys in this metal tin from the Dogs Trust, a charity that helps care for stray and abandoned dogs across the UK. The rabble treat tin, Dogs Trust, dogstrustgifts.com, £11.99. Buy it with the Ownable app

EGG-CELLENT STUFF

This personalised egg and toast board will make for a great gift, especially as every penny of the profits will go straight to Help Harry Help Others, a Birminghambased charity supporting cancer sufferers. Help Harry Help Others personalised egg and toast board, Prezzybox, prezzybox. com, £24.95. Buy it with the Ownable app

GIRL POWER

Give the gift of inspiring words with these pretty embroidery hoop signs (right), with ten per cent of every sale going to The Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women initiative. Sisterhood And Co embroidery roidery hoop sign trio by Make & Mend, Not On The High Street, notonthehighstreet.com, £56. Buy it with the Ownable app

HEDGE FUNDER

Help hedgehogs with their winter hibernation by buying this set of three fruit gin liqueurs, made using locally grown or foraged fruit from East Anglia. £1.50 from every gift set sold will be donated to the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Three Little Hedgepigs, Pinkster gin, pinkstergin.com, £45. Buy it with the Ownable app

LIP SERVICE

Add a sprinkle of festive bling with this sequin lip cushion (left). All proceeds go towards the British Heart Foundation’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases. Sequin Lip Cushion, £12.99, available in one of the British Heart Foundation’s 750 shops across the UK

BEE KIND

Create a buzz with Marie Curie’s wooden bee house with bamboo tubes so female bees can lay eggs inside. All profits go towards helping terminally ill people in their own homes. Wooden bee house, Marie Curie, shop.mariecurie.org. uk, £13.99. Buy it with the Ownable app

NOW YOU’RE COOKING

Learn how to cook traditional cuisine with asylum seekers, refugees and migrant chefs struggling to access employment in the UK with a Migrateful cookery class voucher. It can be used in different venues around London and Bristol. Cookery class voucher, Migrateful, migrateful.org, £35. Buy it with the

Ownable app

MONKEY BUSINESS

Support the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) by giving the milk chocolate Tuan and vegan Tuantoo. £3.50 goes to buying cocoa tree seedlings and helping re-forest the orangutan’s natural habitat. Tuan & Tuantoo, Chococo, chococo. co.uk, £8 each. Buy it with the Ownable app