The Independent, SALLY NEWALL Friday 15 November 2013:
1. Invest in ME
The charity ran a competition for ME patients and their carers to submit photos. We think this vibrant entry by Julie-Ann Gylaitis is a festive triumph.
2. Artfelt
The arts programme at Sheffield Children's Hospital commissioned local artist Pete McKee to design their card this year. The result? A sweet but interesting little cartoon of McKee’s own dog Frank.
£3.50 for 8
3. RNLI
The cartoonist Giles was a keen sailor and did lots of work for the RNLI. His designs are bestsellers for the charity.
£4.25, www.rnlishop.org.uk
4. SPANA
Everyone’s favourite desert dweller has made it onto the front of the animal charity's card. Another design features some kissing tortoises. Pucker up.
£4 for 10 www.spana.org
5. Riders for Health
Ideal for motorbike fans but actually it’s just quite a cool design. The money goes to mobilising health workers in Africa, designed by one of the charity’s volunteers.
£5 for 10 www.riders-for-health.myshopify.com
6. GOSH
This cute robin’s the work of Jacob, 6, a patient at Great Ormond Street.
£4.50 for 10 www.shop.gosh.org
7. Child bereavement UK
Donated by artist Charlie Macksey, this dove design makes an elegant card.
£4.75 for 10 www.childbereavement.org
8. Sustrans
A nice cycling design from the charity that investing in helping people travel by foot, bike or public transport. Cyclists will like this one
£5 for 8 www.shop.sustrans.org.uk
9. Home Start
Kirstie Allsop commissioned this design for the charity. It’s by paper artist poppy chancellor and we think it makes a lovely snowflake.
£4.75 for 10, www.home-start.org.uk
10. Action medical research for children
Uninspired by many charity Christmas efforts, gallery owner Lynn Tait a gallery owner got card designers to contribute a piece of their work exclusively to the medical research charity. This cycling Santa’s by Julie Hook.
£2.50 for six, www.action.org.uk
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