Christmas hampers and gifts that help people and planet in 2022

 

The UK’s leading social enterprise marketplace, Social Supermarket will launch its annual Christmas hamper range on 1st September 2022. 

With climate change on our minds more than ever, shopping ethically at this time of year will help make a real difference in the world. Every brand in the Social Supermarket Christmas hamper range (and available on the marketplace) has a social and/or environmental mission. Whether donating to charity, employing people who’d otherwise be marginalised or repurposing would-be waste materials, it means that your holiday gifting will give back to good causes. Ranging in price from £14.99 to £1,500, there’s plenty of variety to accommodate all budgets and scenarios.

Rest assured – such ethics don’t mean sacrificing on quality, though. Every item has been taste-tested, with many winning accolades such as Great Taste Awards, including Island Bakery’s Lemon Melts featured (in the Tea Break Letterbox Gift, £14.99 and The Sparkling Celebration Gift Box, £52.99). Choose from a selection of festive tipples, sweet treats and savoury snacks that will continue to have an impact beyond Christmas day. This net positive impact is symbolised on the website through impact icons allocated to each brand, making it easy to choose your cause and see the impact of your gift. 

 

 

A total of 27 hampers will be available, including those designed to be the non-alcoholic, vegan and gluten-free equivalents of hampers, such as The Christmas Chill, £58.99, where customers can opt to make it simply non-alcoholic, or non-alcoholic, gluten-free and vegan.

 

There’s something to suit every taste and budget. From the Foodie Flavours hamper – ideal for those who love to explore new recipes in the kitchen; the Share & Unwind Hamper – a fantastic family-sized option suited to those “betwixtmas” days mainlining movies; and the Clementine & Clove Gift Box – for a mulled wine selection that will be sure to go down a treat. The Christmas Chocolate Letterbox Gift and its vegan equivalent are perfect for a smaller, thoughtful gift that can be delivered with minimal hassle straight through the letterbox.

Brands appearing in the hampers include:

Sea Change: These wines fund marine conservation projects and take care of the animals that appear on the front of each bottle. The brand avoids plastic in its packaging and even uses partial grape waste to create its labels. Sea Change wines appear in many hampers within the range such as The Sparkling Celebration, £52.99, The Clementine and Clove Gift Box, £46.99 and The Christmas Chill Gift Box, £58.99.

Rubies in the Rubble: Relishes that help to save food waste by repurposing wonky or surplus fruit and veg. With 8-10% of global emissions attributed to wasted food, it’s a topical cause at Christmas time, when food waste shoots up – at an estimated 270,000 tonnes in the UK during the holiday season alone. The Apple & Cranberry Chutney, Pear & Fig Relish and Chilli Onion Relish feature in such hampers as The After Dinner Hamper, £86.99 and The Night Before Christmas Hamper, £86.99.

Island Bakery and sister brand, Sweet FA: Both brands’ products are free from GMOs, preservatives, palm oil and artificial colours and flavour.The latter creates organic cookies using a unique formulation of gluten-free oats, almond and tapioca flours, making them suitable for vegans and coeliacs. Production of both brand’s organic biscuits rely on planet-friendly, local renewable energy on the Isle of Mull, ensuring these sweet treats have a lower environmental impact. Electric comes from a hydro-electric turbine on the neighbouring Tobermory river and a nearby wind turbine, while ovens are heated using local wood chip from Mull’s abundant timber plantations. Their biscuits are found in such hampers as The Christmas Season Hamper, £146.99 and The After Dinner Hamper, £86.99.

Elephant Gin: The German-made gin brand takes inspiration from traditional African sundowners and supports the elephants that give the brand its name by donating 15% of profits to elephant conservation organisations. So every gift set of gins help care for orphaned baby elephants, educate the public and run anti-poaching activity. The trio gift set is available as part of The Share & Unwind Hamper, £175.99.

Grahams Port and Altano Wine: These two brands, the former of which is perhaps most well known among the brands featured in the hamper range, are owned by Symington Family Estates. B Corp certified since 2019, a percentage of every sale among the group’s wines and ports goes towards the Symington Impact Fund which supports positive causes in the Douro and Greater Porto regions as well as the Alto Alentejo with a focus on community wellbeing and health, environmental protection and conservation and cultural heritage and education. The port features in such hampers as The Foodie Flavours Hampers, £344.99.

LUX LUZ: The eco-soy scented letterbox and 3-wick candles, which feature in The Life’s Little Luxuries Letterbox Gift, £27.99, as well as larger candles and diffusers available individually on the marketplace, support survivors of domestic violence with emergency refuge and longer-term recovery activities, such as art therapy and candle-making workshops.

Wycombe Chef’s Table: New to Social Supermarket for 2022, Wycombe Chef’s Table create small batch single spices and spice blends, as well as other pantry products inspired by flavours from around the world. Cashew Rayu Japanese Chilli Oil and Moroccan Ras El Hanout, for example, feature in the gift set that is a part of The Foodie Flavours Hamper, £344.99. On a mission to inspire home cooks to try new flavours, every jar of delicious spice also donates 20% of sales to Trailblazers, a national charity that mentors ex-offenders with a view to reducing reoffending rates.

The full range of hampers will be available for delivery from 1st October at socialsupermarket.org. Customers can select any delivery date in the future, helping them to get their ethical shopping ticked off the festive to-do list earlier, with gifts arriving to their recipients close to Christmas. Corporate clients can pre-order Christmas gifts for their team and clients immediately by getting in touch with the sales team on [email protected]. 

In addition to the above gifts, the full range of Social Supermarket Christmas Hampers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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