On 19 November Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is launching the Pants Presents appeal to encourage people to say no to ‘pants’ presents this Christmas and for friends and family to donate to charity instead. Research for CAF, shows that over half (54 percent) of the UK adult population received unwanted Christmas presents in 2007. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) would rather receive one less gift and have a donation made to charity instead. Nearly a fifth (18 percent) received a charity donation on their behalf instead of a Christmas present in 2007. Chocolates (27 percent), soaps or perfume (21 percent), books (17 percent) and DVDs (16 percent) topped the list of unwanted Christmas presents in 2007. From 19 November, the Charities Aid Foundation will launch the Pants Presents appeal at the website http://www.pantspresents.org/. From the site users can send an email to their friends and family asking them to give to charity instead of giving them a present. A dedicated Facebook page featuring the campaign will also be created. The website and Facebook page allows users to search over 170,000 charities for causes that matter most to themselves, their friends or family. Users will be able to make payments to them directly via credit and debit cards or from CAF Charity and Trust Accounts.

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21 October 2008
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