Ethical gift ideas for 2025

There really is something for everyone – even the trickiest and pickiest relatives. Personal and packed full of impact, the right gift can bring joy to your loved one and help to make the festive season as feel-good as possible.

Here are some of my favourite ethical gift ideas…

Ethical shopping doesn’t have to be limited to your wardrobe. These days, it can influence how you style your entire house – and our Sourced By Oxfam range has brand new products for every room.

Want to help a friend feel extra cosy this Christmas? Check out our snuggly throws and beautiful rugs to cosy up your home. Or, if they’re into bold colours, these Recycled Sari Woven baskets are stunning. And what's even better, they're handmade in Bangladesh.

If you're after a festive ethical gift, we have gorgeous handmade Christmas decorations, too. Plus, you’ll find hundreds of unique vintage gifts in the Oxfam Online Shop, including glassware, ceramics and textiles.

The state of our natural world has become even more pressing in recent years, and many of us are looking for ways to take action.

Thankfully, there are lots of ways to support wildlife from home (and some great ethical Christmas gifts that can help).

For friends who are wildlife fans, give a beautiful recycled paper bird house, lovingly handmade from recycled paper.

If your loved one enjoys reading about the wonders of nature, the Oxfam Online Shop has lots of preloved books about flowers, gardening and more. And don't forget to check out our range of outdoor and animal books for many more nature-related titles!

We also have a wide range of planet-conscious products to buy all year round.

The options really are limitless here. The Oxfam Online Shop has extensive womenswear, menswear and accessories sections. There's even looks for the little ones, as well as hundreds of designer and vintage items, including vintage dresses.

And if you’re after something brand new, then Sourced By Oxfam has some gorgeous ethical accessories. Like this lovely handmade recycled Sari silk scarf and this gorgeous recycled Sari hair clip. Better yet, all the proceeds go toward fighting poverty.

Food and drink always goes down well at Christmas! Sourced By Oxfam has found some delicious treats – we’re talking chocolate, we're talking sweet treats, we're talking tea and coffee.

For cooking aficionados, how about high-quality ingredients like this Zaytoun Olive Oil? And for those who like to experiment with different cuisines, we have many ethical gifts to choose from – like this Zaytoun Za'atar aromatic herb mix.

You can also choose from hundreds of preloved cookery books in the Oxfam Online Shop, with vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free recipes and more to help you cater for everyone. Keep your eye out for the likes of Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Mary Berry, Jamie Oliver and lots of others. You can also find great preloved gifts for the kitchen and dining room.

Want to reduce your environmental impact? Or buying for someone who does? There are lots of eco-friendly ethical gifts around.

If a friend’s keen to de-plastic their life, How To Give Up Plastic is one title to look out for in our books section. Gift this ecojiko Cheeky Pot Scrubber as a sustainable alternative to plastic brushes.

The Oxfam Online Shop also stocks gorgeous gifts made using recycled materials, including a variety of shopping bags.

Alternatively, you might want to consider an Oxfam Unwrapped charity gift. Whether you donate through Unwrapped in our shops or online, you are helping fund essential programmes like Stronger Communities, Climate Justice and Valuing Women’s Work.