NewstrAid launches Christmas Card Competition for a seventh year!

NewstrAid has announced the return of its annual children’s Christmas card competition for the seventh year running.

The competition is open to anyone aged 14 or under who is connected to someone who works or has worked in the sale and distribution of newspapers and magazines. That connection can be through parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins or even godparents. The deadline for entries is Friday 1^st November.

Katie Babooram, Welfare Manager for NewstrAid, said, “When we launched the first Christmas card competition in 2017, we weren’t sure how popular it would be. I am delighted that it is still going strong all these years later and we are really looking forward to receiving some fantastic festive pictures again this year.”

The top three designs will be printed and used as the official NewstrAid cards for 2024, with the ultimate winner receiving a £50 Amazon voucher and the 2 runners up receiving £25 vouchers.

Katie Babooram added “We always start promoting this competition at the end of the summer and although Christmas may seem a way off, we know that a lot of people find it is a great way to keep the children in their life occupied, particularly during the October half term!”

How to enter:

• Send your best festive drawings by Friday 1^st November, to Jo Willis, NewstrAid, Suite 2, Thremhall Estate, Start Hill, Bishop’s Stortford, CM22 7TD

• Please include your name, age, address and your connection to the newstrade

• All entrants must be aged 14 or under

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For Media information contact: Lindsay Rule; lindsay@newstraid.org.uk

NewstrAid is a charity which aims to provide welfare for people who are, or have been, employed in the selling and distribution of newspapers and magazines in the UK and who find themselves in hardship. This includes their immediate family and dependants who are in need or in distress. The charity has been in existence since 1839 and counts Charles Dickens amongst its past presidents. 2024 marks NewstrAid’s 185th anniversary and in 2023 the charity was named ‘Charity of the Year’ at the ACO Awards.  www.newstraid.org.uk