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MUST HAVE CHARITY GIFTS

Give a life-changing gift before 1 October 2026.

Thank you for making Must Have Gifts special

For many years, Must Have Gifts has brought generous supporters together to help children and families. Every gift has contributed to something bigger, and we're incredibly grateful for the difference you've helped to make.

What is changing

After careful review, we have decided to retire the programme so that we can focus more of our time and resources where they can have the greatest impact.

From 1 October 2026, Must Have Gifts products and e-cards will no longer be available on our website.

You can still choose the perfect charity gift today

Our selection of charity gifts offers a meaningful way to support vulnerable children while showing your loved ones you care.

Make a real difference with a practical, life-changing gift.
Send it your way with a free e-card in a choice of styles.
Create twice the impact for your loved one and someone in need.

Choose a charity gift today.

What are Must Have Gifts?

Must Have Gifts are extraordinary charitable gifts that make a real difference to vulnerable children, families and communities in the world’s toughest places. With 75 years of experience as a children's charity, we have tailored these gifts to support essential needs and create brighter futures.

Whether you’re looking to help provide clean water and nutritious food, or an education bundle to help further their learning, we have a gift to suit.

Purchased as a birthday gift, a Christmas present, a token of gratitude to a colleague or just something unique, our gifts for charity are the perfect way to show someone you’re thinking of them.

How Must Have Gifts work

If you’re wondering how you can buy charity gifts for children who need them, then you’ve come to the right place, because here at World Vision, we have a vast selection of gifts that can help change the lives of those who need them most.

Ordering Must Have Gifts is so easy! Follow these simple steps.

Choose your gift

Pick from our selection of meaningful gifts that transform lives

Personalise your gift

Choose your favourite e-card and add your personal message

Make a difference

Relax knowing you’re bringing hope to children when you buy a charity gift

Buy a gift

Our promise

Every one of our charity gifts is requested by communities to create better futures for their children. To make sure we fulfil our promise to deliver these gifts when and where they are needed most, when you buy a gift that donates to charity your money is pooled together to be used right where the need is greatest. This could be anywhere around the world.

The benefit is real
A real child benefits because their community has been given the ‘must have’ help they needed.

The price is real
Every charity donation gift has been calculated from actual costs to provide the best and most effective support.

The change is real
Your gift, full of love and compassion, will make a real and lasting difference for children in need – promising them hope for a brighter and happier future, and to become all God intended them to be.

Buy a gift

Three children smiling as they get collect clean water

Together, we've impacted the lives of over 200 million children by tackling the root causes of poverty.

Other ways to support World Vision

Along with these alternative gifts, there are other ways to support the work we do around the world. As a Christian charity, we are inspired by our faith to help children living in some of the hardest places.

If you aren’t sure that a charity gift is right for your recipient or are looking for different ways to donate on your own behalf, you could also consider sponsoring a child, giving a one-off donation or leaving a gift in your Will.