Enter The Concern Gifts Drawing Competition!

We’re launching a children’s drawing competition to design a new character for the Gifts family! The adorable cow, goat, chicken, duck, pig and avocado you see here represent some of our most popular, life-changing gifts. They have an important job - inspiring people to give and helping show the joy that acts of kindness brings.

And they need a new member for their next mission!

We’re asking the children of Ireland to create a little brother or sister for them, to star in this year’s Christmas Gifts campaign and inspire thousands of people to help others. Do you have someone who would like to get cracking on a drawing?

1. Design a cartoon character of a goat, cow, pig, chicken, duck or avocado to join our Gifts family shown here.
2. Download the art page here or use whatever paper/materials you like to design your character. Artists can draw as many characters as they like! Post it back to us at the following address by 16th May: Gifts Drawing Competition, Concern Worldwide, 52-55 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2, D02 H425.
3. If you want to enter online, scan your drawing or take a clear close up photo of it an email your creation to gifts@concern.net before the 16th May.

The shortlisted creations will be posted on our social media pages so keep an eye out!

How the winner is selected: The winner will be selected by Gifts animator, Tim Wheatley, whose work you might recognise from shows like Horrible Science and Peppa Pig. The winner’s family will be contacted by the 2nd June.

The winner's prize: We will contact the winner’s family by 2nd of June to let them know they’ve won. The winning artist will receive a fabulous art set so they can keep on going with their creative journey. The new character will star in our next Christmas Gifts campaign and we’ll include the first name, age and county of the winner when introducing their masterpiece.

As we enjoy the Spring sunshine this long weekend and the sense of hope it brings, we wanted to let supporters of the Gifts campaign how grateful we are for the Concern community. Easter is all about new life and fresh starts, and that’s exactly what everyone who purchased Gifts and Santa letters did last year.

Gifts such as goats, avocados, school kits or Santa letters transformed in to rays of hope for some of the worlds most vulnerable families. With the help of people in Ireland, we've been able to provide essential resources, support programmes, and a whole lot of smiles to those in need. Thank you to everyone who has helped make the world brighter. 

If you have any special occasions coming up or just feel like spreading more joy, you can explore more of these life-changing gifts online!