British Red Cross Pass the Parcel

Pass a Red Cross Parcel this year - your gift will help provide support and hope to someone, somewhere when they need it most. Choose from a list of virtual gifts to create a gift parcel for a friend or loved one. Your gifts will provide real, practical help to people all over the world who desperately need it.

Pass the Parcel with the British Red Cross

  • Create a parcel and you can download a gift certificate which you can print to keep or pass on to friends and family as a gift.
  • You will also get an email link to pass on so others can view your parcel
  • Once complete, the value of your parcel of virtual gifts will be donated to the British Red Cross - prices start at just £2.50.
British Red Cross Pass the Parcel

British Red Cross Pass the Parcel

from just £2.50

Registered Charity Number: 220949

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Receive a gift certificate to print or email up to the big day plus a link to the virtual parcel so they can view it online.

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What is a British Red Cross parcel?

During the Second World War the British Red Cross sent more than 20 million parcels to captive soldiers all over the world. Protected by the internationally respected Red Cross emblem, they succeeded in crossing frontlines and borders to reach prisoners in even the remotest places. The parcels contained a few basic food items to supplement the prisoners' meagre rations. But the most important thing that they contained was hope.

Their work has changed a great deal over the years - but the need for their help is as pressing as it's ever been. And although a British Red Cross parcel may be very different to those sent more than 60 years ago, it still contains the essential things people need to survive when times are hard.

Today, you can send your very own virtual British Red Cross parcel to help those in need across the world and around the corner. You could send a parcel directly to a friend or family member to celebrate any occasion. Simply select the virtual item(s) you would like to send, from a mosquito net to tarpaulins or a blanket. There are a range of items to suit all budgets and they all represent real practical help that the British Red Cross provides across the world and here in the UK. It doesn't matter what you choose, you are sending someone the gift of hope.

All money raised will support British Red Cross work to help vulnerable people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.