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A future where people can thrive, nature can flourish and our planet is protected for future generations.
You can help make this wish come true by donating today.
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Big Christmas Wish.
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Give a Christmas gift for people,
nature and planet.
Our wish is for a future where people can thrive, nature can flourish and our planet is protected for future generations.
Help champion human rights, reproductive choice and gender equality.
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How your Christmas
donation can help
When you give, you’re helping to build a future where people can thrive, where nature can flourish and where our planet is protected for future generations.
Your gift will help champion every person’s right to make informed decisions about their own life and future. Your gift will help to protect and restore the extraordinary natural world that sustains us all. Your gift will help build momentum for long-term solutions that reduce pressure on our planet’s finite resources.
The challenges facing our world are urgent, but the solutions are within our reach.
Forging vital partnerships
Through Empower to Plan, we’re expanding access to education and reproductive healthcare information. Our partnerships are rooted in mutual learning, local leadership and sustainability.
Explore the partnerships · report pages 8–13
Research and resources
Academic and action-based research and resources support civil society organisations in their advocacy, communications and policy work.
Explore the research · report pages 14–17
Human rights
Human rights should be the foundation of every population and environmental policy, and we’ll keep making that case in every room that matters.
Explore the advocacy · report pages 18–21Make your Christmas
Wish Come True
Send your wish, and your action to create positive change, to Population Matters and we’ll publish it on our Big Christmas Wish 2026 webpage.
Ideas for your wish and a small action
For example, if you wish for a less materialistic world, you could commit to reducing your consumption, recycling or buying pre-loved items. If you wish to improve the wellbeing of nature, you could commit to volunteering in your community on local clean-up days.
Your wish and a small action
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Please keep it respectful and avoid using any private information about yourself or anyone else!
(Note: in keeping with the spirit of this collective action we will only publish wishes and commitments for change, not general comments about the work of Population Matters, or any disrespectful comments).
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Every gift, large or small, helps bring us closer to a future where people, nature and planet can thrive together.
Our Christmas wishes, together.
More joy.
Less waste.
From thoughtful gift ideas to simple festive traditions, there are plenty of ways to enjoy a wonderful Christmas while reducing waste, supporting local communities and treading a little more lightly on the Earth.
Download festive tips · PDF ↗Have yourself an eco-friendly Christmas with these top tips from Population Matters’ staff and supporters.
Memories over materials
Consider giving theatre tickets, a home-made cooked meal or long-lost photographs. These are presents with purpose that reduce your environmental impact and reduce clutter!
Go second-hand
Vintage, upcycled or handmade gifts are thoughtful, low-impact choices. Try your local charity shop or craft fair or make your own for that personal festive touch.
Love food, hate waste
Be mindful of your meals and get creative with leftovers, or why not share extras with neighbours or freeze them for future meals?
Think seasonal, buy local
Choose local and seasonal produce to support UK farmers and your local economy.
DIY décor
Deck the halls… sustainably! Reuse, repurpose and get creative by upcycling old decorations or crafting your own. Paper chains from scrap paper or ornaments made from old fabric make for beautiful, budget-friendly touches.
Eco-crackers
Most Christmas crackers contain single-use plastic. Choose reusable or FSC-certified versions or make your own!
Help make our Big Christmas Wish a reality.
Every gift, large or small, helps bring us closer to a future where people, nature and planet can thrive together.
Christmas card with a difference
Ask your loved ones for a donation, in place of a traditional gift, using our Christmas Wish poem and e-card.
Opening your Christmas card…
A Christmas Wish
A Christmas
Wish
As part of our Big Christmas Wish campaign, we’d like to share this poem with you, which we hope offers a moment of reflection.
A Christmas gift for people, nature and planet.
Give a Christmas gift
This Christmas, we make a wish.
Not for more under the tree,
but for more of what truly matters.
For people with the freedom to shape their own futures.
For communities with the opportunity to thrive.
For nature finding the space to recover and flourish.
For forests left standing,
for rivers running clean,
for wildlife returning to places once called home.
For a planet that continues to sustain us,
and for the wisdom to live within its limits.
For balance between people, nature and planet.
For hope that inspires action.
For kindness that creates change.
And for a future where all life can thrive.
This is our Big Christmas Wish.
And thanks to people like you,
it feels a little closer every day.
Turn your Christmas card into a gift for good.
Add your message to our poem and share the card with friends and family. Invite a donation to Population Matters instead of a Christmas present.
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Every gift, large or small, helps bring us closer to a future where people, nature and planet can thrive together.
Read our
Impact Report
Our 2025–26 Impact Report shows how we turn evidence into action: backing grassroots organisations, expanding opportunities for women and girls, advancing research on population and sustainability, and raising these issues with policymakers.
Give a Christmas gift for people,
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Our wish is for a future where people can thrive, nature can flourish and our planet is protected for future generations.
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