Favours

The five sugared almonds in the traditional tulle-wrapped favour are said to represent health, wealth, happiness, fertility and longevity. The giving of wedding favours to each of your guests is a lovely way to let each and every guest know they are special to you.

Put a little thought into each gift, perhaps tying a hand written message onto each favour, or giving every guest a different favour; little sweets for younger guests, liquor miniatures, chocolates or even table fireworks for adult guests, each wrapped in brightly coloured tissue paper to help dress the table.

Be careful in your choice of favours that you are not being too self indulgent - do your guests really want a commemorative egg cup with the bride and groom's names painted on?

Oxfam Unwrapped - the charity gift range that made ‘giving goats’ famous – has wedding lists and favours that will make your wedding extra special and make a big difference to people living in poverty.

Couples can complete the big day with Oxfam Unwrapped’s brand new wedding favours containing wonderful world-changing gifts including; health check-ups, help teach a child, chicks, bags of seeds, buckets and animal vaccinations.

Oxfam Unwrapped wedding favours come in packs of 50 cards in eight different designs and cost £106. Guests receive the gorgeous white cards, made from recycled paper and people living in poverty benefit from the gift – everyone is happy and nothing is wasted. What better way to say thank you to your guests for joining you on your special day.

Couples who want to make a big difference can go online to find out more at www.oxfamunwrapped.com/weddings.  Gift lists and favours can be organised and purchased online with options to choose gifts with themes such as plant an allotment for green-fingered couples, or support coffee producers for brides and grooms who have a passion for food. Couples can even start having ‘kids’ as quickly as possible by giving a goat couple, now that’s romantic!

Oxfam Unwrapped has been helping to make happy couples give great gifts that make a big difference since 2006. Since then, over 1000 couples have chosen their wedding list at Oxfam Unwrapped and raised over half a million pounds towards much needed world-changing gifts for people living in poverty. Over 26,000 gifts have been purchased.