Our final social enterprise gift this year is a great read for a great cause. Take out a quarterly subscription for the Big Issue - there's also a subscription up for grabs as part of our Christmas hamper, so be sure to enter our competition for the chance to win.
There’s surely no social enterprise in Britain that’s more visible than the Big Issue. The famous magazine came from Gordon Roddick and John Bird … click to read more Photograph: image courtesy of The Big Issue
Toast Christmas in style this year with these excellent co-operative wines.
The Wine Society can claim deep historical roots. It was in 1874 that the International Exhibition Co-operative Wine Society was established ... click to read more Photograph: image courtesy of The Wine Society
This Christmas, why not opt for this gorgeous slate platter? Choose from your own design, image, wording or message - etched to your specification. A perfect and unique gift.
Cre8 Products officially opened its doors for business in the summer of 2012. Based in Newport, Gwent, this social enterprise produces high quality personalised glassware and slate products ... click to read more Photograph: Dave Curtis
Drop into Dunbar Bakery to pick up this rich, dark steamed pudding filled with dried fruits and local Belhaven Black ale.
The Bakery in the East Lothian town of Dunbar aims to produce high-quality breads and patisseries using the best ingredients and traditional recipes ... click to read more Photograph: Philip Immirzi
These bespoke, handcut wooden benches are beautifully sculpted by ex-prisoners.
The Dartington Hall Trust, a charitable organisation based in an historic hall and 880 acre estate near Totnes in south Devon ... click to read more Photograph: Chris Parsons
Over the winter holidays, have a luxurious evening stay in Dartington's grand medieval Hall.
We’re not a hotel, says Dartington firmly. Admittedly, Dartington Hall happily provides many of the things you’d expect in a country house hotel ... click to read more Photograph: image courtesy of Dartington
For festive and new year celebrations, book in for Fifteen's indulgent six-course tasting menu.
The story of how Jamie Oliver launched Fifteen in 2002 is well-known, not least because of the TV series which accompanied its first year of life ... click to read more Photograph: Peter Berry
Pick out your chocolate Christmas essentials with this festive gift set - filled with shiny foil-wrapped chocolate coins, fruity bars and after dinner treats!
Divine Chocolate offers chocolate from cocoa grown in Ghana by members of the cooperative Kuapa Kokoo (which means 'good cocoa growers') ... click to read more Photograph: courtesy of Divine Chocolate
Need a stocking filler for a special someone? Why not opt for these gorgeous Candy Cane Christmas Pants
This cooperative produces "gorgeous undies" (their words) for women, produced by the coop's women workers at its small Southampton factory ... click to read more Photograph: James Newell
Looking for an extra-special gift this Christmas? Each handmade wooden chopping board by Start Creative is completely unique.
Start in Salford began twenty years ago, when its founder and current CEO Bernadette Conlon began offering art workshops to local ... click to read more Photograph: Jeni Sadler
Need to wake up a sleepy-head on Christmas morning? Why not try the Co-op's truly irresistible Fairtrade Guatemalan roast and ground coffee.
The Co-op can be proud of its role in bringing fair trade products into mainstream retailing. Back in 1992, it was the first major ... click to read more
Photograph: Courtesy of the Co-operative Group
Looking for a cute and quirky stocking filler ... what could be more festive than this adopt a lobster gift pack?
Lobster fishing has been a traditional feature of many small coastal communities in Britain. But, as with other aspects of the fishery industry ... click to read more Photograph: Katie Sindle
If you've eaten one too many mince pies over the holidays, take a trip down to one of Better's Community Leisure Centres for lots of fun sport activities!
Since its origins in 1993 as a new way of running former London leisure centres, GLL has grown into one of the country’s most ... click to read more Photograph: Andrew Baker
Decorate your home this Christmas with this beautiful 'The Garden' Half Pint Jug. Intricately illustrated in blue, this gorgeous jug would be an ideal addition to your kitchen table.
ARTHOUSE Meath is a Surrey-based social enterprise operated by the Meath Epilepsy Trust. Works produced by the ARTHOUSE artists ... click to read more Photograph: Peter Mallet
This party season, visit Brigade for a rustic yet modern dining experience. Their classic festive menu is now availiable, so for a cosy private event book now to be sure you don't miss out!
There’s a lot of social history behind the former fire station in Tooley Street, on the south bank of the Thames in London ... click to read more Photograph: image courtesy of the Brigade
Relax this winter with these classic checked pyjama bottoms - great for sleeping and lounging in this festive season!
Pants to Poverty makes a bold claim. It maintains that, by producing good quality underwear and pyjamas, fashion really can change the world ... click to read more Photograph: Keiron O'Connor
This wonderful, pillar-box red vintage bike will be one of the prizes included in our social enterprise Christmas hamper. Ideal for a festive bikeride this winter.
London-based Bikeworks, winner of the best new social enterprise award in 2009, is a Community Interest Company which aims to encourage many more people to get on their bikes ... click to read more Photograph: Miles Dell
What could be a cuter gift than this Scottie hot water bottle? For doggie-lovers, this present would make a perfect stocking filler!
Based in the Quays Shopping Centre in Newry, Northern Ireland, Heart and Home is a gift shop with a difference … click to read more Photograph: Heart & Home staff
Looking for a present for your little one? Stitched in soft organic cotton, this sweet baby grow with an adorable applique duck and matching yellow trim makes an ideal Christmas gift.
From Babies with Love is a social enterprise selling baby clothes online which gives all of its profits to the international children’s charity SOS Villages ... click to read more Photograph: Toby Tiger
... this Christmas with some blended Ylang Ylang and Cinnamon leaf Shea butter. This sweet, spicy body wash is the perfect way to relax this winter.
Freeset Ltd, and the online shop Global SeeSaw linked to it, is a British social enterprise directly helping women in India leave … click to read more Photograph: Mark Kensett
Why not spice up the holidays with some tasty handmade Red Onion & Chilli Chutney? Perfect for crackers, toast, or perhaps some turkey? Mmm … now we’re feeling hungry.
Rubies in the Rubble is the vision of Jenny Dawson who left her job in 2010 to launch a social enterprise doing “something I really care about” … click to read more Photograph: AJ Heath
… You can’t catch him - he’s the Ginger Bread Man!
Over the festive season indulge in this Chocolate gift set; with a Christmas Tablet, delicious buttons and your very own Ginger Bread man!
Chocolate Memories is a social enterprise established by the charity Autism Initiatives and based in Moneyreagh in County Down. It offers training … click to read more Photograph: Fiona Murray
This winter, why not pop out for a merry Christmas brew? These beers and ciders combine traditional beverages with social and environmental responsibility. What more could you ask for this Christmas?
Brew On describes itself as a ‘social enterprise brewery’. Based in Herefordshire, it provides supported work and training … click to read more Photograph: Nick Comley
What child doesn’t want presents from Santa? This year he’s going to be at The Eden Project to hear children's Christmas wishes. He’s also brought along a reindeer or two to keep him company. You never know, you might even leave with a little piece of magic!
The Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall has enjoyed astonishing success since it opened its doors to the public in 2000 … click to read more Photograph: Steve Tanner
