# Five great charity subscription clubs raising funds for good causes

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/31/five-great-charity-subscription-clubs-raising-funds-good-causes/
- Published: 2018-12-31T08:00:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Subscription services can provide a handy source of regular income  – here are
five run by charities, and two more benefitting good causes.**
 

> We’re so excited to announce our brand new [#ShelterBox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShelterBox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Book Club has launched! Members receive a book every 6 weeks, and your monthly
> payment helps families who have been hit by disaster – soon, you could be reading
> a good book, whilst supporting our work: [https://t.co/5ARONE73UX](https://t.co/5ARONE73UX)
> [pic.twitter.com/GEuIFNURsH](https://t.co/GEuIFNURsH)
> — ShelterBox (@ShelterBox) [November 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/ShelterBox/status/1062782217212973056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Shelterbox Book Club

Shelterbox’s [Book Club](https://www.shelterbox.org/book-club) launched in November
to help raise funds and bring supporters closer to the people the charity helps.
It costs £10 a month, with gift memberships for three, six or 12 months also available.
Members vote on three specially selected titles every six weeks, hand-picked by 
ShelterBox to reflect the people and places around the world where the charity works
with the winning title then be posted out.
 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrpkFMJHYQZ/

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### Mind’s Pause box

Mind’s [Pause box](https://pauseformind.org.uk/) offers a monthly me-time treat 
for a £7.50 donation. The emphasis is on encouraging relaxation, creativity and 
reflection to help recipients focus on and improve their wellbeing, with the funds
raised helping Mind support more people with mental health problems.

> Want to see inside our latest BuddyBox? 
> Here we share the contents of our 'S-
> Elf-Care Is Snow Joke' BuddyBox, and some of the Blurt community's reactions to
> it. **WARNING – POST CONTAINS SPOILERS** Look Inside: [https://t.co/yMTlKoC6BX](https://t.co/yMTlKoC6BX)
> [pic.twitter.com/3ei4EQS7tl](https://t.co/3ei4EQS7tl)
> — Blurt It Out (@BlurtAlerts) [December 17, 2018](https://twitter.com/BlurtAlerts/status/1074619053778587650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Blurt’s BuddyBox

The [BuddyBox](https://www.blurtitout.org/buddybox/) from Blurt, a social enterprise
that helps people affected by depression, is designed to be a hug in a box, full
of thoughtful, mood-lifting treats. The full BuddyBox contains at least three quality
products while the BuddyBox Lite has three. They can be bought as one-off box or
as monthly subscription, which costs £21.50 a month, or £12 for the Lite version.

> This Do Fly book (by [@DoBookCo](https://twitter.com/DoBookCo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw))
> brightens up our Welcome box. It's a lovely short read…and a handy commuting companion
> 👍[#giftspiration](https://twitter.com/hashtag/giftspiration?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/ug4wBPx9s8](https://t.co/ug4wBPx9s8)
> — Treat your team (@Treatyourteam) [September 14, 2017](https://twitter.com/Treatyourteam/status/908346184217096193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### Child.org’s Treat

Child.org helps businesses show their appreciation for their employees through sending
them micro-treats. [Treat](https://treatyourteam.org/) can be used as one-off, or
there is Treat Premium, which is invoiced monthly. There are a variety of Treat 
boxes on offer, from a Thank You box costing £12 with homemade truffles, your message
on handwritten card, and a £5 donation to the charity, and a Deluxe Welcome Box 
for £40, with a £10 donation to Child.org and a variety of treats.
 

> Find out about Mindful Monsters. it's a new and exciting way to give your little
> ones important life skills, while spending quality time together [https://t.co/sVvLINuv5M](https://t.co/sVvLINuv5M)
> [#StressAwarenessDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StressAwarenessDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/7ACQ7I4dvN](https://t.co/7ACQ7I4dvN)
> — Scope (@scope) [November 7, 2018](https://twitter.com/scope/status/1060234504344870912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Scope’s Mindful Monsters

Scope’s [Mindful Monsters](https://mindfulmonsters.co.uk/) is for children of all
ages, particularly those at primary school, and delivers seven activity cards every
month that families can do together, inspired by mindfulness. The cards aim to help
children improve their resilience and focus, and gain a better understanding of 
their emotions as well as promoting positive thinking, It costs £7.50 a month.
 

#### And two more benefitting charities:

#### Vibrant Vegan Co

See [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BrF1QO-gci1/).

[Vibrant Vegan Co](https://vibrantvegan.co.uk/). is a new vegan food subscription
company delivering delicious, high-quality vegan meals, while also helping disadvantaged
children caught up in conflicts around the globe. For each meal customers buy as
part of its “Buy One Give One” pledge, Vibrant Vegan Co. will donate the cost of
a meal to children affected by war through a partnership with War Child UK.
 

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#### Spotlight Stationery

From £25 a month, the [Spotlight Stationery](https://www.spotlightstationery.co.uk/)
box will deliver all the pens, pencils, postcards and paper paraphernalia you could
possibly desire, all from premium brands and artisan products, and items not commonly
found on the high street. For each box sold in 2018, Spotlight Stationery has made
a donation to From Me to You, a charity which encourages people to write a letter
to a friend with cancer.
 

 * **[Sense offers monthly sign language lessons with its first subscription product](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/03/15/sense-offers-monthly-sign-language-lessons-with-first-subscription-product/)(
   15 March 2022)
 * **[Two new subscription services helping people support good causes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/04/22/2-new-subscription-services-helping-people-support-good-causes/)(
   22 April 2021)**
 * **[Shelterbox launches book subscription club](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/16/shelterbox-launches-book-subscription-club/)(
   16 November 2018)
