Christmas cards

Every year since 2009, we’ve sent a Christmas card to every organisation in the Three Rings family – with our own roots as helpline volunteers, we know what an incredible difference the volunteers at organisations using Three Rings can make, and we know that’s often even more true on a Christmas shift. With that in mind, we always like to make sure that those volunteers giving their time over Christmas know we’re thinking of them, and we appreciate the time they’re giving.

Here’s a little gallery of the cards we’ve sent out to date: since 2011, they’ve all been drawn by our brilliant volunteer and artist Ele.

  • 2024

  • A globe, with the words 'Merry Christmas to all' written around it in cursive font

    2023

  • Advent calendar, with previous Three Rings Christmas card photos peaking out behind open doors. Door 20 is closed and says 'Merry Christmas'

    2022

  • Handdrawn image of Father Christmas wearing a facemask, on top of the Three Rings roundel

    2021

  • View of a Christmas tree through a window, with a poster on the wall saying Thank you and a rainbow on a separate poster in the Three Rings colours (mid green, light green and light blue)

    2020

  • Collection of hanging baubles arranged above the words 'Seasons greetings' in a fancy font

    2019

  • Illustrated Christmas tree, with presents underneath that match the Three Rings brand colours, and a wreath in the Three Rings brand colours above a fireplace

    2018

  • A computer monitor showing a Three Rings rota, with Christmas present images on it, and elves exchanging gifts in the background

    2017

  • A monitor with a rota on describing activities like 'make a list', 'feed reindeer', 'check list twice' and 'new foglights' across the 23rd and 24th December. A hand holding a Three Rings branded mug is in the image, with a red jacket and white fur trim just visible on the person's arm

    2016

  • Carol singers singing in front of a Christmas tree, holding song cards that have the Three Rings roundel on the back of the cards

    2015

  • Hand wearing a red glove and red jacket with a white fur trim holding a tablet, with a Three Rings rota on it, with stats on who's been naughty and who's been nice

    2014

  • Red bauble with the Three Rings logo and strapline on it, and a computer with a Three Rings rota in the background

    2013

  • Three panels - the first is showing an old fashioned bulky white monitor with a rota on it, and poster on the wall showing a car for sale for £5, and a volunteer on a cord phone, and the date 2002 overlayed across the panel. In the second panel, which is labelled 2012, it shows a volunteer on a headset, looking at a slimline screen, with a Three Rings rota on it, and a poster in the background advertising a scooter for £69. In the third panel, labelled 2022, there's a hologram device on the table showing a rota, in front of a volunteer wearing an earpiece, and a poster in the background showing hover boots.

    2012

  • An elf on a sofa, looking sad, in front of a snowman, who's holding up a sign that says 'how does that make you feel?'. There's a candycane in the background that has a keyboard and monitor attached, and the monitor shows the Three Rings rota

    2011

  • Man in a Father Christmas suit putting a present on the desk next to a volunteer who's on a call

    2010

  • The Three Rings rota, with a cartoon Christmas tree in the middle

    2009