Christmas 2024

Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner has announced the launch of her 2024 Christmas card competition.

Children aged 11 and under are invited to submit their festive designs on the theme ‘the spirit of Christmas’.

The winner will receive a family ticket to Bocketts Farm. If the design is submitted through their school, the school itself will also receive a £50 Amazon voucher. 

The winning child will also receive 12 cards featuring their design, and the two runners up will also be given 12 cards with their individual designs on. 

Entries must be drawn or painted on A4 paper. 

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Entry requirements:

Pictures sent by post are preferred, although images can also be accepted via email, although the original must be supplied if requested by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. 

Postal entries should be addressed to: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, 3, The Drive, Sandy Lane, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1HE. 

Email entries should be submitted to ChristmasPCC@Surrey.Police.uk 

You’ll need to include your name and age, as well as the details of a parent or guardian’s name and a contact number or email address so that we can ask for permission to use your design. 

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The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner has a fund of £275,000 specifically for initiatives and organisations that support children and young people in the 2024/25 financial year.

The Office also commissions the Surrey Youth Commission, which will run for a third year. 

The Youth Commission allows children and young people to have their say on the crime and policing issues affecting them. 

It’s the third time the Commissioner and her Deputy, Ellie Vesey-Thompson, have opened a competition to Surrey’s young people. 

For the past two years, children supported by services commissioned by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner were asked to submit their designs.  

Last year’s photograph was taken by a young person near the Canal in Woking, as part of an ‘Answers through Photography’ workshop run by charity Catch22.

The workshop is part of Catch22’s ‘Music to My Ears’ service that is funded by our office to support children and young people who have been directly affected by criminal exploitation. The service helps them to express what they are feeling and build back their resilience through creativity:

This winter scene was captured in response to the question, “What does the future mean to you?” The young person said, “Although things seem cold and hard to navigate at the moment they could see a pathway though.”

Ellie, who has responsibility for the office’s focus on children and young people, said: “Receiving these designs from young people in Surrey is a real highlight of the year for the Commissioner and I.

“We look forward to it for months in advance. 

“I’d really encourage all Surrey residents to share this competition with the children they know. 

“We’re really looking forward to seeing their wonderful work.”

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