Having taken on the lease of a small shop, a very active Operation Christmas Box supporter, Brenda Stone was sorting through a pile of rubbish that had been left by the last tenant when she came across 4 medals.  They consisted of a 1914-15 Star, a British war medal, a Victory Medal, and a Territorial Read More

Earlier this year, the postponed Operation Christmas Box Charity Golf Day from 9 September 2022 in deference to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, was held at  the Ash Valley Golf Club in Hertfordshire.  The day was extremely well organised by Ash Valley Golf Club, with John Oakley, the Club Captain, leading the day.  The golf Read More

Earlier this year, the Trustees decided to recruit a new Director/Trustee.  At the recent Annual General Meeting, the Operation Christmas Box Trustees were delighted to welcome to the Charity Ciaran Scanlon as a new Director and Trustee. More details about Ciaran can be found in the About Section under Operation Christmas Box Team.

Just before Christmas, the Operation Christmas Box Trustees signed the Military Covenant at the RAF Club.  It demonstrates our commitment to raising the morale of our Armed Forces who are unaccompanied on operations and away from their families and friends at Christmas time. Military Covenant signing Pictured at the signing are left to right: Jon Read More

Our 2021 Christmas gift boxes are on their way to their final destinations around the world, to wherever our military personnel are serving unaccompanied overseas on 25 December.  Please help us to continue our work by raising funds for us.  Visit our WHAT WE DO page for more information. Our 2021 Christmas gift boxes are Read More

Professor Peter Doyle Professor Peter Doyle, the author of many works of military history and the material culture of warfare, contacted the Operation Christmas Box Trustees.  He is just finishing a book on the 1914 Princess Mary’s Gift, and naturally he was very interested in ‘Operation Christmas Box’.  The book’s title is ‘For Every Sailor Afloat, Read More

The Trustees thank all the many kind donors who have sent money to Operation Christmas Box via Just Giving and CAF this year.  This helps us continue sending gift boxes to our Armed Forces around the world away from their families and friends at Christmas. Here are some images from around the world of our Armed Read More

MBDA extend their sponsorshipThe Operation Christmas Box Trustees are delighted to announce that MBDA has extended their sponsorship for a further 3 years.  They commenced their sponsorship in 2018.  With their help, 9,700 Christmas Boxes have been produced and despatched this year across the world, wherever our Armed Forces personnel are overseas, unaccompanied and on Read More

Gosling Foundation donation The Gosling Foundation has donated £10,000 to  Operation Christmas Box.  This will assist us to continue sending our Christmas Boxes to all our Armed Forces personnel who will be overseas unaccompanied and on duty away from their families and friends at Christmas.  The Trustees are delighted and thank the Gosling Foundation for Read More

The 2020 Christmas Boxes are on their way! 2020 Christmas Boxes

Do have a sneaky peek of the 2020 Christmas Boxes which are already being shipped to their final destinations with a new edition this year – our Operation Christmas Box selfie frame!  A big thank you to our sponsors for the 2020 campaign; MBDA, Kilfrost Ltd, The Gosling Foundation and all our individual supporters.These boxes Read More

Did you know that you can donate to Operation Christmas Box while you shop on-line, with it costing you any extra?   Amazon Smile is a simple and easy way to donate.  Same products, same prices, same service that you would find on Amazon, but with Amazon Smile they donate 0.5% of the purchase price Read More

The Operation Christmas Box Trustees are delighted to announce the arrival of Danielle Sandy.  Known as Danni, she is the Head of Social Media and sponsorship generator.  See more about Danni on the Committee page under ‘About’.

The MOD Christmas Box Committee met this week to agree the contents of the Operation Christmas Box 2020 gift box. The boxes will be sent to all UK Armed Forces personnel who are serving unaccompanied overseas on Christmas Day. Please help us to continue this work by going to www.operationchristmasbox.org and make a donation.    The Read More

2019 CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGNER Early last year, the Operation Christmas Box Trustees asked for help to design the 2019 Christmas card that went into each of the 10,000 Christmas Boxes produced last year, and sent around the world to wherever our UK Armed Forces were present on 25 December. The drawing chosen was produced by Helen Read More

The Petworth Town Band in West Sussex learnt about the charity Operation Christmas Box after one of their members heard one of the trustees speak at a Royal British Legion meeting in the area.  They decided to donate the takings from their D-Day 75th Anniversary Concert to the charity.  Prior to the concert, they invited Read More

This is the 2019 Christmas Box The 2019 Christmas Box sent to nearly 10,000 of our UK Armed Forces personnel who are serving unaccompanied overseas on Christmas Day.  The Operation Christmas Box (OCB) gift consists of the following items:OCB Tin and Padlock, OCB Santa Hat, Headtorch, Decorative fairy lights, Microfibre towel, OCB Mug, Picture Frame, Armband mobile ‘phone holder, Non-slip mat, Giant paperclip, Multi Tool, Retractable ID Read More

PACKING THE 2019 CHRISTMAS BOX IS IMMINENT All the items for the 2019 Christmas Box are being brought together so that packing can commence imminently.  Then the boxes can start their journeys around the world to wherever our Armed Forces will be serving this Christmas.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE!   The Operation Christmas Box Team have been busy. All the items for the 2019 Christmas Box have been selected and ordered.

This is the Christmas Box that will be opened today by nearly 9,000 Servicemen and Servicewomen who are overseas and away from their families and friends today.

Sally Little, a Trustee of Operation Christmas Box, on the right with the Treasurer Rhose Lawes