In the lead-up to the Christmas break, Civil Society News brought readers 12 of our favourite festive charity campaigns. Rate a campaign for the chance to win a hamper and a free place at one of our events.

In case you missed any, here they are. Click on the headlines to find our more and tell us what you think.

1. Send a Cow's hidden world of Panto Cow farms

For the first day of Civil Society Media’s 12 Days of Christmas, we featured a Christmas campaign from Send a Cow.

2. Shelter’s '100,000 children will be homeless this Christmas' campaign

For the second day of Christmas, we featured Shelter’s 100,000 homeless children campaign.

3. British Heart Foundation’s Quizmas campaign

For the third day of Christmas, we featured the British Heart Foundation’s Quizmas campaign.

4. RNIB's annual used stamps appeal

For the fourth day of Christmas, we featured RNIB annual used stamps appeal.

5. Unicef and Andrex - How one billion people go to the toilet

For the fifth day Christmas, we featured Unicef's partnership with Andrex.

6. Dogs Trust, a dog is for life, not just for Christmas

For the sixth day of Christmas, we featured Dogs Trust's, ‘a dog is for life, not just for Christmas’ campaign.

7. Get Connected's Paperchain Challenge

For the seventh day of Christmas, we featured Get Connected’s #ConnectedChristmas Paperchain Challenge. 

8. Children Society's Caroloke

For the eighth day of Christmas, we featured the Children’s Society’s Caroloke campaign.

9. Rethink on mental elf

For the ninth day of Christmas, we featured Rethink Mental Illness's mental elf campaign.

10. Marie Curie's 12 days of Christmas

For the tenth day of Christmas we featured Marie Curie’s 12 Days of Christmas campaign.

11. Crisis's 'Crisis at Christmas' campaign

For the 11th day of Christmas, we featured Crisis’s ‘Crisis at Christmas’ campaign.

12. Text Santa’s Christmas Jumper Day

For the 12th day of Christmas, we featured Text Santa's Christmas Jumper Day campaign.