Christmas 2025

Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Lisa Townsend, and Deputy Commissioner Ellie Vesey-Thompson have announced the winner of their 2025 Christmas card competition.

Children working with any of Surrey’s youth services were invited to put pen, pencil or paintbrush to A4 paper and submit their creative ho-ho-holiday designs.

This year’s theme was ‘Christmas in Surrey’. The winner is a boy who is supported by the South West Surrey Domestic Abuse Service (SWSDAS).

He received a £100 Amazon voucher, and his design has been turned into a card which has been sent to MPs, leaders in public service and charitable sectors, local councillors – and even the Prime Minister. 

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2024 winner

Ellie and Lisa have hosted competitions for the past four years.

Last year, children aged 11 and under were invited to submit their festive designs on the theme ‘the spirit of Christmas’.

The winner was seven-year-old Felix, from Reigate, who received a family ticket to Bocketts Farm.

Two runners up were also given 12 cards with their individual designs on. 

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Festive delight

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. 

Festive contest

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

The winning photograph in 2023 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.

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.”

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