Christmas card competition 2025 now open

We’re pleased to announce that our annual CIW Christmas card competition is now open.

Each year, we invite registered care providers across Wales to help showcase the creativity of the children and adults who use their services. Selected festive designs will be featured on our official 2025 digital Christmas card, which will be shared with newsletter subscribers, published on our website, and promoted across our social media channels.

We welcome any Christmas-themed artwork, including drawings, paintings, collages, wreaths or other creative crafts. Entries can be submitted in Welsh or English.

How to enter

Care providers can send a scanned copy or photograph of each creation to ciw.comms@gov.wales by Wednesday 3 December.

Each entry should include:

• The person’s first name
• Their age
• The name of the care service

There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted.

Winning designs

Our Chief Inspector, Gillian Baranski, will personally select the winning designs. We will contact the care providers of the successful entries during the week beginning Monday 8 December.

Privacy and permissions

Please ensure you have permission from relevant parents, guardians or carers before submitting any entries. You can read our privacy notice to learn more about how we handle personal information.

If you have any questions, please email ciw.comms@gov.wales

We look forward to seeing the creative and colourful entries shared with us this Christmas.