Winners of Christmas Card and 2025 Calendar competition revealed

Tuesday 17th December 2024

Christmas Card and Calendar Competition Winners 2024

Digby Brown is delighted to confirm the winners of its annual Christmas art competition for brain injury survivors.

More than 150 entries were submitted by people from brain injury groups across Scotland with the hope of seeing their creations feature in the 2024 Christmas card or 2025 calendar.

Now in its 11th year, judges were overwhelmed with the number of entries received and found it a real challenge to pick just 14 lucky winners from the impressive array of submissions.

The Awards Ceremony

Chris Stewart, Head of our Serious Injury Department, hosted a winner’s lunch at the Doubletree by Hilton in Glasgow on Tuesday 10 December and praised the efforts of all who took part.

He said: "The Christmas Card and Calendar competition is something we look forward to every year because it's an opportunity to showcase the incredible artistic talents of brain injury survivors across Scotland.
"Art can play such an important role in building confidence and enabling self-expression for people living with a brain injury and it’s truly heartwarming to see brain injury groups getting involved year after year.
"A huge thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winners!"

Carrie-Ann Holland, member of BIG Group and our calendar winner for September, spoke about the importance of art as part of recovery from brain injury.

She said: “When I doodle I get lost in the picture, so it helps to ground me.
“I’ve always got my sketchbook with me so if noise starts getting far too much I doodle and it gives me something to focus on – I love it!”

Christmas Card Winner 2024

One lucky winner will now see their artwork used as Digby Brown’s official 2024 Christmas Card.

Grace Porter, Headway East Lothian

The 2025 Calendar

The other 13 winners will see their artwork displayed in the 2025 Calendar which is shared with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) support groups across the country.

Each winning artist receives a £20 M&S voucher, a certificate and multiple copies of the card and calendar to share with family and friends, while the charity they represent also receives a cheque for £200. Groups who submitted artwork but sadly didn’t win, also received £100 each.

Find full details of the winning entries below:

Front cover – Scott Hutchison, Edinburgh Headway Group