Gift Ideas For Hard-To-Buy-For People

 

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The more senior people in your life can be difficult to buy presents for, especially if they’re not run-of-the-mill golf or gardening types like my folks. I’ve got lots of family birthdays coming up, including a 70th, but this time I’d prefer to avoid high street offerings and find something different. So, what can you buy for the older folk in your life if they’re (quite rightly) eschewing the pipe and slippers routine?

Homeware | People of all ages have a morning routine and if your grandparents or parents are coffee lovers, why not give them an extra caffeine boost by buying them a year’s coffee subscription? There’s plenty to choose from – Café Direct offers lots of different options. There’s a monthly delivery of an old favourite, or you can have a new and different variety sent to their door every month. This service can cost as little as £7.95 a month and makes a great joint gift.

Experience Gifts | If you know what it is that your relatives have always planned to do but never seem to get round to, give them a nudge. It could be a helicopter ride experience, or swimming with dolphins, for example. If they’re into travel and culture, Rome Opera tickets could be, well, just the ticket. Alternatively a craft course or weekend workshop is a good idea.

Charity Gifts | Charity gifts are increasingly popular and if your loved ones are adamant about not needing anything, they probably care about those who are less fortunate than they are. UNICEF, Oxfam and Save the Children are just three of the charities that offer a gifting service. You could buy 1,000 tetanus vaccines for children, or a £25 bike that helps a child to get to school every day, in the name of your older relative.

Book lovers | I’ve been willing my folks on to read the Game of Thrones books (they LOVE the series) now that they’ve both retired. An e-reader is a brilliant idea for an older person as they can adjust the size of the print and the brightness of the screen so that reading remains an enjoyable pastime. You can get them started – and keep them going, too – by suggesting and buying new reads for them at regular intervals. A great gift to take on their holidays.

Busy bees | If lost car keys are a recurrent theme for your loved one (that’s you, Dad), then a set of digital key finders will make it much easier for them to get out and about. You can get sets of two that have a range of up to 100 metres and are good to go straight out of the box.

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