All turned up at this local event at the Aldridge Conservative Club in July for a lovely afternoon of scrumptious Summer strawberry teas to support this year’s 2016 Breast Cancer Care. A great turn out by all, where sandwiches, homemade cakes and raffles tickets helped raise a staggering £2,531.00.

Many local companies, restaurants and shops had donated and gave generously. One way of getting some interest and enticing customers to buy a raffle ticket was Guess how many sweets were in the jar? as well as trying to guess the weight of a sweetie jar? Prizes and gifts included hoovers, carpet cleaners, flowers, meal vouchers and even a lovely heart inspired painting by Doug Hyde.

To support and help those who are facing breast cancer check out some delicious recipes on their website to get some friends together and motivate yourself for next year’s Strawberry Tea Event.

https://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/strawberry-tea

Page 45 gives a mention to ‘Sweet Causes Ltd’ in their 2016 Annual Report & Accounts. Mencap gives ‘A Big Thank You’ to all their fantastic supporters around the UK for their generous and thoughtful donations including BBC Children in Need, Big Lottery Fund, Dame Barbara Windsor, Land Securities Group Plc, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, Sir Alan & Lady Gilly Yarrow, Allen & Overy to name but a few.

However this is not just to thank us as a company it is also in recognition and thanks to each and every one of you out there who has bought a packet of our sweets and on more than one occasion, putting that £1 coin in the box, that contribution makes all the difference and when you hear of all the touching stories for example little Daire’s Story and Segal House (page 39) makes it all worthwhile. Click Here To View Report

 

A big thank you from all of us at Sweet Causes Ltd to all our compassionate and considerate customers out there, your support is greatly appreciated.

A breakfast meeting on Tuesday 11^th October 2016 was arranged to discuss how employers can help in getting people with learning disabilities back into the work force. Hosted by Sir Alan Yarrow and Chief Executive Jan Tregelles at the beautiful Mansion House in London. Amazed that only 6% of people with a learning disability are in paid employment compared to 49% of the wider disability community and 79% of the general population. Trying to break down barriers and changing the attitudes of employers and businesses, it highlighted so many positive examples of how it would have a huge impact on a person life and what benefits it can bring to a company.

https://www.mencap.org.uk/get-involved/learning-disability-work-experience-week

The lovely Chloe Jones a Lecturer in Sport Performance at the Heart of Worcestershire College in Redditch and the project manager has kindly sent us details on her trip to Ghana and what she and Paul Addis achieved while working with the original volunteers and how Sweet Causes Ltd helped to sponsor their trip.  How we all can take things so much for granted, just plain basic drinking water and living accommodation, who would even of thought that there were Aston Villa fans that far afield, it’s a good job too, as they really need as many supporters as possible at the moment! This is what Chloe wrote and you can see the video clips together with Paul, below:

 

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Well done guys, inspiring to see what you have accomplished, so glad we could help in some small way, keep up the good work.

 

  

 

‘Working in conjunction with Original Volunteers and Charity Sweets, we created a volunteering project for students at Heart of Worcestershire College. We believe that the more opportunities that young people are given in life to grow and develop, the more successful they will be in all walks of life. The project was established in 2012 and went live in 2013. Eight members of staff were recruited to support the delivery of the project. The main focuses were to encourage students to step out of their comfort zone, learn, develop, help and educate others by using sport and physical education as the main tool. I carefully identified and recruited fifteen students every year to be involved in the project from a range of different courses across college and of different ages. Charity Sweets sponsored the project. The money from the charity paid for water filters for communities along with other amenities that enhance the chances of survival. The students also ran community sporting events, open mic nights and other charitable events to raise funds for water filters, clothes, sports equipment and other fundamental items.

We then spent four weeks every year in Mpraeso, Ghana working within communities helping to raise attainment levels within schools by delivering lessons, mentoring teachers and coaches, delivering workshops, as well as offering a large number of opportunities for the students to participate in physical activity with simple equipment. The outcomes of this project every year were extraordinary. The Ghanaian teaching staff and students developed key life personal skills such as communication, confidence, belief and self-esteem. The HOW College students developed skills such as empathy, teamwork, confidence, appreciation and perspective.

This project continues to have a huge impact on Heart of Worcestershire Students, education organisations within the community, nursery and school students and Ghanaian communities. Thank you to the sponsors and the organisations that helped to make this project happen, we have helped over 2,000 Ghanaian people’.

 

Where is Mpraeso in Ghana? More Information