HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Here’s wishing all the moms out there a very Happy Mothers Days, time for all moms to put their feet up today!

ONE OF OUR RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS

As you know we held our Free Christmas Raffle Draw and are now in the process of distributing the many prizes out to our loyal customers.

Many congratulations to A T Houghton Agricultural Engineers of Shearsby, Lutterworth
who were very happy in receiving one of the humongous boxes of biscuits, to enjoy with a cup of tea at work, well done!

FREE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE HAS NOW FINISHED – SO WHO ARE THE WINNERS?

 

              This year our bucket has never been so full!

Helping to draw the tickets this year is Chief Executive Paul Faulkner of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce with a helping hand from MD Bob Strong Sweet Causes Ltd. 

To claim your prize please telephone the Head Office on Tel: 0845 120 1531, the 1st and 2nd prize winners will be contacted direct.                                Please claim your prize no later than Monday 30th April 2018.

All the prizes will be delivered to the winners by your local sales collector next time they are in your area.

Drum role if you please,  …. winners for the 2017 / 2018 Free Christmas Raffle is ……..

1st prize 55” Flat Screen HD TV goes to …. LLoyds Bank,  BH23 1DU

2nd prize Apple iPad goes to …. Danescourt Surgery CF5 2SH

3rd prize – Runner up prizes of Luxury biscuits, kindly donated by R J Wholescale,  goes to ….

ALTECH WELDING SERVICES WR2 6QR, AMBASSADOR WN6 0XQ, AQUALATIONS TD11 3HS, ARGOS DN31 1SG, AT HAUGHTON LE17 6PX, AVID TECH NE23 1WG, B&M NR34 9EJ,  BLANDFORD GYMNASTICS DT11 7UZ, C P MOTORS SERVICES CF61 1YU, CA BODYWORKS WN6 0YS, CHAPEL WINDOWS DY8 5QR, COUNTRY HAVEN NR28 0HD, CREMATORIUM DN32 0BA, CURRYS WR3 8PQ, D&J PROJECTS NG6 0GA,DERBYSHIRE COUNCIL S21 4FT, DISCOUNT VEHICLE LETTERING COMPANY NE37 3HB,                                   ESSEX RECLAMATION CM8 3UD, HI Q TYRES LN8 3HZ  HORDEN CHILDRENS CENTRE SR8 4EQ, JOHN GUEST UB7 8JL, JOHNSTONE’S DECORATING CENTRE CM1 3TF, KELSO FOOT CLINIC TD5 7HE, KINGFISHER SEAFOOD B42 1DU,                                        LOMAS & PIGEON CM2 8NB, MARQUISWAY CENTRE ATC NE11 0RS, MICRO CLEAN LN11 0LS, MOATT SAILS DT5 1PY, MR BEES FAMILY CENTRE PE30 2nd, NAPPIER COURT DT9 6BG, NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY DN35 8HL, PEEL GRAPHICS OL10 1JG, POLYTEC GROUP HR7 4NS, POPPIES FLORISTS OL12 0JG, QUALITY HOTEL NE35 9PE, RBH OL16 5LX, ROWLEY REGIS CHILDRENS CENTRE B65 8JY, SANDWELL YOUNG PEOPLES SERVICES DY4 8UH, SCOTT SAFETY WN8 9RA, SELBY POLICE STATION YO8 4QQ, SPECTRUM PRINT CF10 4SP, STERLING WA1 1GG, STOREY CARPETS NE24 5TP,  TAFFS WELL RUGBY CLUB CF15 7JD, THE VENUE – JANETTE GILL DH9 6LU,TRAILER ENGINEERING B64 7BY, TRENDYS HAIR B68 9LH, UPTON ARMS HOTEL WF9 1HG, WORCESTERSHIRE HIGHWAYS DY11 7XA, WORTLEY MENS CLUB S35 7DB

Special ‘Thank You’ goes out to CEO Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Paul Faulkner who took time out of his busy schedule. 

MENCAPS LATEST CAMPAIGN – ‘TREAT ME WELL’

‘Treat me well’ is Mencaps latest campaign to transform how the NHS treats people with a learning disability in hospital. Sadly, we know 1200 people with a learning disability die avoidably in hospital care, each and every year.  This has to change.

Simple changes in hospital care make a big difference – better communication, clearer information and more time.  Mencaps campaign calls for real change, so people with a learning disability always get the treatment they need when they are in hospital.

Join the campaign to make sure that every person with a learning disability is treated well in hospital.  Sign up here to start taking action: http://www.mencap.org.uk/treatmewell

SILENT WITNESS ACTRESS LIZ CAR ‘ONE DAY’

Liz Car who plays the character Clarissa has shown all of us the hurdles that are faced by someone with a disability.  Clarissa takes us into her world and admits in the programme of her fear, shown on the 29th and 30th January series 21 BBC ‘One Day’, which anyone can surely relate to, it was one word she uses to describe the fear she felt as she arrives at the care home which is being investigated, the one word she feared the most was abandonment.

This programme gave us an opportunity to look into an unprofessional care home and how people with disabilities were disgracefully treated. This drama may not have covered everything in the two-part episode but it gave us that chance to see their side of the story and how abled people can make them feel less human.

Let’s hope this powerful programme has done some good, given at least one person in the world some understanding how it must be like to be disabled and the day to day difficulties they have to face whether it be a carer, hospital, relative or some inspiration to someone who is coming to terms after an accident.

No one deserves to feel any different and be hidden away.

 

 

ISM SHOW COLOGNE 2018

 

 

This year’s ISM show in Cologne was full on with some new and exciting sweet treats to tempt us yet again.

As we all know in the UK one favourite phase that is going around at the moment is ‘Unicorns’, well they are out there would you believe it!

Yes, some stands even had Unicorn sweets. 

 

COUNT DOWN FROM TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR FREE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE DRAW FOR 2017 / 2018

Thousands of tickets have come into the office, fast and furious, over the last few months, the ice bucket is full to the brim, unfortunately we haven’t got one of those fancy tombola raffle drums!

 

Yes, it’s nearly here and we know some of you have already started to ring in to find out who has won?

Don’t forget the prizes for this year are:

1st Prize: 55″ Flat Screen HD TV

2nd Prize: Apple iPad

3rd Prize: 50 runner up prizes of Tins of Luxury Sharing Biscuits 

 The Free Christmas Raffle Ticket draw for 2017/2018 will be held on Friday 16th February 2018

 That day we will announce our lucky winners and post them on the blog after 3.00pm, could be the start of someones lucky weekend…. could it be you? .  

AMVAR GROUP – HAS LITERALLY SUPPORTED OUR SWEETS

http://www.amvargroup.com/case-studies/sweet-causes/

written by Ian Parry THE MARKETING BUREAU

‘Meeting with Ian, he made it so easy and relaxed to talk about our experiences with Amvar’

MD Bob Strong Dec 2017

http://www.amvargroup.com

‘When we first moved into our new business premises we were short of space, however what made it so much better was having a local company who helped us get the support we wanted, the stress they took away helped with the transition in getting our new premises up and running in no time at all, The Amvar Group knew what they were talking about and listen to what are needs were in the space and time we had’.