If you are trying to raise funds for a charity or special event or community project, here’s one way in which we may be able to help you. As you can see from the various people we have already been involved in over the years here’s just a few who have helped raise funds for their special event.

We have had coffee mornings, baby showers supporting baby charities, marathons or fun runs, hairdressers supporting hair donations and wigs, summer fetes at schools or churches, music or sports events, Theatres who have had charity matinees or evenings, garden charities and parties, ‘In Memory Of’  events, all these are the kind of events that we have supported over the years.  

These kind of events may need support on a short term basis or are on a one or two-day annual event or even where the event or charity needs support on a quarterly basis,

you decide …… there is always ways to give your support – Email: sales@charitysweets.co.uk

Click onto the link to the FAQ page .. This is how it works …  http://www.charitysweets.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/

Here are some case studies on how some of our customers are using ‘Charity Sweets’ for their fund-raising events.

Hopefully this will give you some ideas of your own for your up and coming event on how you can generate funds that you are capable of raising, that are not too demanding on yourself.

NORTH NORTHANTS CFR
An email was sent to a few friends, family and supporters of the above charity, resulted in 25 people volunteering to take a couple of ‘Charity Sweets’ boxes to be displayed at their place of work, within two weeks the contents had been sold generating over £500 in much needed funds, with very little effort on the part of the charity.
All persons involved had promised to be committed in taking two boxes to their own place of work three times a year and has resulted in them raising a much needed £1500.

L.A.R.G.A (LITTLE ASTON RECREATION GROUND ASSOCIATION) 
We supplied LARGA with 2000 bags of charity sweets for their ‘Party in the Park’ annual fund raising event, 1400 bags were sold generating £700 for the charity.  LARGA had the option to return the remaining 600 bags and receive a refund, however they decided to keep them, this way they could then sell the remaining sweets at smaller events during the rest of their planned year, the final amount raised was in excess of £1200. Mark Watkins the chairman of LARGA commented “the money we raise each year from ‘Charity Sweets’ enables the association to provide much needed equipment to benefit the residents, and in particular the children in the area”.

BEECHWOOD SCHOOL
Beechwood School council purchased 2000 bags of our ‘Charity Sweets’ and not only generated over £1200 in funds, but the school was able to create a complete project from start to finish for their 6th Form group students. Mike Gaffin, Assistant Headmaster explains “The students formed a company to sell the sweets, produced a business plan, organised the marketing, pricing and operated the rota for manning the tuck shop. The project incorporated a number of academic and creative subjects including math’s, economics, art, accountancy and even down to woodwork, how? By building their own tuck shop, just as importantly created a real team building environment for the students”, who would have thought sweets could bring all this together. 

Yes, they’re on their way, I can all hearing you saying ‘about time too!’, we have started sending the first batches out from this Monday 10th April 2017.

Thank you to all our customers waiting patiently for their well-deserved ‘Free Winning Hampers’ they should reach you by the time your sales collector is next in your area, it is based on a first come first serve basis. 

We cannot guarantee each hamper will be exactly the same, however we will and have done our utmost to make sure your hampers will have some really delicious luxury sweetie treats in store for you.

Please remember to claim your Free Hamper you must have the raffle ticket stub with your number on it.

The closing date to claim is Monday 3rd July 2017.

Details of winners can be found on our blog page titled ‘And the winners are …’

See this is what you miss out on when you dont participate in our’ Free Christmas Raffle Draw’.

Tickets for Christmas 2017 start coming around in your area from around September time and are drawn after Christmas in February 2018, so don’t forget to ask your sales collector.

Congratulations are in order for Sanders Swinbank Ltd who came 2nd in our ‘Free Christmas Raffle Draw 2016/2017’.

Sales Collector John Bursey presented a brand new iPad to our delighted customer Stewart Swinbank, well done!

 What came first, the chicken or the egg? – Neither–the Easter Bunny!

How did the eggs leave the highway? – They went through the “Eggs-it”.

What happened to the egg when he was tickled too much? – He cracked up.

How do eggs stay healthy? – They “Egg-cercize“.

What kind of plants do eggs keep? – Eggplants, silly!

Why was the little girl sad after the race? – Because an egg beat her!

Why did the egg go to the baseball game? – For the egg-stra innings!

What kind of jokes do eggs tell? – Egg yolks!

What do you call an egg from outer space? – An “Egg-stra terrestial”.

What day does an egg hate the most? – Fry-days.

Why couldn’t the eggs go out on a hot summer day? – They were afraid they would fry!

What did the egg say to the clown? – You crack me up!

What part did the egg play in the movies? – He was an “Egg-stra”.

What do you call an egg who is on the computer too much? – An “Egg Head”.

Why didn’t the egg play on the computer very much? – His brain would be fried.

What did the eggs do on the Internet? – They looked for a good egg-site!

Why couldn’t the egg family watch T.V.? – Because their cable was scrambled.

What did the mommy egg say to the baby egg? – You’re “Egg-stra special”.

Why did the egg go to school? – To get “Egg-u-cated”. 

On Monday morning, everyone was at the ready at Sweet Causes to take a short trip with some of the staff to visit the ‘Children’s Air Ambulance’ at Coventry Airport.

It was a chance for staff members to ask questions, to get an insight and understanding of what these incredible people do at this amazing charity.

We were kindly invited to attend a special meeting to see for ourselves what one of these impressive helicopters actually do and how this important piece of equipment saves the lives of some tiny fragile, vulnerable babies and children.

A special ‘thank you’ to a real live pilot ‘Captain Mark Woodley’ who took time out of his day to give an insight on what he has to do, the processes that take place

and how the whole team’s communication from start to finish is vital in each operation.

Did you know that just one helicopter blade costs a staggering £70,000! just one!

This is why we support this ever so brave and caring ‘Children’s Air Ambulances’ read some of their stories here:  

 https://www.childrensairambulance.org.uk/patient-stories/

  https://www.childrensairambulance.org.uk/about/image-gallery/

The local Air Ambulance Services fly two local air ambulances services, serving a total of five counties.
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA)
Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA)

The two helicopters provide a rapid response to trauma and medical emergencies over an area of 3850 square miles.

They cover many of the UK’s major road networks including the M1, M6, M69 and M42 with an average response of just 13 minutes, between them they attend on average six missions a day.

Vera has also devoted much of her time to charity work helping children under 5 years old with cerebral palsy and motor-learning difficulties https://dvlcc.org.uk/ and breast cancer charities http://www.breastcancerresearchtrust.org.uk/about/ also continuously helping ex-servicemen during and after World War II sending messages to British troops serving abroad on behalf of their loved ones and families.

She was ’The World War II Sweetheart’  and she never seems to stop, not even at 100 years old. To mark this special occasion, she will be releasing a new album. She will be breaking her own record for being the oldest person to release a new album,  having last released an album back in 2014, then aged 97, she also currently holds the record for being the oldest living artist to get a top 20 UK album, now not many people can say that!

We were lucky enough to see everyone help celebrate this special occasion at the London Palladium Theatre and support the charities involved. There was laughter, song and some tears too, which took us back through the years of what this amazing lady has done.

As she has given us so much over the years we could not let today go by without say a

Big Happy Birthday and a Big Thank You.

March is the Brain Tumour Awareness Month and Sweet Causes are delighted to be sponsoring BENefit GIG who will be selling some of our sweets in and around the Aldridge area in the West Midlands to help raise funds for Brain Tumour Support, so if you are in that part of the woods over the next few weeks and see one of these special boxes please support this good cause.

http://www.braintumoursupport.co.uk/

           

                                               

To celebrate the life of Ben Sambrook who sadly passed away with a brain tumour at nearly 15 years of age. He was only 7 years old when he was first diagnosed and if Ben were here today he would be celebrating his 18th birthday this year with all of his beloved friends and family.  So, to mark this special year ‘BENefit GIG’ have once again pulled out the stops on behalf of Ben, his mates and family to host this year’s local event at:  Killock Hall, Longwood Lane, Aldridge, Walsall WS5 3AT on Friday 24^th March 2017, doors will open at 7pm.

Live music and a disco with a licensed bar for the ones that are old enough, tombola and hopefully some of our sweetie prizes to be won.

Ben and his family expressed a wish for this event to continue each year after Ben had passed away, hoping this would encourage and give a chance to local musicians, fellow students, fans and the next generations a chance to experience, perform and work in a live professional environment that they could attend close to their homes.

Tickets can be purchased from the following link  https://en-gb.facebook.com/BENefitGig/  Most people book via messaging on Facebook. The online link is            http://www.wegottickets.com/event/392380 .  There is a booking fee of 70p online however they do recover 20% of that booking fee for the charity from the website.                                                                          The most affordable way to book is to call the Hotline: 07986 574 250 / 01922 456742 which is on a flyer that is going out in the area and delivery or collection can be arranged.

 Much of the selling is done via the 6th form team at Aldridge School, who just take them in on request.

 http://www.braintumoursupport.co.uk/

http://www.braintumoursupport.co.uk/benefit-gig-2015.html

Forget this years Oscars, we have our own winners here!  The ‘Free Christmas Draw’ tickets have all been handed in, there was a slight delay due to sickness or holidays, we wanted to make it fair for everyone by getting every ticket into the office before the final draw took place, so we apologise to those of you who have been eagerly waiting, thank you for being so patient.  We have had a tremendous amount of interest this year with thousands taking part, a big thank you to all who participated by supporting some of our worthy causes, we just about managed to get all the tickets in the tub this year.                                                            
                                

 

Kindly helping us out with the draw was Mr Alan Wilson from LARGA – Little Aston Recreation Ground Association.  Alan who has recently stepped down as Chairman but still remains on this committee, who by the way, have from the outset raised a fantastic amount of money, each and every year all of the profits go to the Little Aston Recreation Ground Association. Their promise has always been  ‘it was raised by the community, for the community and so the proceeds should go to the community’. Their main fund raising event, which takes place by hosting a wonderful open air live music festival on the community grounds itself,  each Summer for all the family, it has that kind of Glastonbury vibe feel about it, so much so, it has now adopted the name ‘Little Astonbury’  by the local people. This year’s event will take place on Saturday 15^th July 2017, tickets go very, very quickly and last year there was a waiting list of well over 800 people wanting and pleading for cancellations or spare tickets on Facebook and other social media sites, so you better be fast as they go like hot cakes.

To check out when tickets are released and how to apply visit:   http://littleastonbury.co.uk/

We ourselves will be on hand sponsoring and supporting such a well-deserved event by donating some of our sweets.

Drum roll if you please ……..    and the winners for 2016/2017 FREE CHRISTMAS DRAW are:

To claim your prize please telephone: 0845 120 1531

1st Prize –  Perth Auto Centre

2nd Prize – Sanders Swin Bank

3rd Prize – 100 Luxury Confectionery Hampers go to the following:

In alphabetical order of  the company followed by winning ticket number:-

Amco 23166, Amfin 24295, AMPL Ontrade Ltd 18500, Andrew Plastics 16222, B&M Care 28501, Bobbi Ross Hair 13600, Bond – It 18469, BPS 24005, Bradford Engineering Services Ltd 18029, Brendon Avenue Surgery 24028, Bronte Water LTD 18462, BT Open Reach 01450, Burbank Community 26527, Burroughs 16769, Busy Bees Nursery 21319, CAD Shelters 16223, Campbell Sievewright homes 18599, Car Detailing & Finishing Specialists 16774, Carpetright 26509, Carston Accountants 16775, CAS 07622, Chapel Windows 15001, Charles Howell Estate Agents 09961, Charlestown Motor Repairs 06582, Coalport 23127, Coatham Primary 26741, Community Library 08957, Complete Care Agency 23070, Cotswold Oudoor Centre 08792, DJR Smith Ltd 26599, Easby Electrical 25064, ECARS 16773, ESA Systems 16776, Evesham Fire Station 09675, Flushdyke Kennels 21146, Grange Products 06521, Haddon Training Ltd 17684, Hair By Jason 18481, Holden Aluminium 09982, Hughes Bro’s 27049, Icon 08877, Innovations 09674, Jacs Ltd 17644, Jewson 21315, Jonathan Randall 09000, Juliana’s 18542 , Keltruck 16771, Kentintrol 18013, Land Tax 17508, Laser 24 29643, Lowestoft Car Hire 05757, Lowestoft Tile Centre 05761, M& B Motors 17589, Marske Fabrication 26505, Matrix Wiring LTD 05600, MD Carpentry 09963, Menzies Distribution 05617, Miah Solictitors 23043, Norwich Sunblinds 05561, Ovamill Ltd 05760, Owton Community 26753, Plumbase 21035, Quantum 017641, Randells 05702, RBS 20621, Ruggles & Jeffery 29642, Rye Hills School 26507, Salcomotive Services 09962, Sams K9’s 24139, Schnider Electric 24443, Scruples 25556, Seal Glass 08959, Sealite 05763, Sealite 05762, Sensory 06523, Servatool Co Ltd 08665, Skegness Infant School 01224, Skegness Junior School 01221, Speedy Asset Services 25153, Stockport Grammer School 06501, Swarco Traffic Ltd 25070, Tayport Arms 23212, Tennables 17685, The Barber Shop 26508, The CBS Group 03987, The Hair Studio 01240, The Hairlounge 26541, The Sleep Shop 01421, Thyssenkrupp 06774, Tile With Style 21320, Toby Carvery 21072, Travis Design 01440, Turning 23126, Tyre Shop 05040, Urban Edge 16280, ValleyOaks 08958, Vauxhall Bayliss 09662, Vellacine 16770, WF Senate 16772, Wilcan 03799.

 

 

 

Some of our new products coming your way.

On offer we have a feather light chocolate coated sponge cake with a choice of delicious fillings to choose from Strawberry, Cherry and Orange.

Every cup of coffee should have one of these next to them, a crispy luxury chocolate topped biscuit to keep you going through the morning.

and finally a lightly wiped banana flavoured marshmallow chocolate bar to help with that sweet tooth.

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consider something different and stand out from the crowd!

As well as being privilege to this eye-popping event, trying out some of the most wonderful confectionery and snacks from all over the world. It was pure delight in savouring what new marketing ideas and products were coming up for 2017, from varieties of all sorts of fun loaded flavoured sweets, an abundance of dreamy creamy delectable cakes of every shape and size imaginable, so watch this space in the next up and coming months, hopefully to bring some of them your way very soon. However, there was one item on the agenda that we did not expect to see, a new range of women’s clothing specially designed for the event and of course it was all so very simple! all you have to do is to get sufficient amounts of colourful sweet wrappers, some wire and design your own Haute Couture gown for the evening, however there were a few obvious down falls and disadvantages, like not being able to sit down in it or trying to iron out the creases?