Mencap’s Christmas Carol Service will take place on Friday 15th December 2017 https://www.mencap.org.uk/ at St Giles-without-Cripplegate in London at 6.30pm http://www.stgilesnewsite.co.uk After last year’s 2016 tremendous carol service entertaining us all with the Music Man Project and the English Baroque Choir unquestionably who would really want to miss this years’ service? There was so much energising vigour sweeping through this fantastic church, everyone with beaming smiles from ear to ear, dancing, bopping and happily bouncing all over the place, it would have put Tigger as in ‘T-I-DOUBLE-GUH-ERR’,  to shame.

An amazing evening was enjoyed by all at the London Palladium on Sunday 15th October by The Music Man Project. The evening was non-stop energy of joyous entertainment, so uplifting, bringing tears to your eyes. Some 1000 triangles waited patiently under everyone’s seats to be played simultaneously gaining a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The event has now become such a huge success they have all been invited to play at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 More on this exceptional and outstanding education service specifically

Christina and Lucy Groen were fit and raring to go at Mencap’s Greenwich Run on Saturday 22nd July 2017, details of which, plus many more Mencap events to get involved in, are up on their website. You can sign up by registering: https://www.mencap.org.uk/get-involved/events-for-mencap  Both were there, on hand, to help along the way some of the ‘Team Mencap Runners’ giving them moral support and it looks like they were all giggling to the very end … well I know I never look that happy at the end of any race

Please spare the time to watch this one-off documentary called ‘Growing Up With Cancer’ airing on Monday 26th June on BBC1 at 7.30pm, which will focus on the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. The documentary will follow five young people through their treatment and includes interviews with hospital staff including one of their Youth Support Coordinator. It really tells their stories from their points of view, demonstrating how incredibly tough it can be but how resilient, positive and inspirational they are.

We were absolutely delighted to be invited by Teenage Cancer Trust to their head office this week to present a giant cheque for … wait for it… £100,000. Bob Strong and Sue Strong (I’m the one behind the camera) were very proud and honoured to present the cheque to Joanna Carson TCT Corporate Accounts Executive Our gratitude, as always, goes out to you our lovely customers who buy our sweets to help and support these young people, thank you so much. After the presentation we visited the Teenage Cancer Trust Hub

Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat in Staffordshire  http://www.moddershalloaks.com/ is holding a Fund Raising Dinner in aid of Cancer Research on  Thursday 27thJuly 2014 at 7.00pm until late  http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/do-your-own-fundraising Making sure you don’t go home empty handed, here’s just a little taster of what prizes are in store for you on evening to bid or buy tickets for: Luxury confectionery hampers by none other, Sweet Causes Ltd, a Hotel stay with dinner at Fairlawns Hotel in Aldridge, Spa Day for two at Moddershall Oaks, Golf for 4 people at Calderfields Golf Club,

As from June 2017 we are introducing new company identification badges for any person working on behalf of Sweet Causes Ltd.  Each new plastic ID card will have a present day photograph printed on the front of the card of the person working on behalf of Sweet Causes Ltd, they will have the person’s full name, their home address ‘postcode’ and their own personal reference number, the lanyard will have the Company Logo printed in white text on a royal blue background. The card should also have the company

This year we are chuffed to bits to have been nominated and awarded by  Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Charity ‘100 Heroes’ for 2017. We are delighted and proud to be supporters of such an outstanding hospital and charity, thank you from all of us at Sweet Causes Ltd, it makes it all worthwhile.  For the year 2016/2017 Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Charity have reached a staggering £7,000,000? yes, seven million pounds! can you believe it? A red balloon will be displayed in the hospital reception area, which is

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED When you do something good, it’s just makes you feel good, it’s about what you can do for others. Have you got a couple of hours to spare because you want to help others and help raise funds for a local charity event in the West Midlands? We are looking for hard working honest people to work for 2 hours mixing amongst the crowds with a great personality selling sweets for a charity festival event in Sutton Coldfield area of the West Midlands on Saturday 12th