National Doughnut Week
National Doughnut Week, a time for celebrating doughnuts made by independent craft bakers, coffee shops and businesses across the UK while raising money for The Children’s Trust, will be held from 10-17 May. CSM, a bakery ingredients and products supplier supports the event. Helen Sinclair, marketing manager for CSM, says, “We are thrilled to be […]
The big cake sale
Following last year’s inaugural association between Wright’s and Rainbow Trust, the cake mix manufacturer has announced its continued involvement with the children’s charity and sponsorship of its flagship fundraiser ‘The Big Hour Cake Sale’. ‘The Big Hour Cake Sale’, Rainbow Trust’s biggest annual fundraising and awareness campaign takes place from 21–27 October 2013. People across […]
Maltesers raise money for comic relief
Maltesers and Red Nose Day are back – bigger and better than ever, collaborating for the second time running. This year, the donation from each pack is being increased from 2p to 5p across all pack variants and sizes to reach a £1 million target to help tackle poverty across the UK and Africa. Maltesers […]
Red Nose role for Bon Bon Buddies
Bon Bon Buddies plans to supply the UK with three specially created ‘PEZ’ sweet dispensers, designed for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day 2013 campaign. The company’s association with the Austrian confectionery brand, which has recently designed customised PEZ dispensers featuring characters from Moshi Monsters as well as Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, will […]
First UK biscuit wrapper recycling scheme
United Biscuits has teamed up with TerraCycle UK to launch the McVitie’s Biscuit Wrapper Brigade. A first for the industry, the recycling and fundraising scheme will save biscuit wrappers from UK landfill sites and is open to every biscuit consumer across the UK. Consumers simply send biscuit wrappers to Terracycle UK to help reduce waste […]
Palmer and Harvey charity event raises funds for riot-hit shops
The ‘Curry on Laughing’ charity event, organised by wholesaler Palmer and Harvey, has raised £13,000 for retailers hit by the riots in the UK.
The Co-Op teams with Cadbury Twirl to raise money for Mencap
Cadbury Twirl has teamed up with The Co-operative to raise £50,000 for The Co-operative Group’s Charity of the Year, Mencap and ENABLE Scotland. The special Twirls with the Mencap fundraising message will be available in around 3, 900 Co-operative food stores across the UK from Wednesday 22 June – Tuesday 2 August 2011 inclusive.