Enjoy a celebri-tea with Charlie Dimmock |
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01-Oct-2007 - [Fundraising] Television celebrity and gardening favourite Charlie Dimmock has promised to host a tea-party for the ‘pick of the crop’ fundraiser in this year’s Tea for Treloar’s charity campaign. Launching the annual Tea for Treloar’s fundraising, Charlie Dimmock also invited fundraisers to think of ‘pyramids’ – not a new Dimmock water feature for the garden, but the art of building from a single garden tea-party to involve hundreds of other people in tea-parties throughout the UK.  Charlie Dimmock’s Tea for Treloar’s prize ‘celebri-tea’ will highlight the work of voluntary fundraisers for Treloar Trust, which provides ground-breaking education, independence training, therapy and residential support for some of the most severely disabled young people in Britain. Many of these fundraisers were present when Charlie Dimmock launched the 2007 Tea for Treloar’s campaign with, fittingly, a magnificent tea-party, supported by catering suppliers 3663, in the grounds of the renowned special school for physically disabled students at Upper Froyle, near Alton. Treloar’s has an inhouse team to assist and advise on the staging of fundraising Tea for Treloar’s tea-parties, including details of the Treloar’s ‘Pyramid Tea’ scheme which can raise £1,500 just from the effort of popping the kettle on! Whether it is an American style ‘Boston Tea Party’ or an Alice in Wonderland children’s tea-party, organisers will be in good company as imaginative Treloar supporters throughout the country brew up funds for the Hampshire charity. “With tea-drinking as traditional in Britain as giving to worthy causes, the Tea for Treloar’s charity campaign encourages the nation to combine both – by raising a cuppa and raising funds to help physically disabled students from throughout the UK who receive education and independence training at Treloar School and College,” said Jon Colville, Treloar’s Community Development Manager. “Tea for Treloar’s tea-party organisers simply have to make a small charge or ask for a donation. Frankly, we are hoping that people will party like there’s no tea-morrow!” joked Jon Colville. Tea for Treloar’s information packs, containing ideas for fundraising, are available from Fiona or Wendy on: 01420 526511/523 or by email. |