Does your child attend a playgroup or school which may be able to support us? Can you and your colleagues wear stripes for the day? Are you associated with a local business who may be interested in running a ‘stripey’ promotion? Please email partnerships@stripeystork.org.uk to discuss how we can support your efforts.

We can supply you with printed posters (please email communications@stripeystork.org.uk) or you can download here.

Help us to spread the word, so we can make this even bigger and better than last year, and achieve our target of £1500.

The funds raised on the day will be used throughout the year to buy new items needed to complement the pre-loved items included in our children’s clothing packs – such as underwear, socks and nightwear- and complete our donations. We want the recipients to feel like they are receiving a gift and not a handout, and including such items in new, clean condition helps us achieve this.

These essential items make such a difference, so please wear stripes on 20th June and remember to tell your friends, family and colleagues about our campaign. You can show your support by downloading our Stripes4Stripey supporter’s profile frame for Facebook and/or Twitter using this Twibbon link.

You can donate online here (on the day): http://www.localgiving.org/appeal/stripes4stripey2019

Please remember to share your stripey photos on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #Stripes4Stripey2019. We had such great fun last year seeing all the photos come flooding in. From local councillors tweeting stripes from their meetings, to office bake-offs and our mascot Stripey doing a mini-roadshow with some of our corporate partners.

We also had lots of Stripey visitors at HQ on the day, as they came to admire our Stripey décor and join us in indulging in some stripey doughnuts. We even had photos coming in from foreign lands – our loyal supporters not letting being out of the country get in their way of supporting Stripey Stork.

How far can we spread the stripes this year? What will you do? The skies the limit, as long as it’s stripey of course!
Thank you #TeamStork for your support!

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Many of the Mums that we help won’t receive a gift on 31st March. Mums without partners, friends or family to recognise the difficult but amazing job they’re doing. Mums who go without all year round to provide for their children. We want to let them know that they are doing a fantastic job and we are thinking of them – local families helping local families.

Mum to Mum.

Last year we provided 227 gifts for Mums (accompanied by a handwritten card designed for Stripey Stork) and this year we’re aiming for 300.

How you can help

Buy one of our exclusive Mother’s Day cards – This year we have teamed up with Emily, the local illustrator behind Doodlemoo, who has designed our very own Mother’s Day card. We just love her colourful and funky design, perfect for the special Mum in your life. They are now on sale to the general public, with sales proceeds being used to support this campaign. We’ll also be including one with every Mother’s Day gift given to the Mums which we support.

The card is on sale for £2.50, with the option to pay an additional £2.50 (recommended donation) to include an insert (see blue postcard in below photo) which states that “a gift has been donated on your behalf to a Mum in need”. Your Mum/Mum-in-Law or Grandma will appreciate that you were thinking of others, as well as them.

As well as being available to buy from our HQ, they can now be purchased from the following locations:

• Gerrards in Reigate.
• The Reigate Pop-up Shop, where you can browse more of Doodlemoo’s products, as well as those from other local talented artists. Please note, card only (with no insert) is for sale at this location.
• TSB in the Belfry Shopping Centre, Redhill.
• The Peekaboo Play Cafe in Holmwood, near Dorking.
• Imagineville on Quarryside Business Park in Merstham.
• The Natural Baby Shower in Bagshot.
• Online at Becky Pearce Designs for those who can’t get to the shops or don’t live locally – with an extra £1 being charged to cover P&P.

We’d like to thank the above businesses for supporting our campaign, please do pop in and show your support and gratitude.

We’d love to see the cards standing proud on your mantelpiece so please share on social media using the hashtag #Mum2Mum2019 (and tagging @StripeyStork).

Buy a necklace from Becky Pearce Designs – Local jeweller Becky Pearce Designs is offering two of her beautifully handcrafted necklaces for sale this Mother’s Day, with 20% of sales going towards our campaign:

1. Teeny Silver Heart Pendant £25
2. Birthstone Charm Necklace £42

She’s also conveniently created a Mother’s Day package, where you can add one of our Mother’s Day cards to your shopping cart.

Donate online – Show another Mum you care by donating to our campaign fund via Localgiving. For just £5 we will arrange a mini pamper pack to be sent to each Mum referred to us. We also benefit from bulk purchase discounts to ensure your donation goes even further. You can make your donation here at any time until Mother’s Day (Sunday 31st March). And not forgetting that all important 25% gift aid if you’re a UK tax payer.

Donate a gift set* – Pick up a toiletry gift set whilst out shopping. Or, if you have any unwanted items at home that you can donate – a toiletry gift set received at Christmas perhaps that you haven’t yet opened, or gift bags in good condition – then we can rehome them too. Please note, we are not accepting make-up donations, as this type of item is dependent on personal preference and we do not have direct contact with the Mums we support.

Why not organise a collection amongst friends, colleagues or a community group you are a part of? Details of times you can drop items at our offices in Redhill can be found here. Don’t forget to share your donations on social media using the hashtag #Mum2Mum2019 (and tag @StripeyStork). We love to see people getting involved and it also encourages others to do the same.

Buy a gift from our Amazon Wish list – We’ve added some popular gift sets to this dedicated wish list, making it super easy for you to help as items are delivered straight to our office. A popular choice for those who want to buy a tangible gift but are too busy to drop the gift to us or don’t live/work in the local area. We’ll keep topping up the list as items are bought and we spot any good offers, so one to keep checking.

The gift that keeps on giving

Subject to availability, any gift packs leftover after Mother’s Day will be distributed in the weeks following. If we are lucky enough to have even more left after this period, then we will be including them with our ‘care packages’ sent throughout the year to local families in need – as a gift to Mum if it’s felt that it will be a well-received boost at this difficult time. Likewise, any funds leftover will also be used to support our general work throughout the year.

Thank you for your support.

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This fund is specifically used throughout the year to buy new children’s socks, pants and nightwear to complement our preloved clothing packs which are sent out to local families experiencing harder times. We encouraged everyone involved to help spread the word by getting snap happy in their stripes, and then sharing their photos on social media using #Stripes4Stripey. We loved seeing your stripey combinations brighten up our social media feeds throughout the day. We even had Councillor Mark Brunt, Leader of Reigate and Banstead, fashioning his stripes whilst chairing his first Executive meeting. Thank you for doing your part!

The whopping £1,919.50 raised includes all online donations made via Local Giving (including gift aid), as well as any offline contributions gathered from shaking those collection tins. Also included is the £300 cash prize you helped us win from Local Giving’s competition, which was ran as part of Small Charities Week (18-24 June). We came first in our category type by having the highest number of unique donations.

A special thanks to our friends at The Storytellers consultancy group. As well as previously helping us bring our strategy and vision to life, it turns out that they’re also exceptional bakers. For Stripes4Stripey week they held an in-house bake off – just looks at the selection of delicious sweet treats which raised £517 for our cause.

A big shout out also for the IHS Markit team in Coulsdon, who looked after Stripey for the day and let him photobomb all of your wonderful photos. They also had their collection tins overflowing by the end of the day, what super stars raising £216.05 in loose change!

And Redhill Confetti who we have to thank for making ‘Stork HQ’ look so fabulous and colourful for the event. The orange/blue banners and paper pom poms made such a difference. But I think our favourite had to be the pant shaped bunting – what a talented lady!

We also attracted the attention of ‘That’s TV Surrey’ who came along for the day to capture footage of the stripey scene. They started in the ‘Stork HQ’ where they filmed the Reed Business Information team getting into the stripey spirit, who’d joined us for a corporate team building day. Then it was off to The Belfry Shopping Centre where we’d set up camp to spread the word about all that we do, this specific campaign and acted as a drop off point for cash donations and new clothing items for the fund. You can watch the coverage here:

https://youtu.be/RScYxwtVOlw

This is the second year of running Stripes4Stripey and it was brought back by popular demand. It turns out that everyone loves a stripe! And everyone also loves to support a great cause like this, where they know their money is going straight to where it matters most, we make sure of that!

Thank you to all of our supporters who helped ensure the Stripes4Stripey fund is topped up for another year. You can now start planning your stripey attire for next year, because this year, without a doubt, you definitely earned your stripes! Thank you #TeamStork

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