It’s World Book Day today. Now in its 21st year, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. The aim is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books – reading books, listening to stories and getting immersed in a fascinating fictional world. Many schools in …
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Stripey Stork World Book Day – hacks and costume ideas on a budget!
Word Book Day!! Are those words enough to put you into a tailspin? February is coming to an end very quickly, and now we’re faced with costume planning for World Book Day! Fear not, we’ve created a Pinterest board with some cost effective, simple ideas. There’s a clever no-sew Knight costume, Peter Rabbit complete with …
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Stripey Stork’s ideas for entertaining the children this half term
Half term is almost here and we thought we’d share some budget-friendly ideas with you to fill the days. Here’s hoping for some sunshine! We love Gatton Park and over half term the grounds are open to view the snowdrops. The Wild Things play trail is open and there are some workshops you can book …
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Mum2Mum 2018
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our popular “Mum2Mum” campaign. Now in its fifth year, it’s clear that our Mother’s Day campaign resonates with so many of you and we get great feedback from those who donate as well as those who receive. Many of the Mums that we help won’t receive a gift …
Santa Stork 2017 – our giving day
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand” – Dr. Seuss What an incredible day. Today was the #SantaStork2017 giving day. It really does get more extraordinary every single year. We started early and loaded up all the gifts that we’d collected thanks to your …
Santa Stork – behind the scenes
#SantaStork2017 is our fourth Christmas campaign, and it gets bigger and bigger each year. So many families and companies support this festive giving so we thought we’d share how it all runs behind the scenes, what happens and when. This year it began in early September when we booked the hall for the wrapping day. …
Christmas crafts for children
It’s definitely the season, the big man in red himself is almost here, and we’ve taken a break from #SantaStork2017 to put together a collection of crafts you can get the children involved in! You can’t go wrong with some paint, pom poms, paper plates, beads, sequins and all things made mainly from glitter glue… …
Some cash savvy ways support Santa Stork 2017
We’d love you to take part in Santa Stork, but we realise how much pressure there is at Christmas so we’ve put this blog together to show you some ways you can support us while making sure you don’t break the bank: Supermarket/store vouchers like Nectar, Tesco Clubcard and the Boots Advantage Card can be perfect for …
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Stripey Stork Thanksgiving ideas
Thanksgiving is almost upon us, do any of you celebrate it? We love the idea of taking a moment before the ‘busy-ness’ of Christmas overtakes us all, to stop and think about the things we really appreciate. We’ve done this with our children over the past couple of years and find it’s so good for …
The Belfry Santa’s grotto and the big Redhill Christmas light switch on!
We are so excited to be a chosen charity for this year’s Christmas Grotto in The Belfry, Redhill. We’re going to be on hand on Saturday 18th November as “Strictly-Royalty” James and Ola Jordan switch the lights on! Stripey has his Strictly inspired outfit all ready to go and you’re sure to give him a …
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