Hope House Walk And Eat-Cake Week – Hundreds of walkers pulled on their boots and trekked a 10-mile route along the Llangollen Canal to raise money for Hope House Children’s Hospices. Meanwhile, Hope House Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospice is excited to launch their tastiest fundraiser of the year in conjunction with Henllan Bakery.
Annual Walk
£28,000 Raised
Supporters took on the ever-popular annual walk, which started at the Trevor Basin in Llangollen, before heading over the world-famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and following the canal all the way to The Poachers pub at Chirk for refreshments before heading back, where they received their special medals at the finish line. Walkers have raised an incredible £28,000 so far, with money still being counted.
Fundraiser Vicky Bradbeer said: “It was wonderful to see this well-supported event sell out again and raise such an incredible amount of money. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended and raised the vital funds we need to make sure our hospices are here to help every local child with a life-threatening condition live their best life. We simply couldn’t do it without the incredible support we get from our community.”
A Full Calendar of Events
The event was sponsored this year by Chirk-based Kronospan, who also had a team walking on the day, as well as supporting partners Roche, Caffi Wylfa and Trederwen Springs.
There is a full calendar of events you can join throughout this year. Please visit hopehouse.org.uk/events to see how you can get involved.
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Henllan Bakery Turn Cake Into Care
Let’s Eat Cake
The bakers who have been proudly craft-making bread, cakes and savoury goods in Wales since 1908 have risen to the challenge of being headline sponsor for the charity’s Let’s Eat Cake week. Running from 19th to 25th May, Let’s Eat Cake is your chance to get together with loved ones and colleagues and host your own charity cake sale or coffee morning.
By having some fun in the kitchen and getting creative with your bakes, every slice or muffin will make a real difference to local families living with a child who has a life-threatening condition.
Angharad Evans from Henllan Bakery said, “As a family business, we share the values of Hope House Tŷ Gobaith in caring for our community. We employ 136 local staff and supply hundreds of small businesses as well as Asda and Tesco stores in Wales. It’s great to get on board and lend our support to all the fantastic workplaces, schools, colleges, café’s and individuals who participate in this wonderful charity.”
The Tŷ Gobaith Tiger
To help launch the annual event, the super cute and cheeky Tŷ Gobaith Tiger visited the bakery itself and saw how they still hand-decorate all their sweet treats.
Hospice fundraiser Sian Golding is leading on the campaign and supervised the Tiger, she said, “We’ve had so much fun visiting Henllan Bakery and seeing where the magic happens. We are so thankful they have partnered with us as they’re the perfect fit and have been incredibly generous. Whether you bake it or fake it this year, let’s all get together and turn cake into care for local children and families.”
Everyone who takes part in Let’s Eat Cake week will have the support of their local fundraiser, who will be on hand with promotional materials and tips to ensure your cake sale is a sweet success.
For more information and to sign up for your free fundraising pack, check out their website.
Hope House
Hope House Children’s Hospices provides specialist nursing care and support to more than 750 children and their families who live in Shropshire, Cheshire, North and Mid Wales. They have two hospices – Hope House in Oswestry and Tŷ Gobaith in Conwy. Their dedicated teams support families from diagnosis, throughout the lifetime of their child and beyond. They are there for every mum, dad, brother and sister.
At the end of a child’s life, they make sure their final moments are as comfortable as possible and that their family says goodbye in their own way and in their own time. They also comfort families and offer bereavement support, whether they’ve cared for their child during their illness, or they have turned to them after their child’s sudden death under any circumstances at all.
It costs £10 million every year to run their services. Approximately two months’ income comes from statutory sources, and for the other 10 months of the year, they are dependent on public support.
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