Simply Chocolate! We get behind The Sick Children's Trust once again....

After last years HUGELY successful Big Chocolate Tea Party in aid of The Sick Children's Trust that we hosted we have decided to do it all again!

Last year De Vere Slaley Hall were kind enough to be our host venue and we had a wonderful day raising over £1000 for this fabulous charity. The Sick Children’s Trust was founded in 1982 by two pediatric specialists, Dr Jon Pritchard and Professor James Malpas, who believed that having parents on hand during hospital treatment benefited a child's recovery.

On average, 1.9 million children in the UK require hospital treatment each year. Every day, children are diagnosed with serious and life-threatening illnesses or have terrible accidents that leave them fighting for life. They often have to be transferred to specialist hospitals far from home to receive critical medical treatment. Life for their whole family is suddenly thrown into complete turmoil.

The Sick Children's Trust work with the hospitals, supporting them in their role and providing complementary support to  families. They help to alleviate some of the emotional and financial strains at a very stressful time, providing an essential service free of charge for up to 108 families every night, 365 days a year.

Whilst staying at one of their ‘Homes from Home’ is free of charge, the charity incurs a total cost of £27 per bedroom per night. They are not funded by the Government and in times when resources are scarce, they depend even more on their supporters and events such as this to help them cover this cost.

West Northumberland and Cumbria Director Kristy Giblin visited one of their home from home's last year at Newcastle's RVI (Crawford House) and was incredibly moved by the great work they did there. Simply Bows and Chair Covers were therefore only too happy to help and get involved in their Big Chocolate Tea Party 2011 campaign. Here are a few photo's from the amazing day....

This year we have decided to get involved once again and this time were teaming up with The Fairies of Northumberland and The Enchanted Forest to create a truly MAGICAL family fun day out!

The date... April 22nd

The time... 2pm

The location.... The Enchanted Forest (Ponteland)

So... pop the date in your diary (it's free too) and if you would like to help with baking some goodies or donating a raffle prize please email Kristy on kristy@simplybowsandchaircovers.co.uk

Simply Charity: The Ant and Dec Annual Golf Day

Opened by Ant & Dec, the Youth Village is at the heart of the North East region. The Youth Village has recently been voted as one of 20 Centres of Excellence in Youth Ministry across all denominations within the British Isles.

Visitors to the Youth Village will enjoy state of the art facilities which include an auditorium and dining hall for groups up to 98 people. There are 44 en-suite twin and triple bedrooms spread across four attractive chalets, a games room, spacious gardens, playing fields and a dedicated space for prayer and reflection.

In addition to the young people who are invited to use the Youth Village for retreats and camping, it also offers an ideal venue for different occasions such as receptions, adult conferences, and meetings.

Simply Bows and Chair Covers were delighted to be invited by Karen Thornton of Connect VIPs to dress the Annual Charity Golf Day hosted by Ant and Dec to raise funds for this exceptional local charity. The event was held at Slaley Hall and we dressed the Kielder Suite in sticking Cadburys purple décor.

This star studded event that we also lucky enough to attend on a social level was a huge success raising thousands for this great charity and we were delighted to be part of it.

Kristy of Simply Bows and Kate of Metro Radio Arena

Ant and Lisa