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Coffee morning raised ÂŁ200 for Petals

We are really grateful to Ursula, who held a 'cuppa and a cake' day for her friends last week, and managed to raise £200 for us in doing so! Ursula wanted to support the Petals charity as she had previously lost a baby during pregnancy.  In her words, she "was just...

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Tracy raises over ÂŁ400 running the Cambridge half-marathon

The amazing efforts from our supporters continues! Tracy Hutchison, of Beach Babies Children's Nursery in Cambridge, decided to run the Cambridge half-marathon this year to raise funds for Petals - here she tells us all about it: "I started running 1.5 yrs ago after...

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Petals is Recruiting

Now that we have launched our counselling service we are keen to increase our trustee numbers in order to help us keep up with the pace of growth of the charity, and to expand the breadth of experience on our board. We are therefore looking to recruit a number of new...

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Big Lottery Fund Award

We are very pleased to be in receipt of an award of £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, which, alongside the other donations and grants we have received to date, has enabled us to confirm our launch date of 1st February 2013.  This money will fund 6 counselling...

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Counselling service to launch in February 2013

The Petals service is due to go live on 1st February 2013!  With the funding that we have received so far we are pleased to be able to offer a counselling service to a limited number of clients in Cambridgeshire, and parts of Suffolk and North Essex.  If you, or...

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Petals achieves charitable status

We are now officially a charity! If you've been following our facebook page this will be old news, but we are very happy to confirm that we have now been recognised by the Charities Commission, under registered charity number 1150375. This brings us another step...

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Trustees fundraising target

The Petals trustees we have decided to set ourselves individual targets for fundraising over the next year. Each of us has pledged to raise a minimum of ÂŁ200, by whatever means we choose(!), over the next 12 months. So be prepared to hear news of events such as...

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Charity Summer Ball

In case you have missed us all getting way over-the-top excited about our plans for the big fundraising event of 2013, here it is!   It's not to be missed!  It's the place to be seen!  .... Take a look at the website www.givingisglamourous.com for menu details,...

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Lady Ava Paice becomes Ambassador for Petals

Petals has an ambassador! We are very pleased to be able to say that Lady Ava Paice has expressed her great interest in our charity, and has said that she will do all she can to spread the word for us and to promote this great cause. Great news!

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Support Petals while you shop!

You can now help us to raise funds for the charity without it costing you a thing!  These two websites have been set up to make it ultra-easy for you to support Petals, while doing your online shopping. https://www.spendandraise.com/petals/...

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