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We are very excited to finally have a website!  It is currently a fairly basic site, with further work planned, but we are so happy to finally have a proper 'presence' on the world wide web!  Let us know what you think to it, any feedback appreciated......

Petals is pleased to announce the appointment of Leanne Thurston as their new trustee and treasurer for the charity. Leanne is an ACCA-qualified accountant with over 10 years experience in financial and business management. Leanne was keen to get involved with the...

A charity event, featuring the 60s band 'Reminisce', has raised £1,004 for Petals. Over 130 people attended the event at the British Legion Club in Histon last month, and enjoyed an evening of live music and dancing. Highlights of the night included a performance of...

At our meeting last week we were very excited to hear (and, more importantly, see!) how the plans for the website are coming along.  Miranda has had further meetings with Mobas and she was able to bring some screenshots along to show the rest of the team.  It is all...

Petals supporters have raised over £240 for the charity, thanks to the 'Cash for the Community' scheme run by Cambridge News. The Cambridge Building Society generously donated a total of £10,000 to the scheme, which raised funds for 25 local charities. Tokens were...

Miranda kicked off the fundraising this month with a table top sale in a church ... here she tells us how it went and exactly how cold it was!  "On a very wintry February morning, me and Mum met at the church wearing pretty much every item of clothing we owned in...

We had a lengthy meeting on Wednesday evening, where much coffee was consumed while lots of boxes on our to-do list were ticked, and a whole lot more 'to-do's were added to the bottom of the list! Karen has been busy writing a business plan, Miranda has been working...

We are very pleased to welcome Victoria Stevenson and Shazia Bhatti to the charity! Victoria has previous experience of running a charity so will be a useful advisor to us all as we work our way through the minefield that is ahead of us!  Shazia worked closely with...

August 22nd 2011 saw the first official get together of the Trustees for Petals.  Much has already happened 'behind the scenes', so it was good to get everyone together to catch up with progress. Although Petals has now been registered as a charitable company, it...

The very first donation to the Petals charity was a cheque for £200 from a lady who used to teach Karen at secondary school.  She had been unable to have children herself, and when Karen met her and told her about her idea for the charity she got out her cheque book...