by Leanne Thurston | Aug 10, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Leanne Thurston | Aug 3, 2011 | Blog
A note from our chairperson, Miranda, who who worked alongside Karen to get the idea up and running… Karen told me about her idea for a charity during one of our counselling sessions. She had mentioned that the NHS were cutting her service, and it had come up in...
by Leanne Thurston | Aug 1, 2011 | Blog
Karen and Miranda started out by having a meeting with an advisor at Cambridge Council for Voluntary Services. Â The advisor helped them to work out which constitution to use for the charity, and advised them on a lot of the legalities that they had not yet...
by Leanne Thurston | Jul 30, 2011 | Blog
In our first post our CEO, Karen Burgess, explains a bit about how the idea of setting up Petals as a charity came about. ‘My role as Women’s Services Counsellor at The Rosie Maternity Hospital was extremely challenging on many levels. I had set up a...
