Marie Curie’s Blooming Great Summer kicks off at the end of this month with the return of the Blooming Great Tea Party at SPAR Fortfield in Carrickfergus on Saturday (28 May).
It comes hot off the heels of SPAR fundraising over £160,000 at its 60th birthday celebrations earlier in the year, with £80,000 going towards the charity which provides end of life care in communities across Northern Ireland.
This year’s SPAR NI Blooming Great Tea Party is kindly sponsored by Punjana, enabling stores to make their fundraising events as big as ever.
Bronagh Luke, Head of Corporate Marketing at Henderson Group said they are excited to see the return of the Blooming Great Tea Party initiative for Marie Curie and especially delighted to be able to make the fundraising bigger and better this year, post COVID-19.
“We’ll have some fantastic shopper engagement at SPAR Fortfield in Carrickfergus, where a local radio crew will be on site to provide a fantastic atmosphere for the day. As well as the tea party in store, visitors to the busy Carrickfergus store on the 28th can have a go at guessing the number of daffodils in the jar, whilst store staff will join in on the cheer by ditching their uniforms for all things yellow on the day.
“We’re delighted the staff at our Carrickfergus store have embraced this fantastic initiative and created a tea party everyone can enjoy on Saturday,” she said.
Conor O’Kane, Senior Partnership Manager at Marie Curie added: “It’s fantastic to have the Blooming Great Tea Party back in Northern Ireland and made so prominent by the investment from our SPAR NI partners.
“It is the perfect way to kick off Marie Curie’s Blooming Great Summer of fundraising over the next few months, which is all about having fun in the sunshine and raising more for the important community work the organisation delivers. A £20 donation will support an hour of nursing care, while £180 enables someone with a terminal illness to attend the day therapy unit at Marie Curie hospice.”
For more on SPAR NI’s Blooming Great Tea Party events and other stores taking part, visit spar-ni.co.uk/marie-curie.