CFAC EASTER BLOG!

CFAC EASTER BLOG

Happy Easter Everyone!

Well just when you thought things couldn’t get any better, CFAC have just increased our price to a whopping 55p per kilo, plus if you reach 600 kilos or more we will increase this to 60p per kilo for all you have collected!

It couldn’t be a better time to start fundraising with us, its quick and easy to book and hassle free so give us a call today on 0117 9717349 to start fundraising the easy way with Clothes For a Cause.

CFAC Easter blog includes our SOTM Winner, details on how to get more from your collection and lots of fun activities for you to enjoy over the Easter break.

SOTM Winner:

I would like to say a massive well done to everyone at Ampney Crucis C of E Primary School for winning our February School of the Month Award for collecting 632 kilos and raising a fantastic £316.00 for Ampney Crusis C of E Primary School.

This month we have sent Ampney Crucis Primary a bottle top bird feeder kit, it’s a great way to be creative, fun for all ages and most importantly the birds will love it!

We hope you enjoy your prize! J

Great ways to have fun this Easter

CFAC has searched high and low to find creative ways to keep your whole family busy over the Easter holidays. Take a look below to find lots of fun activities:

Make Cardboard Bunny Masks

Be creative this Easter and make your own Easter bunny masks.

These are very simple to make, click on the link below to find out what you need to make the perfect bunny.

http://www.kidspot.co.nz/article+1567+135+Bunny-Mask.htm

Download Cadbury Easter Egg Activity Pack

This exciting activity pack is full of ideas for baking delicious treats, arts and crafts, outdoor games, puzzles, word searches and much more!

http://www.eastereggtrail.com/Easter-Egg-Trails-at-Home/The-Activity-Pack.aspx

Rewards

CFAC offer lots of different ways for your school to get more from your collection:

• School of the month

We offer a School of the Month award to the school that collects the most, or does something outstanding with their collection money. The winner receives an eco/fun prize for the children to enjoy.

• Recommend a Friend

Successfully recommend a friend and we will offer you 60p per kilo on your next collection.

• Loyalty Awards

If you book 3 collections in any calendar year and collect 500 kilos or more at each collection, CFAC will give you a £50.00 bonus on your 3^rd collection.

• Reach over 600 kilos

If you collect 600 kilos or more on each collection we will offer you 60p per kilo for all you have collected.

We Hope everyone has a lovely Easter Break

Happy Easter Everyone!

From

Everyone at Clothes for a Cause

Simply email me at shannon@btr-ltd.co.uk to book your next CFAC collection!

CFAC JANUARY BLOG!

CFAC JANUARY BLOG

School of the Month and Fundraising Tips!



What a fantastic start to the year! We are pleased to see so many of you taking advantage of our brilliant new price and collection items.

Read on below for some tips on how to raise more from your collection with Clothes for a Cause!

Winner: Our Lady of the Rosary!!

Congratulations to all pupils and staff at Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School in Bristol for collecting a whopping 620 kilos and raising £310.00 for their school.

CFAC visited Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School to congratulate them on being December’s school of the month and awarded them with a CFAC prize and certificate.

Bridget O’Donoghue is the mastermind behind making the schools CFAC collection’s so successful. Our Lady of the Rosary has set up a texting service to remind parents about the collection day. What a great idea to help them remember! 

Well done everyone! J

6 Simple Ideas to raise more money!

1.  Invite us to hold a CFAC assembly, recycling workshop or arrange to visit our factory to get the children thinking about recycling.

2.    Text Parents and Staff to remind them about the collection day to ensure they bring a bag in.

3.    Encourage parents to give books and raise extra funds- we pay 5p per kilo for books! (Don’t forget to bag them separately.)

4.    Speak with your local radio!

5.    Ask people of the community to donate their clothes and raise more money
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6. Return unused bags and earn your school 2p per bag  

Book your next CFAC collection now by emailing me at shannon@btr-ltd.co.uk

 

CFAC Festive Fun!

CFAC Festive Blog

As we approach 2012, Clothes For a Cause have some exciting changes that we will be launching in the New Year, including giving more money to your cause.

We have also put together lots of festive activities to keep you and all your family entertained this Christmas, so take a look below to find some fun activities for you to enjoy over the Christmas period.

December’s School of the Month

Congratulations to everyone at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School for raising a whopping 620 kilos of textiles and raising £310.00 for your school.

CFAC is delighted to award them with December School of the Month Award, for raising the most money throughout our December collections.

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School will now be rewarded by us with a letter, certificate and special prize to say thank you for all their hard work and efforts to raise money for their school.

To see if your school is in with the chance of winning the “School of the Month” title then simply email me at Shannon@btr-ltd.co.uk or give me a call on 0117 9717349 to book your first collection.

Price Rise starting January 1^st 2012

We’re rising our prices to enable you to raise more money from 1^st Jan next year! This means that the next collection you book with CFAC after this date will be at the new rate of 50p per kilo (which we will increase to 55p per kilo, if you collect more than a tonne.)

Books, Glorious Books.

CFAC, are proud to announce that following your many comments on our feedback forms, we are pleased to offer a new collection item- we now collect books too!

The books must be donated from the home, (i.e not textbooks) and should be put in a separate black bin liner to your normal Clothes for a Cause bags full of clothing and shoes.

The price we will offer is 5p per kilo, so yet another way to gain funds for your school.

There has never been a better time to fundraise with us.

Now for some Christmas ideas we would like to share with you.

Make Santa a Hat

Why not try and make your own Santa Hat this Christmas, all you need is 1 sheet of red paper, 15-20 cotton balls, scissors, craft glue, ruler and a pencil. It’s very easy to make!

Decorate the hat as if you were Santa and get creative this year.

Click on the link below to start making your own Christmas Santa hat.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/santas-hat.html

Thumbprint Christmas Cards

How about making your own thumbprint Christmas cards this year with the kids?  It’s all about being creative, you could make a Christmas tree, snowman or to make it even trickier, how about a reindeer!?

Click on the link below to start making your cards!

http://crafts.kaboose.com/thumbprint-christmas-card.html

Festive Cupcakes

Try making your own Festive cupcakes this Christmas; you can make Christmas tree cupcakes, Twinkle Star cupcakes, Santa cupcakes and lots more!

Click on the link below to find the ingredients and instructions of how to begin.

http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/8621

Think Recycling!!

Christmas is a time to think of others, to give and to receive.

So how about taking a moment to think about our world…. 

Take your Christmas tree to be recycled at your local household recycling centre (for free!) and keep all your wine bottles and beer cans in your black box ready for the council collection. It may not seem like a lot but if every house does it then we will stop unnecessary waste ending up in land fill. Keep our planet clean!

Have a good old clear out!
Once all your new gifts and clothing have arrived it is probably a good time to start a spring clean! Clothes for a Cause can help you raise money and clear out your cupboards!!

So Roll up roll up, and book your first collection now. Email Shannon@btr-ltd.co.uk

Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

From Everyone at Clothes For a Cause

CFAC November Blog

As Winter is coming, CFAC have come up with a few ideas to keep you and your families warm and productive this winter.

To start off CFAC Winter blog, I would like to say a massive well done to everybody at Llanrhidian Primary School in Swansea for being our biggest fundraisers in November. Llanrhidian Primary School collected a whopping 828 kilos and raised a fantastic amount of £372.60!

Llanrhidian Primary School was rewarded by us with arts and craft card making set, with lots of glittery pens, I hope you all have fun designing your own christmas cards!

CFAC things to do this Winter.

Arts & Crafts: Have fun with your children indoors this winter by using the winter scenes colouring print outs.

All you have to do is print out the scene you want to colour and start colouring in.

Click on the link to start colouring your winter scene: http://www.netmums.com/activities/pictures-to-print/winter-pictures-to-print-and-colour-in

Create your own christmas cards: CFAC also liked the christmas cards and gift tags to colour in.

Make some handmade christmas cards with your children.

http://www.netmums.com/activities/pictures-to-print/christmas-pictures-to-print-and-colour-in

Cooking with the kids: Try cooking with your children this winter, by making some delicious chocolate chip muffins for the whole family to share.

Click on the link to find out how to make them. http://www.kidspot.com.au/best-recipes/kids-cooking+5/choc-chip-muffins-recipe+1236.htm#

Board Games: There are some adventurous board games on offer in Argos, a great way to stay warm and have fun with all your family and friends this winter.

Click on the link below to find up to half price board games on offer this winter in Argos.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/14417788/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CToys+and+games%7C14417629/c_2/2%7C14417629%7CGames+and+puzzles%7C14417785/c_3/3%7Ccat_14417785%7CFamily+board+games%7C14417788.htm

Ice Skating: Take the children to visit Bristol Ice Rink and let them have a twirl on the ice, if ice skating isn't for you then sit back and enjoy a lovely hot coffee from the cafeteria whilst watching your family skate. http://jnlbristol.co.uk/

Brunel SS Great Britain: Step back in time when you board Brunel's SS Great Britain. Discover the true stories behind the ship that changed the world.

Experience the sights, sounds and smell of life on board for Victorian passengers and crew. Descend under water below the glass 'sea' to touch the world's first great ocean liner.

Click on the link below to find out more about Brunel SS Great Britain.
http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/

National Trust: Come and visit the magical leigh woods this winter and find lots of paths for you to explore. Diverse array of wild flowers, birds and butterflies. A great escape from the bustling city of Bristol and this is all on the backdrop of the Avon Gorge and Brunel's world famous suspension bridge http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-leighwoods

Bristol Aquarium: Go and visit Bristol Aquarium located in the famous Bristol Harbourside, the Bristol new aquarium is a must see attraction for nature lovers. Go and admire the tropical sharks, the beautfuil sea horses. and sit down and be amazed in the undersea tunnel.

Click on the link to find out more about Bristol Aquarium http://www.bristolaquarium.co.uk/

Indoor Picnic: Why dont you bring the sun into your living room this winter and enjoy a indoor picnic for you and the kids?

Click on the link Below for some great ideas to have the perfect Indoor picnic.

http://www.ehow.com/how17662indoor-picnic.html

We Hope you have lots of fun!

CFAC Autumn Blog

As Autumn is now upon us, CFAC have come up with a few ideas to keep you and your family busy this autumn.

Here are some ideas CFAC found for things to do this Autumn:

Leaf Collecting: There are so many different ways to help kids learn about Trees. Leaf collecting is a fun exercise. It’s also a great way to teach kids about leaves. After all, they‘re practically everywhere: on trees-shrubs, flowers and sometimes they’re even on our plates- lettuce leaves, spinach leaves and cabbages!!

 Kids love to be creative so why not have them create a leaf collage with their leaf collection. Simply just glue them on to a large piece of paper and put them on display.

Fun bug Activities: Many bugs are colourful, either to attract mates or to appear poisonous to their predators. Allow kids to explore these interesting colours by creating their own whimsical bug. Use coloured paper and let them cut or tear pieces to form the various parts of their bug. This is actually an ideal activity for explaining the different parts of an insect. You can talk about their legs, head, wings, feelers, eyes, etc. Once they have arranged their bug parts, allow them to glue the pieces onto a large piece of black paper. This helps the colourful bug stand out. The kids can also label the parts of their bug using pieces of white paper. Be sure to hang up their finished bug!

Collecting Conkers: The best thing to do during Autumn time is to wrap up warm with your friends and family and see who can collect the most conkers!

This is an adventurous activity for you and your families to do this year, as there are lots of fun ways you can enjoy the conkers you have collected.

CFAC have found ten things you could do with your conkers!! Click on the link below to find some exciting ideas you can try! http://www.herewearetogether.com/?p=682

Visit Bristol Museum and Art Gallery- This museum offers free entry, so why not take the family out for the day, by visiting the region’s largest museum and art gallery that is guaranteed to inspire you. http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery

                     

The Georgian House Museum- The Georgian house is an 18^th century, six storey townhouse that has been restored and decorated to its original glory.

The house was built in 1790 for John Pinney, a wealthy slave plantation owner and sugar merchant, it was also where the enslaved African, Pero lived. It is displayed as it might have looked in the 18th century and provides an insight into life above and below stairs. Imagine the busy kitchen where servants prepared meals, taking a dip in the cold-water plunge pool and relaxing in the elegant upstairs rooms.

With free admission this could be an educational learning day for you and all the family.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/node/2916

M-Shed- For the first time, Bristol has a museum dedicated to telling the amazing history of the city, through the objects and stories of the people who have made the city what it is today. Free admission http://mshed.org/

Finding Autumn Recipes- CFAC have found some delicious autumn recipes you can try making this year, with recipes on how to make mince pies, pasta bakes, soup recipes, brownie recipes and lots more!

http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/6355