You can find stories and pictures of some of the TEA parties that have taken place in 2008.  If you would like your TEA party to appear on this page, please email fundraise@eveappeal.org.uk with the details of your event and maybe some pictures to put up.

Helen Navaro's TEA Party

"Our TEA party was held at Christ Church in Little Lever, Bolton and was incredibly well supported by the congregation, family and friends.  The total raised, so far, comes to £321 which was even more impressive given that this was over only two hours.

We sold red-themed cakes and biscuits, held a raffle, tombola and 'Guess the weight of the chocolates' as well as chocolate-themed quizzes.

Basically, it was all to do with anything that wasn't good for you (ie cakes, biscuits and chocolates) - but for a good cause!!"

L’OREAL LLANTRISTANT TEA Party

On Friday 14^th March, the Llantrisant site held a Tea Party, with the theme being A Touch of Red. There were delicious home made cakes to eat and all that was asked was a small donation. Of course, the staff could not be let off so lightly so they also held a raffle as well with some super prizes kindly

donated by CO-OP Retail, Porth and L’Oreal Llantrisant.

A good time was had by all and an excellent £260.60 was raised. L’Oreal’s Charity Committee generously agreed to raise this to £500.00.

Yvonne & Rod Henkun's TEA Party

Yvonne & Rod lost their daughter Sarah to ovarian cancer in January 2007 aged just 34 years old.  They held a tribute to her in January raising over £4,000 for cancer research and thier local hospice and following its success, 

they decided to hold a TEA party to raise funds for The Eve Appeal. 

"The event was a great success.  There were about 40 people that attended and we charged a £3 entry fee.  We had a raffle, had 2 mediums giving readings and 3 therapists giving head massages.  We also sold handmade silver jewellery of which we were generously allowed to keep 20% for the appeal.  We also had lots of homemade cakes which we sold. 

Everyone had a great time, not least our dog, Logan, who was fed cake by everyone!"

Bernadette Pole & Janet Bramley's Wanstrow Tea Party

"What started as an idea discussed between a few close friends and family became an event, of which, the whole village could be proud.

The Village Hall looked resplendent with tables decorated with red and white cloths, napkins and flowers. It was ready to host the Tea Party of the Year.

In total, a staggering £1005 was raised for The Eve Apeal, which, in some way, seems to touch all our lives.

As so much support and positive feed-back has been received about The Tea Party, we thought we might possibly do it again sometime!"

Jane Atkins raised over £700 at her TEA party held on the 14th March 2008.

"We had a fantastic day and I was amazed at how much we raised.  I made my husband and son both count it, just in case I had made a mistake!" 

Annemarie Cusworth raised close to £200 from selling buns, juice and raffle tickets at her Toddletime Toddler Group over a period of three weeks. 

Susan Reid held a TEA party in her Beauty Salon, Visible Difference, in Ayr and kept a donation pot on her desk throughout the month of March to raise funds for The Eve Appeal.

Lesley Reid said of her event:

"We had a wonderful Coffee Morning in my kitchen and living room.  We had balloons decortating the hall, scones, traybakes of all descriptions, carrot cake, chocolate cake, banana bread, fruit loaf - the list goes on!

It was a great morning and people were most generous."

Karen Gregory's  daughter and work colleagues held a charity event at Phillers Cafe in Bishop's Stortford early in April.  All the staff worked really hard and gave all thier tips to The Eve Appeal, which came to just over £380.

TEA Party at ITV held by Sarah Hyde in memory of her mum Ellen

Trina Green's Coffee Morning

Annette Oliver

Helen Tumelty

Jenny Burrell

Dorothy Petty

 Heather Brown 

Bonnie Taylor

Valerie Gooding

P Askew & L Goy

Louise Boulter

Samantha Smith

Bernadette Cox

Sarah Stevenson's TEA Party

A fundraising event in aid of The Eve Appeal and in memory of Kathleen Thornton was held at Escape Studio at Barleylands craft village on the 16th March. The event raised over £1200 by offering a 15-minute beauty treatment, followed by tea served by Anne and Theresa’s lovely homemade cake!

Sarah Stephenson, who organised the event after losing her mum to ovarian cancer in July 2007 would like to thank everyone who supported the day.

"A big thank you to: Theresa Nash, Anne Austen, Kirsten Holland, Louisa Smalley, Dean, Phoebe & George Stephenson, Alan Thornton, my sister Sophia, and to everyone who made donations and attended the day. Without you all, this day would not have been possible."

Alison Robert's & Sue Trevor's TEA Party

"What started out as a fleeting fancy for a cream cake became a full blown team effort by having a Tea Party for “charity”. Having seen the article in Woman & Home magazine that March 2008 was Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month we decided that we could donate the proceeds to The Eve Appeal.

In a short space of time we had plenty of interest and support. Our employer, the Audit Commission, supported the event by allowing us to set the display up in the office.

The day arrived and we were overwhelmed with the support and effort staff made – with our “Cake Expert” producing some particularly beautiful examples of her craft.

With a 10.30am start we caught mid-morning snackers and then onto lunch time munchers and afternoon tea addicts. We had colleagues contacting friends and family for orders to take away.

A great success with over £120 raised, we still had cakes and pins to last us for a few days more so the total is still growing!"