Virtual afternoon tea parties to raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation
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A CHARITY which suppors child health and medicine across Moray and Grampian has urged people to come together to support its work.
The ARCHIE Foundation 2020 has had a tought 2020 but insits its specialist support, staff, equipment and facilities the charity funds are too vital to put at risk.
That’s why the charity is calling on supporters to host virtual afternoon tea parties or coffee mornings through the month of November to raise funds for the charity and to increase awareness of the vital support and services it provides for local babies, children and families across the north and north east of Scotland.
The ARCHIE Foundation has been helping sick children for over two decades, funding key roles and projects at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and also in more recent years at Highland Children’s Unit and Tayside Children’s Hospital.
The charity also supports babies born too sick or too early through its Friends of the Neonatal Unit at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and through its Grampian Child Bereavement Network the charity provides bereavement support for children who have lost a loved one.
Many families receive support from different parts of the charity at different stages in their lives.
Premature babies who start their journey in the neonatal unit often receive further treatment and care in Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and sadly too many children every year experience the loss of a loved one.
Community fundraising officer Emily Findlay, who herself received support from The ARCHIE Foundation as a youngster, ran her own virtual baking fundraiser during lockdown and is keen to engage the wider community in doing something similar.
“I had so much fun baking cakes and even delivering full afternoon teas during lockdown! I’m really keen for other people to get a taste of how fulfilling it can be to produce something amazing and through that to raise funds for a much loved local charity.
"As a team we’re going to host our own event on November 17 to mark World Prematurity Day and we would love to see other people doing the same either on the same date or any day in November that works for them.”
If you are interested in running your own virtual afternoon tea go to https://archie.org/events/afternoontea/ to download your free fundraising
information pack or email hello@archie.org or call 01224 559559 for more information.
