Packed with Smiles

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Interested? Contact us at hello@packedwithsmiles.org.uk 💙

Spreading some festive cheer with books for our PWS families 📚❤️

As part of his Duke of Edinburgh Silver award, Joe will be running an amazing 150 miles over the course of 6 months to raise money for Packed with Smiles! Thank you and best of luck Joe, we can’t wait to follow your journey with you! 💙 justgiving.com/fundraising/ru…

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We were delighted to find out that Charity Times publication released 'The Top 10 Christmas Campaigns in 2020'. The highlighted charities include Children in Need, Teenage Cancer Trust, MENCAP, Great Ormond Street, so you can imagine our surprise when we featured in their top 10!

⏰⏰ 10 day countdown! ⏰⏰ until our Big Community Raffle closes! Visit packedwithsmiles.org.uk/the-big-commun… to see all 50 businesses involved and the all important text name and number!

Packed with Smiles BIG COMMUNITY RAFFLE 2020 is now officially open! Visit packedwithsmiles.org.uk/the-big-commun… for the full list of businesses taking part, their amazing prizes on offer and the all important text name and number to enter! Good luck! 💛

Shout out and thank you to Faith who raised £3,095 for Packed with Smiles by taking part in a crazy swim challenge! 💙 read all about it on our website blog - packedwithsmiles.org.uk/post/spooky-sw…

We are delighted to announce that we have received an incredible grant from The National Lottery Community Fund (@TNLComFund)! A special thanks to the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, TNL Community Fund and the @DCMS for making this happen 💙 #packedwithsmiles #communitiescan

We are now registered with Amazon Smile - every time you shop with them, they donate a small % to us! Shop online via smile.amazon.co.uk or on your Amazon app, switch Amazon Smile to ‘ON’ and choose us as your chosen charity - make a difference whilst you shop! 💛

It’s only been a few days since our parcels were delivered, but already we’ve received some lovely feedback 💙 We cannot wait to share more feedback with you over the coming weeks!

Packing day complete ✔️ these are now all ready to head off to their new homes 💙

This week’s THANK YOU goes to 10 year old Millie, who selflessly opted for donations to Packed with Smiles rather than presents for her 10th birthday party last month. In doing so, Millie raised an amazing £265 which will be going directly towards helping our PWS families 💛💙

Thank you Mark!! @CIConnectLtd 💙👇🏼

Shout out and big thank you to our local Southend @waitrose who have selected Packed with Smiles as one of their green token charities for August! As part of their Community Matters scheme, £1,000 is shared between three local causes, and we are one of the 3 💙 #ThankYouWaitrose

Unfortunately due to the forecast today, the @saltwater_111 SUP social paddle is having to be postponed - we will let you know as soon as we have a new date! 🌊💙

A big shout out to @saltwater_111 who have continued to support us by creating these beautiful keyrings with some of the profits donated directly to us 💛 Their SUP club have also arranged a socially distant social paddle this coming Monday 27th from around 5pm - come join us!

Even during lockdown we were truly humbled with the ongoing support from those around us. A special thank you to Lucy Lowry & @DaviesFdn for the incredible £750 charitable grant, which will be used over the coming weeks for the new uniform parcels for the upcoming academic year!