The raffle at the recent Excellence in Housewares Awards (hosted by Progressive Housewares and bira) raised £4,100, to be divided between industry charity, The Rainy Day Trust and Shelter, which PH has been supporting with Housewares for the Homeless initiatives since 2000.
This year’s raffle supports Shelter’s ‘Welcome Home’ service at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. This helps families across the UK with sick children who are receiving treatment at the hospital. The service supports families who are struggling with rent payments as they have had to reduce working hours in order to care for their children.
The funds will also go towards bringing festive cheer to beneficiaries of The Rainy Day Trust with the provision of hampers or grocery vouchers for Christmas.
The dozen wonderful raffle prizes included a £300 Selfridges shopping spree (donated by BHETA) and a one to one cookery workshop with TV chef Marcus Bean (donated by bira). Other fantastic experiences included £250 of Ticketmaster vouchers (donated by Exclusively Housewares), £200 Eurostar vouchers (donated by Mairhi Coull of McM Marketing) and a £250 gift card for the luxury Hotel Du Vin (donated by Progressive Housewares).
Stunning product prizes included a Global Knife Set and Block (donated by Grunwerg), an anniversary KitchenAid mixer (donated by KitchenAid), a 42-piece cutlery set (donated by Robert Welch Designs), a Tefal Actifry Express XL Air (donated by EPE) and the Baking Bamix (donated by Burton McCall) coupled with a meal for two at one of Royal Lancaster’s restaurants.
On a green note, other lucky winners received a Veritable Smart Indoor Garden (donated by Veritable) and five heritage fruit trees (donated by The Heritage Fruit Tree Company).
Top: Guests at The Excellence in Housewares Awards raised over £4000 for worthwhile causes.
