Hello there! It’s Parcel Pete with you today, just thought I’d give you a little catch up of what I’ve been up to recently. On Saturday 14th September I attended The Henry Allen Appeal charity ball in Milton Keynes and what a fab night it was!
The Henry Allen Appeal:
4 year old Henry Allen is fighting against high risk Neuroblastoma, a form of cancer. As treatment in the UK is limited an appeal has been set up for him to raise the £500,000 needed to send him abroad, so far the appeal has raised over £80,000 since being set up in February.
The Charity Ball:
The Charity Ball, organised by Lisa Forrest and assisted by UK Mail employee and appeal team member Emma Boulton, has been 5 months in the making. On the night we had live music from local artists Nicky Prince and her band Soul Selecta & Katie Buckhaven, who was discovered by Michael Parkinson, raffle and silent auction with prestigious prizes. There was also an in house photographer on the night taking my snaps with guests. Local radio station MKFM was also there on the night to support the event.
Funds Raised:
We had a fantastic night; I boogied away with great people and enjoyed a slap up meal. In total the appeal raised £3397, to which ipostparcels.com’s parent company UK Mail, donated an extra £1100 taking the final amount to £4497! A brilliant achievement all round!
Parcel Pete turned the ripe old age of 2 on August 9th which of course called for a celebration and some fun for all!
To help celebrate his Birthday, UK Mail and ipostparcels.com staff all got involved in a nationwide Bake Off.
Bake Sale:
We had cakes galore across the UK and they were all sold to help raise some much needed funds for The NSPCC.
We have raised nearly £600 which is a fantastic amount for our charity The NSPCC. The money raised will of course help The NSPCC continue with their great work they do to support and protect our children.
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Thank you:
We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you our loyal and valued customer; for your continued support in helping ipostparcels.com grow bigger and better.
Here’s to another successful year ahead!
Hi there! It’s Parcel Pete; it’s been a while since I last updated you on what I’ve been up to. I’ve been working alongside my fellow ipostparcels.com colleagues for some fantastic charitable causes.
Summer Fete
So I first went to Bracknell to a fantastic summer fete hosted by Sandy Lane Primary School in order to help them raise money so they could make improvements to their middle playground by adding benches, play equipment and toys to enhance the children’s break and lunchtimes.
It was a great day and the weather held out, they had all sorts of fun activities such as apple bobbing, coconut shy, bouncy castle, football and hook a duck, a police car for the children to sit in, along with a host of cake stalls. It was truly a day to remember as children and parents came together to enjoy the anticipated event.
We raised £5k and UK Mail; our parent company, also donated an extra £1100 taking the final total to £6100!
Midnight Walk
I also had a bit of a late one the other night as I was taking part in a midnight walk for The Hospice of St Francis, a great charity that provides professional support and care for people with terminal illness.
There was a sea of pink walking a good 11 miles; I even donned the pink t-shirt! It was a brilliant excuse for a night out with friends also a fab way to get fit and raise money for such a worthy cause.
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You can check out all my pictures from my latest charity on the ipostparcels.com Facebook page.
Now that I’ve recovered from all that fun, I’m back on the road collecting and delivering your parcels!
Hi! It’s Parcel Pete here, just giving you an update on what I’ve been up to recently as side from delivering your parcels. On Wednesday 10th April I went to visit The NSPCC, who are UK Mail’s and ipostparcels.com’s chosen charity.
NSPCC & ipostparcels.com:
As you may know ipostparcels.com is part of the UK Mail group who are one the largest mail, parcels and logistics company in the UK. As part of the group, last year we chose the NSPCC as our charity to support further in its quest to end cruelty to children. The charity also provides ChildLine and a national helpline so that any worried or concerned child or adult can call anytime for help or advice.
The NSPCC has been able to help more than 10 million children in the UK since it was founded in 1880, and as it is funded primarily by public donations, it can direct resources to where it believes the need is greatest.
Special Delivery:
Throughout the year my ipostparcels.com team and UK Mail staff have been raising money for the NSPCC through a variety of activities as well as dress down days and payroll lottery. So on Wednesday I went down to the NSPCC’s office in Birmingham to make a special delivery. In total we donated a staggering £35,300! We hope this goes a long way to help and support the great work the charity has been doing.
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You can check out the picture of me handing the cheque over to the NSPCC on our Facebook page.
BBC1 will be taken over by Comic Relief on Friday 15th March, a night of sketch shows, performances and most importantly fundraising for a just world free from poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ve taken a look into the Comic Relief archive and put together some of its funniest moments over the years.
Comic Relief History:
It all started back in 1985 on Christmas Day, live on BBC1 from a refugee camp in Sudan. At the time there was devastating famine in Ethiopia and action was needed. Comic Relief came into place to help. The idea behind it was to bring together British celebs to make the public laugh while they raised money. In 1988 red nose day was launched and made a huge impact with the first televised night raising a staggering £15m!
Comic Relief’s Funniest Moments:
The ipostparcels.com team have had a look through at some of the most memorable Comic Relief moments and put together the top 3:
No 3- James Cordon playing Smithy from Gavin and Stacey wanders in to the England footy teams meeting and gives them a motivational speech using the wise words of John Barnes
No 2- The French kiss, back in the 90’s a million pounds was raised purely for Dawn French’s dream to come true and get a loving kiss from a rather young Hugh Grant- the build up to this was hilarious!
No 1- Our top moment was when Ali G interviewed Posh Spice and David Beckham, it was from this interview the world was privy to the nickname Victoria had for David ‘Golden Balls’. Line of the night was when Ali G asked Victoria if her little boy had started to put sentences together, she answered as she would about her son but Ali G was actually asking about Becks!
This year is set to be another eventful night with plenty more laughs to help tackle the serious issue that is poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ll be doing our bit by dressing down and wearing red whilst making sure your parcels go out for next day delivery.
BBC Children in Need appeal takes place every year in November and this year it’s taking place on Friday 16th November. Parcel Pete has travelled up to our Newcastle depot to take part in some charity fundraising. Keep a close eye on the ipostparcels.com Facebook page for the pictures, coming soon!
History of Children in Need:
Since 1980the charity has raised over £600 million to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
Pudsey Bear made his television debut in 1985 when Terry Wogan introduced the new, brown cuddly mascot to the audience designed by a BBC graphic designer who named him after the village she was born in.
Pudsey proved very popular and returned as BBC Children in Need's official logo with his design amended to that of a yellow bear with a red spotted bandage.
Appeal Night:
Every year the BBC host a fun filled appeal night with celebrities and local communities all taking part in various activities for the worthy cause. This year Parcel Pete decided to stop off at Newcastle to help with a spot of fundraising whilst on his parcel delivery route. The ipostparcels.com team can’t wait to see what he got up to and will be uploading some pictures very soon!