Teddy Tombola
Bletchingley Village Fayre May 2018
The Centre is always keen to support local fundraising organisations. For the past few years, we have operated a stall at the Bletchingley Village Fair and the Godstone Fete. These are always enjoyable; give us the opportunity to raise our profile and to meet local residents. Two years ago, we came up with the idea of providing a Teddy Tombola stall. This stall comprises of a display of, on average, two hundred teddies. Each teddy is given a name. To participate a ticket displaying the name of a teddy can be purchased for £1.00 and that ticket is then matched to a teddy on display. The teddy then has a new home!
To ensure that we have enough teddies for the two events we ask for donations of unwanted soft toys, in good condition, to maintain our stocks.
This has proved to be very successful as nearly everyone has a collection that they do not want but do not want to throw away.
Our involvement with the Fair and the Fete have resulted in generous donations to the Centre. Certainly a ‘win-win’ situation.