This is just to say thank you, mum (From Worcester News)

This is just to say thank you, mum

11:44am Friday 26th February 2010 in

• Skip social links
• Print
• Email
• Comments(0)

RESIN DANGLE NECKLACE £85 FROM: JAEGER, CATHEDRAL PLAZA

WITH LOVE MINI BAG £15 FROM WHITE STUFF, HIGH STREET

BUTTERFLY UMBRELLA £40 FROM: JAEGER, CATHEDRAL PLAZA

PERDITA BAG £270 FROM: JAEGER, CATHEDRAL PLAZA

MONOCHROME LEOPARD SCARF £90 FROM: JAEGER, CATHEDRAL PLAZA

BUTTON ROSE EARRINGS £8 FROM: WHITE STUFF, HIGH STREET

CLINIQUE BEAUTY FAVOURITES £20 FROM BEAUTY COUNTERS THIS MONTH FOR MOTHER’S DAY

Bring in your old stuff and have 40 cups of tea on us

OXFAM shops across the UK will reward donors for their generosity with 40 free cups of tea each during Fairtrade Fortnight.

Anyone bringing in a bag of quality donations to an Oxfam shop from now until Sunday, March 7, will get a box of 40 Cafédirect tea bags in return.

The charity, which has a shop on Worcester’s High Street, has set a target of almost 85,000 new donations in a fortnight from the tea-swap initiative, at the same time as encouraging consumers to switch over to Fairtrade products. It says this means consumers can help to change lives in two important ways – by supporting Fairtrade producers in the developing world, and by helping Oxfam to raise money to fight poverty.

The offer is part of Fairtrade Fortnight’s theme of The Big Swap, the aim of which is for people across Britain to make one-million-and-one swaps from non-Fairtrade goods to their Fairtrade equivalent during that two-week period. About 250 Oxfam shops will be taking part in the donations-for-tea swap.

Sally Hogg, new products manager at Oxfam, said: “Supporting Fairtrade is a really simple and effective way for people to use their power as high street shoppers to help change lives around the world. By donating to an Oxfam shop, you can help us raise millions of pounds to fight poverty, and during Fairtrade Fortnight you can do both at the same time by swapping your unwanted goods for refreshing Cafédirect tea.”

Cafédirect chief executive Anne MacCaig said: “We’re delighted to be supporting this drive for donations by rewarding people with an excellent cuppa. Once they’ve tasted our brew, we’re confident that people will be inspired to turn over a new leaf and swap to Cafédirect for good.”

Oxfam food shops also sell Cafédirect Fairtrade tea in boxes of 80 for £2.49 and boxes of 440 for £9.99.

What we’re lovin’

1. Tea and coffee
2. Our mums – of course!
3. Spring on its way
4. Colourful tights
5. Still love nail colours

What we’re hating

1. Caffeine withdrawals
2. Forgetting our mums
3. Snow snow and more bloomin’ snow
4. Office tights ‘wars’
5. Nail varnish remover