Happy New Year everyone!
Now we're back from our break, I thought it would be a good opportunity to give people an idea of what Sent With Love achieved in 2015, and what we aim to achieve this year.
When we closed for Christmas, we had just despatched our 186th blanket. 186 people have been nominated to receive a handmade blanket, made with love, during a terribly tough time. Not only does that make us extremely proud of Sarah's vision and project, but it also shows us just how much support we have been receiving, in the form of square/blanket donations, and from the people who have volunteered to sew squares together, or made donations for postage. It was a wonderfully successful year, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who played a part in it.
This year, our aim is to raise the profile of Sent With Love as much as possible. Last year, due to the #LegUp campaign started by Adam, Josh and Alex on The Last Leg, we received a huge amount of support via Twitter and Facebook groups. It was a wonderful springboard for the project, with so many new people liking our page, sharing our page, and telling their friends about us. The Last Leg then gave us national coverage on the Stand Up To Cancer telethon, which was absolutely phenomenal. I genuinely can't express the pride I felt for Sarah, knowing her idea was being shown on a charity broadcast all over the country - it was a very emotional moment for all of us.
Whilst that was an absolutely HUGE step for us, this year, we want to go bigger. We want to get Sent With Love right out there to the masses. Many of you may have seen the latest Cancer Research UK advert which states that around 928 people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer every day. That is a huge amount of people, and so many of those people will have friends and relatives who feel helpless. What better way to show their love than by nominating them for a blanket, made with love, by people all over the UK and abroad?
As a team, we can only take publicising Sent With Love so far. We really need your help. Word of mouth, Facebook invites, shares and retweets are all critical tools in letting people know we are here, but we want to think outside the box. So we are turning to you. Please feel free to message us, or comment on Facebook or the blog, with any ideas you can think of that will help us to spread the word. There are currently 4 of us, plus a whopping 1588 of you who like us on Facebook. That is a massive amount of brainpower, and I know that you will all have some wonderful ideas that will help us to cast our net wider, and get the project as much recognition as possible. The only thing we cannot arrange are raffles or any other gambling- as we are a project and not a registered charity, this is illegal and could cause us a whole load of problems.
2016 will open so many opportunities for Sent With Love to grow, and to get the recognition from people that it deserves. We are all very much looking forward to our future, and with you all behind us, I am sure that we can make Sarah's vision absolutely huge.
With Love and Best Wishes,
Shelley @ Sent With Love xxx
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