50 Years of Inspiring Creativity
In 2024, Baker Ross celebrated its 50th birthday, and we were thrilled to bring you along for the fun and invite you to join us in celebrating this milestone.
50 Good Deeds
Throughout the year, the Baker Ross team took on personal challenges, volunteered, and donated time and money to achieve our goal of fifty charitable deeds—one for every year of Baker Ross.
Here's the completed list...
- Collecting for local foodbank
- Plant a new hedgerow in Harlow Town Park
- Donating picnic benches to Harlow Town Park
- Donating new bins to Harlow Pets Corner
- Give 50 arts and crafts bundles for local NSPCC services
- Give 50 arts and crafts bundles for Young Lives vs Cancer families
- Staff bake sale for Young Lives vs Cancer
- Drop off cakes and fruit to NHS nurses
- Litter picking in and around Harlow
- Give teddies to the children’s ward at Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Volunteer at an animal shelter
- Donating Art Competition prizes to Stoke Fleming Primary School in Devon
- Host an art competition to win 4 x £100 Baker Ross vouchers
- Gifted nurseries and pre-schools with free arts and crafts
- Donated raffle prizes to Mission Motorsport for their Forces Family Day
- Donate Halloween crafts to Whizz Kidz, the charity for young wheelchair users, for their virtual sessions
- Donate tealight holders to Lyndon Green Infant School's Diwali Fayre
- Gift Bare Necessities Pre-School two raffle prizes for their nativity event
- Send 60 children a Craft-it Box from Santa thanks to charity Kidneys for Life
- Donated bauble making craft kits to Aldbury School for their Christmas fete
- Gifting raffle prizes to Bridgewater Primary School's Christmas raffle
- Staff appreciation bags to celebrate 50 years of business
- Donated vital supplies to Artrack, an organisation that supports adults with autism and learning difficulties
- Send presents to children at Young Lives vs Cancer’s Homes from Home, free accommodations for families during their child’s cancer treatment
- Sent donations to the Candle Light Trust in Leeds
- Supported Ezra's Little Library in Harlow Pet's Corner with free crafts
- Free coffee for customers
- 50 hours working at a charity shop
- Clothing drive for local donation
- Adopt an animal at the zoo
- Knitting premature baby hats
- Mow the lawn for someone in need
- 10K charity run
- Charity bike ride
- Give blood
- Sponsored Iron Man challenge
- Over 500 free craft supplies to Harlow primary schools
- Give out over 100 free craft goody bags to visitors of Harlow Pets Corner
- Provide raffle prizes for Cancer Research UK event, Relay for Life in Ascot
- Donated crafts, stickers, activity books and pencils to Birmingham Children's Hospital.
- Gifted £100 of crafts and stationery to the Paediatric Gastroenterology team at Maidstone Hospital in Kent
- Staff bake sale for Crisis Homeless Charity
- 5 raffle prizes for Bridgewater Primary School's Christmas fete
- Helping the Cowshed Charity in Berkshire bring families in need some Christmas joy
- Teaming up with Young Lives vs Cancer to gift 130 children Christmas Eve Boxes
- Give the Baker Ross staff an extra day of annual leave
- Donated craft materials for Long Ridings Primary School's DT project
- Donated ceramic baubles to Surrey Search & Rescue so they could make and sell Christmas decorations
- Donated crafts and toys to First Step, special needs children's charity in Essex
- Sent St Clare's Hospice in Harlow crafts and toys to use in their family room and in child bereavement groups
