Re-Cycle your Bicycle

Do you have an old bike taking up room in the shed that is no longer used? Why not bring it to Perrywood on Thursday 27 July between 10am and 2pm and donate it to charity? You will clear space for yourself and be supporting a great cause. Re-Cycle (Bikes to Africa) are holding a… Read More »

£1500 raised at Greenfingers Charity Quiz Night!

We held our annual Greenfingers Charity Quiz Night on Wednesday 29th March!   With the fantastic support of our customers, we raised just over £1,500 for the charity which creates inspiring gardens in children’s hospices around the UK for life-limited children and their families to enjoy.     The team ‘Let’s Get Quizzical’ took the… Read More »

Join us for our Greenfingers Charity Quiz Night!

Our Greenfingers Charity Quiz Night is back for 2023! Every single penny made on the night will go to this amazing charity who support children who spend time in hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens for them to relax in and benefit from. A raffle will be held on the… Read More »

£1,400 raised at our Charity Tea Party!

Our Charity Tea Party held in the Coffee Shop & Restaurant this afternoon (25/01) was a roaring success! Over £1400 was raised for Hope for Tomorrow (one of our chosen charities) from ticket and raffle sales.     Seventy customers enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea of freshly-made sandwiches, scones and cakes served by the Perrywood team.  … Read More »

Join us for a Charity Tea Party!

Join us in our Coffee Shop & Restaurant for a Charity Tea Party on Wednesday 25th January!   All proceeds will go to our new 2023 charity (to be announced in January!).   Ticket includes tea or coffee, a selection of finger sandwiches, cakes and a fruit scone (please note the photo shown is 2… Read More »

£1350 raised at our Charity Tea Party!

Our Charity Tea Party held in the Coffee Shop & Restaurant this afternoon (10/8) was an amazing success! £1350 was raised for Abberton Rural Training (one of our chosen charities) from ticket and raffle sales.     Sixty customers enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea of freshly-made sandwiches, scones and cakes served by the Perrywood team.  … Read More »

£7,000 raised to purchase an ultrasound machine for Colchester Hospital

The Coffee Shop &  Restaurant team are delighted to have raised £7,000 to purchase an ultrasound machine for the Emergency Assessment Unit at Colchester Hospital. A total of £5,750 was collected in tips by the team (every year, the team very kindly donate all their tips to charity) and £1,250 was kindly donated by customer… Read More »

Perrywood celebrates Corporate Partnership of the Year Award with Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity

We are delighted to have won an award for Corporate Partnership of the Year by the Chartered Institute of Fundraising East Anglia for our fundraising work with Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity. For the last two years (until December 2020), Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity was one of our nominated ‘charities of the year’ and… Read More »

Skipping into Spring for Greenfingers Charity

The team at Perrywood are skipping into Spring to raise much needed funds for Greenfingers Charity and we really need your support! Every March, we support Garden Re-Leaf Day, a national fundraising event that is organised by Greenfingers Charity. The charity is dedicated to supporting the children who use hospices around the UK, along with their families,… Read More »

Helping local communities to get growing in 2021

Now, more than ever, we have seen the joy and therapeutic benefits that gardening can bring to people’s lives. Our aim is to get more people growing in 2021. This year, we will be supporting two charities and a community interest company who use gardening to help vulnerable groups, including refugees, the unemployed, adults with… Read More »

Open your garden to inspire others, and to raise money for charity

Opening your garden for charity is a great opportunity to invite your local community into your garden, to share your passion for plants and inspire others to get growing. Not to mention the added bonus to raising money for charity. You don’t have to have a perfect garden to take part. Anyone who is willing… Read More »

Houseplant donation to offices at Colchester Hospital

The Perrywood team visited the offices of Colchester Hospital on Friday with a donation of £350 houseplants. This was organised in conjunction with Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity. Staff from the hospital were ready and waiting for this special delivery! It is well known that houseplants can be hugely beneficial to health – they boost… Read More »

Perrywood Sudbury is a supporting sponsor of St Helena Hospice Snowdrops

We are delighted to be a supporting sponsor of a stunning visual display of commemorative Snowdrops at Beth Chatto Gardens, organised by St Helena Hospice. This February, a limited number of hand-crafted Snowdrops will be planted amongst a bed of real snowdrops, creating a striking visual display as they come into bloom. This stunning visual… Read More »

Perrywood Tiptree Coffee Shop raises £6,640 for Colchester Hospital

Thanks to the generosity of our customers, the Coffee Shop & Restaurant team donated an amazing £6,640 in 2019 to Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity. Instead of receiving tips, the team chose to give any donations to this fantastic charity. In March, the team donated £1,000 to purchase a year’s supply of dominoes, playing cards,… Read More »

Spreading some Christmas cheer in the community!

For the last four years, we have delivered Christmas planted containers to individuals local to Perrywood Tiptree who, for one reason or another, have deserved some Christmas cheer. This year, we had the pleasure of spreading some seasonal cheer in communities near to Perrywood Tiptree and Perrywood Sudbury. Members of our Tiptree team visited Kids… Read More »

Donation of heart monitors to Colchester Hospital

This week, the Perrywood Tiptree Coffee Shop & Restaurant team presented the Cardio-Respiratory department at Colchester Hospital with a cheque for £2,600 to purchase two children’s heart monitors – it was very gratefully received. Thanks to the generosity of our customers, the Coffee Shop & Restaurant team has now donated a fantastic £5,100 this year… Read More »

Over £12,000 raised for charities so far this year!

It’s been yet another busy year at Perrywood Tiptree with over £12,000 raised so for our nominated charities. So far, we have raised: £1,600 for Greenfingers Charity £1,200 for Kids Inspire £ 9,300 for Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity We appreciate all the support from our customers and staff in raising this fantastic sum. Here… Read More »

Helping Kids Inspire with their new garden

Kids Inspire, one of our chosen charities, have recently moved to new premises at Hargrave House in Great Baddow, Chelmsford. They have acquired a fantastic outdoor space, but it is in need of a great deal of work including plenty of clearing, cutting back and planting. They organised a ‘Big Garden Day’ working party on… Read More »

Over £26,000 raised for charities in 2018!

We are delighted to announce we have raised a fantastic £26,120 for our chosen charities in 2018! The money was raised through a combination of in-store events and staff activities. We are thrilled to have raised this huge sum and thank all our customers and staff for their ongoing support. This grand total is made… Read More »