The World's Biggest Coffee Morning!

Last week we took part in a charity event for a very worthy cause, Macmillan Cancer Support. The coffee morning is a national event which started as a small gathering, organised by a local fundraising committee in 1990. It is now is a hugely recognised event, taking place in offices, schools, universities and fundraising societies all over the country. It has grown massively since its inception and has turned into the world’s biggest coffee morning, 43,000 people signed up and took part last year!

At the last minute The Scott Partnership decided it would be good to do something fun for a good cause, especially when it involved mountains of cake….our office loves cake! A coffee morning is a great way to socialise and support a charity at the same time.  The money raised goes towards people living with cancer, as well as providing support for their families and loved ones. With cancer affecting 1 in 3 people in some way, it is an issue close to everyone’s hearts and one that we were all willing to put our hands into our pockets for.

After deciding to have the coffee morning at such short notice I think everybody was impressed at the quality of food which was baked! Homemade  vol au vent’s , lemon drizzle cake, chocolate fudge brownies, donuts, cookies and fairy cakes ( to name only a few) were enough to keep us entertained for the whole day, and full for the whole weekend!

In the end we raised nearly £80 for the charity and went home with our Tupperware boxes full of leftovers. So far the charity has raised over three million pounds and we are proud to say that we were part of it. We hope that in the end Macmillan manages to smash last year’s amount of £8 million. The coffee morning was a huge success and it is definitely safe to say that we will be doing it again!