Registered Charity
No. 1002063
Latest News
This is where we will post all the latest news about our charity and what we are up to.
It will keep you up to date on important items between the publication of our newsletters.
PO Box 752 Discontinued
We wish to inform everyone that PO Box 752 originally created to receive Christmas Draw tickets has been dis-continued, as this year the Charity's Christmas Prize Draw is going Online. The change to an online draw creates a real saving for the charity which enables that saving increasing our funds to help support our work.
September 2026
Afternoon tea - September 2026
Saturday 26th September 2026
Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel the afternoon tea that was scheduled to take place on Saturday 26th September. We will be back as usual in October.
Our afternoon tea, as with all of our events, are run entirely by volunteers and Trustees. Sometimes it can be difficult to bring together enough volunteers to be able to run these events. If you could spare some time to help out with events such as our afternoon teas, which take place on the last Saturday of each month (except for December), please let us know. It only takes a few hours of your time and would be greatly appreciated.
If you would like to find out more, please email office@takeheart.net
Christmas Draw 2026
Our draw goes online
This year, we are making an exciting change to one of our best loved traditions, our Christmas Prize Draw is moving online.
For as long as many of us can remember, the draw has relied on paper tickets – printed, distributed, sold, tracked, and counted by hand by our trustees and volunteers. It is a job that we always grateful for getting done, but it also takes up a huge amount of unpaid time and money that could be spent directly on our cause instead.
From this year, the draw will be run entirely through ZEFFY, a fundraising platform that charities can use completely free of charge. Members will be able to buy their tickets online in just a few clicks and the draw itself will be conducted digitally, with results shared the same way.
Why we are making the change
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Less admin, more mission. Selling and reconciling paper tickets takes many hours of volunteer and trustee time each year. Moving online frees that time up for the work that matters most.
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No more printing costs. Tickets, promotional flyers and results flyers have all traditionally needed to be printed and distributed – a cost we can now put towards our members and beneficiaries instead.
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No banking charges. Handling large volumes of cash and cheques from ticket sales comes with banking fees. An online platform removes this cost entirely.
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A real saving for the charity. Altogether, we expect this change to save the charity approximately £2,000 a year – money that will go straight back into supporting our work.