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BLOOM FOR BROOKEShare the delights of your garden and home grown produce to help working horses, donkeys and mules and the families who depend on them for their livelihoods.
IN YOUR PACK:
What is Bloom for Brooke?
Let’s Get Started – How to Bloom for Brooke
Spread the word
Tell us your story
Encourage donations
About Brooke
Keep in touch
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It doesn’t matter if you’ve not got a garden!
Share your communal garden, allotment, balcony, window box
or what’s growing in your yoghurt pot – everyone can
get involved!
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WHAT IS BLOOMFOR BROOKE?We all love our gardens and the joy that sharing our garden experiences with friends, family, neighbours and in your local community brings.
Here are four great ways to get involved and encourage donations to Brooke:
ORGANISE AN OPEN GARDEN OR TRADITIONAL GARDEN PARTY AND INVITE FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBOURS
SOW, GROW AND GIFT YOUR HOME GROWN GOODS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS SET UP A POP UP HONESTY SHOP OFFERING CUTTINGS, VEGGIES, FLOWERS,
EGGS OR HOMEMADE JAMS AND PICKLES OPEN YOUR GARDEN VIRTUALLY VIA FACEBOOK
LET’S GET STARTED – HOW TO BLOOM FOR BROOKEOrganise an open garden or traditional garden party
Garden parties can be whatever you want them to be – held with a touch of elegance or a backyard barbecue fare with gorgeous flowers and floral decorations, wine and/or festive drinks, simple yet artisanal food, real plates, fabric napkins and tablecloths. The choice is yours.
Just remember to show off your garden asking for donations in aid of Brooke. You can download a poster to display in your window, hang on your gatepost or anywhere you choose saying you are ‘In Bloom for Brooke’. You can even down load invitations, thank you cards and bunting!
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Sow, grow and gift your home grown goods to family and friends
Sow, grow and nurture whatever you like, whether that’s flowers or veggies from seed or taking cuttings of amazing plants to package as gifts. Anything you cultivate over the coming months will help raise vital funds for Brooke and bring a little bit of joy to your local community, especially when you gift someone your home grown produce.
Once you’ve harvested the fruits of your labour, it’s time to encourage donations with your little acts of kindness by leaving a card and thank you on their doorstep. Feel free to download our Bloom for Brooke donation cards which include easy instructions on how recipients can donate.
Gather up a selection of whatever you have been growing or making and give it away to whoever you like. Whether it’s leaving a basket of vegetables on an elderly neighbours doorstep, or gifting someone a bunch of home grown flowers, homemade jam or cakes. It’s totally up to you.
HOW TO BLOOM FOR BROOKESet up a pop up Brooke honesty shop
How often have you been driving along a country lane or through a picturesque village and seen honey, jam, eggs, seedling plants and freshly cut flowers for sale using an honesty box. All you need is a small table or cool box to place your home grown and homemade items on / in and an honesty box for people to pop their kind donations for Brooke in.
Make sure you download a pop up shop poster and thank you card templates to tell friends, family and passers-by you are In Bloom for Brooke.
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Open your garden virtually via Facebook
Ever considered opening your garden virtually? It’s like opening your garden to friends and family but online. You create a fundraiser on Facebook which is where you host your virtual open garden and Bloom for Brooke. You share photos and videos of your gardening experiences on Facebook for friends, family and colleagues to enjoy and in return encourage them to make a donation to Brooke. And you don’t have to have a garden to make a difference – from window boxes to house plants and allotments to container planting in your yard do consider sharing your gardening delights. Download our Step-by-step guide to hosting Bloom for Brooke virtually.
Why not tell everyone about how you are helping Brooke Bloom! Spreading the word about what you are up to via social media, whether that’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp or any other medium you can think of, is a great way to get more people involved in the fun.
Encourage your friends, family and neighbours to our website www.thebrooke.org/bloomforbrooke There are some fabulous resources, hints and tips to help everyone Bloom for Brooke. Just a wonderful way for everyone to get back to nature, not least offering children a brilliant hands on learning opportunity to enjoy all year round.
We would love to see and hear all about your Bloom for Brooke journey and why you chose to support Brooke in Bloom. During and after your fundraiser, please do drop us a line to let us know how much you’ve enjoyed taking part and attach any photos that you would be happy for us to share on our website and social media simply email [email protected]
If you are social media savvy, or you have held a virtual open garden event on Facebook, tag us using #BloomforBrooke and we’ll be sure to see what you’ve been up to! You can also follow us on social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to see how others have been getting involved, as well as to find out more about the difference the money can raise.
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Spread the word
Tell us your story
Whether you decide to host an open garden or traditional garden party, sow, grow and share your own plants from seed, set up a pop up honesty shop or open your garden virtually, try to encourage donations to Brooke from friends and family.
There are a variety of resources mentioned throughout this pack that are free for you to download to help you Bloom for Brooke. The links to download any of the resources were sent to you with this pack in our email welcoming you to Bloom for Brooke.
The resources range from posters and thank you cards, to calling cards and invitations and a Step By Guide to hosting Bloom for Brooke virtually with instructions on how everyone can get involved and donate. Please do get in touch if you need any further assistance at [email protected] or call 020 7470 9393 we would be delighted to hear from you. More information is available at www.thebrooke.org/bloomforbrooke
For those who would like to make larger donations they can do this online here selecting Bloom for Brooke when making their donation.
£5could help us
reach one hard working animal
£20could help to
train a saddler
£27could buy a first aid kit
£35could buy five portable water
troughs
£62could train
a vet
Encourage donations
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How your donation will make a difference
Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys2nd FloorThe Hallmark Building52-56 Leadenhall StreetLondon EC3A 2BJ
Tel: 020 7470 [email protected]
#BloomforBrooke
PREVIOUS PAGE A charity registered with The Charity Commission No. 1085760 company limited guarantee. Registered in England and Wales No. 4119581 Founded by Dorothy Brooke in 1934 Please remember Brooke in your will. President: HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
Brooke has been improving the lives of vulnerable working horses, donkeys and mules and the families and communities that depend on them since 1934.
We operate in some of the world’s most challenging areas in 11 developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Central America. The Brooke team includes vets, animal welfare experts and development specialists.
Brooke works directly with 1.7 million animals and 1.1 million owners, with millions more benefiting as Brooke training, empowerment and system change ripples through whole countries.
About Brooke
