Simply Wood - Our Chosen Charity, Shelter Box

Simply Wood & Shelter Box.
In 2010 Simply Wood entered its 25th year designing and making bespoke handmade kitchens in Devon, Cornwall and the South West. To celebrate this achievement, bespoke kitchen & furniture designer Mark Trewin set a target to raise enough money to fund 25 Shelter Boxes, 1 for each of the 25 years Simply Wood have been designing and making bespoke kitchens in Devon, Cornwall and the Southwest.

Simply Wood are raising money in a number of ways, staff have come up with their own ideas, which have included street collections in nearby Bude. But the main focus for fund raising for ShelterBox is a series of Chef Master Classes being run in the new ShelterBox kitchen at Simply Wood. The ShelterBox kitchen is a permanent fully working bespoke Simply Wood kitchen theatre where chefs from all over Devon and Cornwall can come and show off their culinary skills to discerning audiences all to raise money for ShelterBox.

The ShelterBox Kitchen at Simply Wood designed by kitchen designer Mark Trewin, demonstrates the modern approach Simply Wood has to kitchen design whilst maintaining traditional values and by combining manmade and natural products. The concept of these evenings is very simple, chefs give their time for free and ask their suppliers to provide the produce, Simply Wood supply the kitchen theatre for free and everyone attending buys a ticket. This means that all of the ticket money from the Simply Wood charity chef evenings goes to ShelterBox and averages out at 1 or 2 Shelter Boxes per event!

The theme of these events are "In Season" and we will be running at least four per year. Tickets are limited to around 50 people, so booking in advance is advisable. Booking is simple; securely online, just follow the link below where you will be able to see the details of all future events, dates, times and prices. Or contact us, to book by phone on 01288 321 772 and pay by debit/credit card, or drop into the Simply Wood showrooms in Kilkhampton near Bude, Cornwall.

If a 'foodie' event isn't your cup of tea, but you would still like to help us reach our goal of 25 Shelter Boxes, then you can donate by following the "JustGiving" link and the money will go straight to ShelterBox;

ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide.

"We have nominated ShelterBox as our official charity for 3 main reasons; It's a fantastically simple but hugely effective idea, you can literally see where your money is going, box by box, and of course ShelterBox is a Cornish based charity"... says Mark Trewin of Simply Wood.

For more information about ShelterBox please visit their website at www.shelterbox.org, or read articles from their blog below;

RSS Articles from Shelter Box

UPDATE: Rotarian takes on winter conditions in aid of ShelterBox
Terry begins fundraising camp-out challenge
Hundreds attend ShelterBox open day
Visitors learn more about disaster relief at open day
Cornish ladies take on the Great Wall of China
Julie and Magdalena trek the Great Wall of China for ShelterBox
Weight-loss challenge raises over £1,200
Dani Yeats' weight-loss challenge raises £1,200 for disaster relief
Timeless Cornwall exhibition supports ShelterBox
Praed Restrospective at The Summerhouse supports disaster relief

Simply Wood, The Showroom, Kilkhampton, Nr.Bude, Cornwall EX23 9QN
Tel: 01288 321772, Fax: 01288 321782, E-mail: info@simplywoodkitchens.co.uk

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