Thank you for helping make the 2013 MS Cake Break the best yet!

Wow, what a fantastic turnout from local people to the 2013 MS Community Cake Break. The event took place at the Horfield Baptist Church, the perfect venue for eating, drinking and having fun! A big thank you to the church and their volunteers for allowing us to use it for the day.

Despite the hot weather we enjoyed an excellent turn out, the beautiful singing from the Ashley Down Community Choir was a big draw early on, followed by the impressive Learner Brass Band. A huge thank you to these two groups for offering their time, their fine music created a wonderful, happy atmosphere.

Ashley Down Community Choir

There was an amazing array of scrumptious home made cakes of all varieties created by local people and businesses – Delmonico, Fresh Ground Cafe, Gopal’s Curry Shack, Joes’s Bakery, KooKoo Cafe, Pretty Amazing Cakes and The Tea Garden to name but a few.

There was some fabulous face painting by the extremely talented Sophie Atkinson from Fairly Odd Face Painting, there were plenty of super heros and princesses running around! Other kids activities included cake decorating, badge making, guess the name of the bear and lucky dip!

Bristol Learner Brass Band

Dawn Clode of Life and Soul Empowerment was there on the day discussing with people enhancing, holistic treatments for those that suffer with MS or any other ailment www.life-and-soul-empowerment.co.uk

With over 40 excellent prizes the raffle was a big hit, many people left happy with one of the fantastic prizes on offer to include tickets to the Gloucestershire County Cricket, Hair cuts and colours, meals out, Free Dog Vaccinations, Ted Baker sunglasses, champagne, a cuddly toy! And much. much more. A massive thank you to the following local businesses for their much appreciated contribution – Artemis Jewellery, Bishopston Fish Bar, Bristol Building Company, Chatsworth Homes, Christine Higgs Textiles, Delmonico, Express Keys, Fizz Hair, The Flower Shop, Gaia Clinic, Glouestershire County Cricket Club, GP Care, Graham Sothcott Guitar Tuition, Green Room Hair, I Love my PC, Jane Ormes Print, Jemima Lumley Jewellery, Joe’s Bakery, KooKoo Cafe, KudaCan, Life and Soul Empowerment, Lunar Optical, Matters Magazines, Oddsox, Playfull Toyshop, Robyn Coetzee Glass, Srumptiously Sweet, Slimming World, The Royal Oak, The Tea Garden, Vets4Pets Bishopston, Yoga West.

Myself and family are truly delighted with the love and support shown to us once again this year at the community Cake Break and I am delighted to report we raised £620 for the Bristol MS Society. Andy Jarrett, Area Fundraiser for the MS Society was quite overwhelmed when he visited on the day. He was hugely impressed to witness the community coming together in such a positive way to support the charity. It is a disease that I know touches many families in some way. We will continue to work hard to try and beat MS, thank you so much to you all for helping us to achieve this.

More information and pictures will feature in the next issue of Bishopston Matters.