Press release - 10/08/2021
Celebrities help to Raise £25,000 for Wildlife Conservation & to save a small business
Small homewares and gifts company Creature Candy are joining forces with celebrities to raise money for wildlife charities
WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND – Creature Candy have enlisted the help of celebrities and influencers for a new fundraising campaign, that aims to raise money for British wildlife charities through the sale of signed prints.
Based in Warwickshire, Creature Candy is a small business with big ambitions to help protect struggling wildlife species. Over the past year they have gone from strength to strength, attracting larger stockists such as the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), National Trust and Eden Project. They also have whole list of wildlife charities that are waiting to work with them on brand new designs to raise money for future conservation projects. However each new endeavour comes with costs, which are proving difficult to cover.
In order to raise the funds necessary to expand and work with more charities, Creature Candy have launched their new ‘Big Fundraiser for Wildlife’. "Creature Candy are proud to support a number of wildlife charities and important conservation projects - it’s the backbone of what we do!” said Lizzie Barker, founder and director of Creature Candy. “This exciting fundraising campaign is a chance for us to raise much needed funds for the charities we support, as well as some for us as a small business, operating at a very difficult time. The money raised will allow us to develop the business and ultimately raise more funds for more charities. We are overwhelmed by the number of celebrities and influences that have come forward to help us, and we can’t thank them enough”.
Therefore on Monday 9th August, Creature Candy launched the ‘Big Fundraiser for Wildlife 2021’, sponsored by NHBS, Wildcare, Green & Blue, and Ivy & Rigg. The campaign is running via their website to sell art prints, signed by various wildlife loving celebrities (see list below). Each person has selected one design to champion and sign 100 A4 prints. The release of the prints is staggered over an exciting few weeks and are on sale to the public for £25, with 50% donated to the charity associated with the design (e.g. 50% of the sale of signed moth prints will be donated to Butterfly Conservation). They have set a goal of £50,000 in total (a donation of £25,000 for the charities) but are hoping to raise as much as possible.
Campaign supporters, chosen design and associated charity:
Chris Packham – The Tiger, supporting The Wildheart Trust.
Gordon Buchanan – The Pangolin, supporting the IUCN Red List.
Megan McCubbin – The Beaver, supporting the Beaver Trust.
Nick Baker – The Moth, supporting Butterfly Conservation.
Peter Egan – The Whale, supporting Humane Society International.
Lorraine Kelly – The Penguin, supporting Royal Zoological Society Scotland.
Dr. Amir Khan – The Giraffe, supporting Royal Zoological Society Scotland.
Hannah Stitfall – The Seal, supporting Cornish Seal Sanctuary.
Adam Henson – The Barn Owl, supporting the Hawk and Owl Trust.
Kate Humble – The Curlew, supporting the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
JB Gill - The Arctic Fox, supporting Royal Zoological Society Scotland.
Alan Titchmarsh - The Red Squirrel, supporting Red Squirrel Survival Trust.
Lucy Hodson (AKA Lucy Lapwing) - The Bee, supporting Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
Samuel West - The Woodpecker, supporting British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
Alison Steadman OBE - The Hedgehog, supporting People’s Trust for Endangered Species.
Jimmy Doherty - The Otter, supporting International Otter Survival Fund.
About Creature Candy
Creature Candy is a homewares and gifts company based in Warwickshire. The company was created to raise awareness of Britain’s declining and protected wildlife species, to encourage and inspire people to take an active role in conservation, and to help raise funds for those charities working hard to protect wildlife. So far they have raised almost £15,000 for the charities they support.
Contact:
Lizzie Barker – Director
TEL: 07712 651 757
EMAIL: lovenature@creaturecandy.co.uk
Link to fundraising page: https://www.creaturecandy.co.uk/big-fundraiser-for-wildlife
