Archway Late Summer Festival - Saturday 19th September 11.30am

Whoop whoop! We will have a stall at the Archway Town Centre Festival! Please pop by and say hello! We are showcasing our Archway Branded range of products - with new lines in production for this season!  We will be having a raffle to raise money for The Toy Project! You may remember last March we had a Toy Collection and it was such a huge success we think timing is perfect for a pre-christmas clear out!  So we are launching a 2 week Toy Collection for this great charity! Just look at how generous you lot were last time!

One of the charities that The Toy Project support is Caris Islington who work with children who have been bereaved - mostly children who have lost a parent and they use the toys you donate in play therapy - so this is a way that we can directly help in a completely practical and useful way!

We will be collecting all pre-loved toys at the shop - please just bring them in and we'll pass them to The Toy Project.

Loads of Archway businesses will be represented at this fun free event, there will be face-painters and entertainers for the kids and a special 20% discount promotions in the shops for all Archway Card holders.

Kick off is 11.30am in Archway Mall!  Please please please let the sun shine!

The Toy Project

You may have seen that for the last 2 weeks we have been collecting used and new toys for The Toy Project.  Once again we have been overwhelmed by your amazing generosity!  Jane from The Toy Project has been equally delighted with the quality of the toys you gave us and has sent some pictures with some insight as to how the toys will be used in their new homes.  

This is quality stuff! Lovely to be able to use this with the grieving kids. Many & huge thanks!

One of the charities that The Toy Project support is Caris Islington

"We are amazed by the generosity of all the supporters of the Toy Project. Our charity works with children who have been bereaved - mostly children who have lost a parent - so we use all sorts of toys in the play therapy we do. We are SO grateful to you all at the toy project. It's been fantastic receiving the toys your supporters have been sending us. Your project is supporting us in a completely practical and useful way and we can't thank you enough. Lucky us that you are up and running in such a powerful way! Lydia, Caris Islington"

Other donations have been re-homed with PramDepot, the Ifor Ward at the Royal Free and Ambler Primary School!

A huge thank you to all those who donated!  

p.s. I was secretly delighted to see that my teenage heart-throb Jason Donovan has been a supportive patron of TheTOYProject since day one.  He regularly donates personal items that they auction to raise funds.  Those of us "of a certain age" will understand my inexplicable excitement at his fan twitter RT's and following the success of our collection!

Toy Collection for The Toy Project - 1st March - 14th March

You may remember just before Christmas we helped the Islington Met Police collect over 300 gifts to be given to children in care across the borough!  We were bowled over by your generosity and so when we were approached by The TOY Project earlier this year - we knew that we'd like to help again!

The TOY project provides basic support tools for children across the UK who have lost a family member or friend. Every year in the UK over 20,000 children under the age of 18 experience the death of a parent – that is around 60 children and young people bereaved of a mother or father every day.

The Toy Project RECYCLE unwanted and un-needed toys, With no government support they rely solely on the support of the public. These could be toys to use in play therapy to help children open up about their feelings or simply a teddy bear to comfort them at night. So here's where you come in!  Spring clean your toy cupboards, all the toys your children may have enjoyed but outgrown can be recycled and given a new loving home. 

Please bring your bags & boxes of Toys into the shop before the 14th March, when we will hand over to the TOY project.