A mouth-watering fundraiser is coming to Shropshire!

Hope House and Ty Gobaith in north Wales are calling on cake lovers to bake buns, ice sponges and cut out cookies as part of 'Eat Cake Week' from April 16 to 20.

Almost 100 cake shops, cafes and restaurants, schools, clubs, businesses and individuals have already signed up to take part including Kidzone Nursery, Specsavers and Arla in Oswestry, who are all planning bake sales, while the Alderford Café in Whitchurch is planning a cake-themed event.

Practice Plan in Oswestry staff are also holding their own Bake-Off with Hope House area fundraiser Lynsey Kilvert having the tasty task of judging the cakes!

"It is a really simple and fun way to help us make a real difference to children and families, and who doesn’t like cake!," said Lynsey, "You can organise a tea party, a cake sale, a bake off, a cake competition – the choice is completely yours!"

Last year’s Eat Cake week raised almost £10,000 which enabled Hope House and Ty Gobaith to provide vital respite and end of life care to terminally ill children from across Shropshire, Cheshire, north and mid Wales, and support bereaved families too.

No charge is ever made to families for the help provided – so the charity needs to raise at least £6.3 million every year to make sure it can fund its crucial services.

"If hundreds of schools, clubs, businesses and cafes get involved in the 2018 Eat Cake we could smash our total and that would be incredible," Lynsey added.

A special Eat Cake fundraising pack has been produced which includes banners, stickers, posters, table toppers and balloons to help you theme your event, and top tips on making it go with a bang!

Children and staff at Hope House in Oswestry and Ty Gobaith in Conwy are already getting involved in the baking bonanza, and staff and volunteers in the charity’s shops in in Bangor, Denbigh, Llandudno, Wrexham, Chester, Nantwich, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Wellington and Welshpool are creating cake themed windows too.

So what are you waiting for? Don’t miss out! Call the Hope House fundraising office on 01691 671671 or go online to www.hopehouse.org.uk and claim your free Eat Cake pack today!