PRESS RELEASE
Release date: 6th
October 2014
Local business lends a paw
to Dogs for the Disabled
A local
Warwickshire business has contributed to raising up to £30,000 for an
assistance dog charity after designing and contributing to a national
fundraising event.
Creative
mailing specialist Jigsaw CCS conceptualised, designed and delivered a number of
‘bone appetite’ breakfast kits for this year’s Big Dogs Breakfast, to help
raise money for Dogs for the Disabled.
The
fundraising event, which offers a twist on traditional coffee mornings, saw a
number of breakfast ‘gatherings’ being held throughout September to help Dogs for the Disabled create more
life-changing partnerships. Event hosts registered to receive a unique Big Dogs
Breakfast kit, which contained event invites, paper cups, napkins, bunting,
posters and balloons, with all
proceeds going to the charity.
As well as
holding their very own Big Dogs Breakfast in Leamington, which raised over £700
for the charity, Jigsaw CCS was also influential in making the entire project
happen in the first place. The company worked very closely with Dogs for the
Disabled and charity sponsor James Wellbeloved to design and hand prepare one
thousand Breakfast kits that were sent out to fundraisers in advance of their events.
This is the second time that the company has been chosen to create the Big Dogs
Breakfast kits, however Jigsaw CCS have provided ongoing support to the
campaign as it has grown over recent years.
Jigsaw CCS Operations
Director, Lorna Harling, explained: “We work
with a number of charities but our creative relationship with Dogs for the
Disabled has really stood the test of time. Charities often have reduced
expenditure, yet quality in the end products cannot be compromised. The Big
Dogs Breakfast is a fantastic fundraising initiative that is becoming more
popular every year and it proves that direct mail doesn’t always have to be
just about promotion, but can used in more creative situations too.”
Dogs for the
Disabled works to provide increased independence to people facing increased
challenges through the support of a dog.
The charity trains assistance dogs for children and adults with a range
of conditions including physical disabilities, autism and most recently
dementia. Dogs for the Disabled also
provides workshops to help families affected by autism explore the helping
potential of a pet dog. The charity
holds its Big Dogs Breakfast month every September, this year, hundreds of
events will happen nationwide. Communications Manager Sarah Watson, who
attended Jigsaw CCS’ own breakfast, explained how invaluable the creative
breakfast kits are.
“It was fantastic to be able to show
our support to Jigsaw CCS’s own Big Dogs Breakfast. They have worked hard on a
number of campaigns to support us as a charity and the work we do. We have
worked closely with Jigsaw CCS for over 10 years now, and as creative mailing
experts they truly understand our requirements. Lorna and her team work closely
with us on a number of projects and deliver truly fantastic results. The
breakfast boxes looked really good and were conceptualised, designed and
packaged in a really professional way,” Sarah Watson said.
The money
raised through Big Dogs Breakfast events will help Dogs for the Disabled train
more dogs and transform the lives of people facing huge challenges everyday.
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Editor’s Note:
Jigsaw CCS
Jigsaw CCS is based in
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and conceptualises, designs, creates bespoke high
quality and specialist mailing solutions, with a strong emphasis on
collaboration with their clients.
Specialising in creative
mailing solutions, Jigsaw CCS place extended focus on direct mail and unique
hand fulfilment solutions. Jigsaw CCS offers a range of bespoke products and
services throughout every stage of the design process. As a company with years
of experience in the creative sector, Jigsaw CCS encompass the knowledge,
expertise and creativity to deliver effective, stand-out jobs smoothly and
efficiently, meeting the design requirements of each client.
About Dogs for the
Disabled
Dogs for the Disabled believes in bringing out the potential in people
through well-trained dogs. The charity,
has trained over 700 assistance dog partnerships working with children and
adults with a wide range of disabilities and conditions including physical
disability, autism and dementia. The
charity has innovated new services to help explore the helping potential of a
well-trained pet dog to help families with a child affected by autism and in
2014 has developed a new service using Animal Assisted Intervention techniques
where a dog and expert handler are working to support students in a special
educational needs school setting. Find
out more at www.dogsforthedisabled.org.
For
further information, please contact:
Nicola
Pittaway, Bridge PR on tel: 024 76 520025, email: nicola@bridgepr.co.uk or
Rebecca
Fahy, Jigsaw CCS on email Rebecca.fahy@jigsawccs.co.uk