Store team help brew up charity cash EMMA CURRY

PARTNERS and customers at John Lewis Cheadle held a Blooming Great Tea Party to support Marie Curie.

The event was held on in The Place To Eat cafe in the store.

The Blooming Great Tea Party is Marie Curie’s summer fundraiser and encourages everyone to get together and hold a tea party, bake sale or special tea break.

This year the Blooming Great Tea Party is being supported by John Lewis shops up and down the country and the company will also be making an additional £20,000 donation to Marie Curie, following the tea parties that have taken place in John Lewis shops up and down the country this June.

Christina Underhill, community liaison coordinator at John Lewis Cheadle, said: “We’re so proud to be a part of Marie Curie’s Blooming Great Tea Party campaign this year and I know our partners had a great time hosting our own tea party with customers in The Place to Eat.

“It was great to see so many people get involved in such a great cause over a cuppa and some cake and we hope that through our tea party we’ve encouraged lots of people to host their own too.”

Julie Peters, Marie Curie community fundraiser, said: “We had a fantastic time sharing a cuppa and cake with everyone and hope we’ve inspired lots of people to hold their own Blooming Great Tea Party later in the month.

“Every cuppa counts in helping Marie Curie provide care and support to people living with a terminal illness and their families.”