The Balmoral Goes Tea Potty for Save the Children
Did you ever think something as simple as your daily cuppa could help save a child’s life?
The Balmoral is going Tea-Potty for Save the Children week (27th April – 3rd May) by hosting the world’s most important tea party. All next week The Balmoral’s Palm Court will donate £1.00 from every one of their world-famous Afternoon Teas sold to the charity.
To raise further awareness The Balmoral’s Pastry Chef has created a special Afternoon Tea for the week, including children’s favourite traditional fairy cakes. Guests to Palm Court next week will enjoy guilt – free indulgence as they choose from one of 20 types of tea under the sparkling glass dome and Venetian chandelier as a harpist plays in the background.
The funds raised will go towards Save the Children’s largest ever campaign to show how simple it is to save a child’s life.
10 million children die before their fifth birthday every year. That’s as many as one child per three seconds. In the worst countries, like Sierra Leone in Africa, the rates of survival are so drastically low that one in four children do not make the age of five.
The shocking reality behind these figures is that most of these children are dying of causes that are preventable by staggeringly simple treatments. Two of the three main child killers are malaria and diarrhoea, when we know that rehydration salts and mosquito nets – items that cost just a few pounds – would keep these children alive.
Michael Barton, Manager of Palm Court said: “Save the Children’s work has really inspired us to get involved. Vaccinations, antibiotics and mosquito nets are all simple things that can keep a child alive. And it’s simple to raise the money needed to buy those life saving items. Palm Court is the perfect place to have fun and raise money at the same time by enjoying Afternoon Tea tea with friends and family!”
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For more information:
Jessica Trotter
PR and Marketing Manager
Direct line: 0131 622 8825
Email: jtrotter@roccofortecollection.com
NOTES FOR EDITORS
The Rocco Forte Collection was established in 1996 to create a group of luxury hotels in Europe. The hotels have individual styles, with each hotel reflecting its nationality and location. The properties are linked together under The Rocco Forte Collection, which guarantees attention to detail, quality and service delivery.
The Rocco Forte Collection includes:
- Hotel de Russie, Rome
- Hotel Savoy, Florence
- The Balmoral, Edinburgh
- The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
- Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg
- Hotel Amigo, Brussels
- Brown’s Hotel, London
- Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt
- Hotel de Rome, Berlin
- Le Richemond, Geneva
- The Charles Hotel, Munich
Save the Children is the world’s independent charity. We’re outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We’re working flat out to get every child their rights and we’re determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It’s up to you.
For more information about Save the Children’s, please visit the website: www.savethechildren.org.uk
