Hi! It’s Parcel Pete here, just giving you an update on what I’ve been up to recently as side from delivering your parcels. On Wednesday 10th April I went to visit The NSPCC, who are UK Mail’s and ipostparcels.com’s chosen charity.
NSPCC & ipostparcels.com:
As you may know ipostparcels.com is part of the UK Mail group who are one the largest mail, parcels and logistics company in the UK. As part of the group, last year we chose the NSPCC as our charity to support further in its quest to end cruelty to children. The charity also provides ChildLine and a national helpline so that any worried or concerned child or adult can call anytime for help or advice.
The NSPCC has been able to help more than 10 million children in the UK since it was founded in 1880, and as it is funded primarily by public donations, it can direct resources to where it believes the need is greatest.
Special Delivery:
Throughout the year my ipostparcels.com team and UK Mail staff have been raising money for the NSPCC through a variety of activities as well as dress down days and payroll lottery. So on Wednesday I went down to the NSPCC’s office in Birmingham to make a special delivery. In total we donated a staggering £35,300! We hope this goes a long way to help and support the great work the charity has been doing.
Facebook:
You can check out the picture of me handing the cheque over to the NSPCC on our Facebook page.
BBC1 will be taken over by Comic Relief on Friday 15th March, a night of sketch shows, performances and most importantly fundraising for a just world free from poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ve taken a look into the Comic Relief archive and put together some of its funniest moments over the years.
Comic Relief History:
It all started back in 1985 on Christmas Day, live on BBC1 from a refugee camp in Sudan. At the time there was devastating famine in Ethiopia and action was needed. Comic Relief came into place to help. The idea behind it was to bring together British celebs to make the public laugh while they raised money. In 1988 red nose day was launched and made a huge impact with the first televised night raising a staggering £15m!
Comic Relief’s Funniest Moments:
The ipostparcels.com team have had a look through at some of the most memorable Comic Relief moments and put together the top 3:
No 3- James Cordon playing Smithy from Gavin and Stacey wanders in to the England footy teams meeting and gives them a motivational speech using the wise words of John Barnes
No 2- The French kiss, back in the 90’s a million pounds was raised purely for Dawn French’s dream to come true and get a loving kiss from a rather young Hugh Grant- the build up to this was hilarious!
No 1- Our top moment was when Ali G interviewed Posh Spice and David Beckham, it was from this interview the world was privy to the nickname Victoria had for David ‘Golden Balls’. Line of the night was when Ali G asked Victoria if her little boy had started to put sentences together, she answered as she would about her son but Ali G was actually asking about Becks!
This year is set to be another eventful night with plenty more laughs to help tackle the serious issue that is poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ll be doing our bit by dressing down and wearing red whilst making sure your parcels go out for next day delivery.
BBC Children in Need appeal takes place every year in November and this year it’s taking place on Friday 16th November. Parcel Pete has travelled up to our Newcastle depot to take part in some charity fundraising. Keep a close eye on the ipostparcels.com Facebook page for the pictures, coming soon!
History of Children in Need:
Since 1980the charity has raised over £600 million to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
Pudsey Bear made his television debut in 1985 when Terry Wogan introduced the new, brown cuddly mascot to the audience designed by a BBC graphic designer who named him after the village she was born in.
Pudsey proved very popular and returned as BBC Children in Need's official logo with his design amended to that of a yellow bear with a red spotted bandage.
Appeal Night:
Every year the BBC host a fun filled appeal night with celebrities and local communities all taking part in various activities for the worthy cause. This year Parcel Pete decided to stop off at Newcastle to help with a spot of fundraising whilst on his parcel delivery route. The ipostparcels.com team can’t wait to see what he got up to and will be uploading some pictures very soon!