aising G und ui F de On your barks, get set, BAKE! Registered Charity Numbers: 227523 & SC037843 ThankWe are so delighted you’ve decided You! to host a Pupcake Bake for Dogs Trust! Whether you’re a barking brilliant baker or a total shop bought faker, every pound raised will go towards helping our four-legged friends. Your sweet treats will help dogs of all shapes, sizes, and ages across the UK. Who would have thought a pupcake could be so powerful? We are so grateful to you for getting your apron on for our furry friends! On your barks, get set, PUP-BAKE! Running your TIPS & TRICKS Organising a Pupcake Bake couldn’t be easier, here are seven simple tips and tricks Pupcaketo make sure your event is a barking success! Bake SET THE DATE The more people who know about your bake sale, the more hounds you can help. Try 1 and pick a date when you know most of your colleagues, friends and family will be hungry & free! PLAN, PROMOTE & HAVE FUN 2 Confirm a venue and a time. Then invite EVERYONE you know! Use all your social media accounts, put up posters and send an email to colleagues, friends & family. Don’t forget to include a link to your online fundraising page if you decide to use one. DON’T FORGET ABOUT ONLINE Friends can’t make your event? They can still support! Setting up a JustGiving page 3 makes it easy to donate from anywhere, at any time! It’s a great way to get some extra ‘dough’ along with the proceeds of your bake sale! For info on how to set up an online fundraising page please email [email protected] and we will be delighted to help. Don’t forget to reference ‘Pupcake’ in the title of your page! STIR IT UP! 4 Unleash your inner ‘Pupcasso’ to make your pupcakes look like your favourite dogs! Try creative flavours and fancy decorating and think about catering for dietary requirements. Don’t forget to have a look at the Food Standards Agency’s tips on staying safe and hygienic in the kitchen: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/providing-food-at- community-and-charity-events. We’ve included some recipes to start you off. Not a baker? Just ask people to bring their own contributions or buy some goodies instead! DO IT FOR THE DOGS! 5 Don’t forget to remind all the dog lovers you know that you are holding a Pupcake Bake event on behalf of Dogs Trust. MAKE US HUNGRY! 6 Share your pictures with us by tagging @DogsTrust on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or email them to our corporate team at [email protected] CLEAN UP TIME After you’ve licked the bowl clean and hung up your apron, remember to collect all 7 the funds you’ve raised and send them to Dogs Trust. Keep reading for more tips for returning those hard earned funds! By doing this you’re helping us change dogs’ lives. Let’s make this the very best Pupcake Bake possible! Cookie’s Story Hi, I’m Cookie and it’s great to meet you! As a thank you, I really want to help I have lived at Dogs Trust Evesham for Dogs Trust, so when I heard about your two and a half years. I originally came Pupcake Bake, I knew I had to get on in as a stray so my friends at Dogs Trust board! don’t know too much about my history or where I came from but that didn’t matter. My human pals tell me that I’m a pretty The Canine Carers were there for me clever lady and so I’ve put together some from day one and knew just how to take barking brilliant tips and tricks in this care of me and help me with my worries guide to help you make your bake sale around meeting new people, I’m a little the best it can be. shy you see. As much as I’d love to help out with the Dogs Trust have helped me so much, baking, my paws simply don’t work like from giving me food and a warm cosy your hands, but I’d like to wish you the bed to providing me with the veterinary very best of luck with your bake. My care I need to keep healthy. They even furry friends and I are so grateful for your take me on lovely walks and practice suppawt! training with me (in exchange for tasty treats)! Your pal, Best of all, I know they’ll take care of me, no matter what, until I find my Forever Cookie x Home! Danny’s Story Hi there! My name is Danny and I would my two-legged pals. I’ve also made like to say a huge big thank you for some great canine companions here choosing to hold a Pupcake Bake to at the centre and love nothing more raise funds for Dogs Trust! than playing in the field with my fellow Greyhound, Gary! I came to Dogs Trust Harefield in March 2017 as an ex-racing dog. I was tired I wouldn’t have the life I do now if it and extremely worried but luckily Dogs wasn’t for amazing friends like you! So, Trust knew exactly what kind of special I’d like to thank you from the bottom of care I needed. My Canine Carer pals built my heart. By holding a Pupcake Bake you up my confidence by giving me lots of will be helping dogs like me get the new TLC and tasty treats and soon helped me start they deserve. to see that the world isn’t such a scary place. I now feel much more confident around Woofs and kisses! humans and love my daily walks with Danny x Casper’s Story Hello! I’m Casper and I just love getting It’s grrrreat to hear that you’ll be donning treats for being a good boy. I am a 10 your apron to do a Pupcake Bake for year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier staying Dogs Trust! Every cake you bake really will as Dogs Trust Glasgow. I’m looking make a difference to the lives of dogs like forward to seeing your Pupcake Bakes. me across the UK! Although I am an older gentleman I do like to think of myself as young at heart Your Pal, and have lots of energy to play. My favourite things in the world are food and Casper x toys – both of which Dogs Trust kindly give me lots of, as well as cuddles and belly rubs! While you are holding your bake sale, or munching some delicious pupcakes, Theyou are also doing acherry really wonderful thing for stray and abandonedon dogs top all over the UK. By baking and selling just six pupcakes, you will be making a huge difference! But why stop there? The sky is the limit and there is so much more you can do... If you sell each pupcake for £2.50, here is what you could be helping us to achieve: 4 PUPCAKES 10 PUPCAKES 20 PUPCAKES £10 £25 £50 Could buy an Could help pay for a Could help towards interactive dog toy course of antibiotics for funding a training session to keep boredom the next poorly dog who for one of our dogs. at bay. comes into our care. 30 PUPCAKES 40 PUPCAKES 60 PUPCAKES £75 £100 £150 Could pay for essential Could cover the cost of Could help pay towards veterinary treatment to the first few days of the maintenance of keep abandoned dogs fit, essential care for a stray our rehoming centre healthy and living life to or abandoned dog. vehicles that help to bring the full. abandoned dogs safely into our care. Raising theOUR POOCH’S TOP TIPS Dogs Trust receives no government funding, which means that everything we do and everyDough life we save is done with the help of public donations. Please do keep in mind that your donations from your Pupcake Bake are so important and will mean so much to the lives of so many stray and abandoned dogs. Here’s some handy tips to help you make the most of your Pupcake Bake! SET THE BAR! Make a donation yourself to 1 get the ball rolling. It shows you are passionate and committed and it will also encourage others. £25 2 PICK A PAL! Ask a friend or loved one to also make a donation. £25 CASH IN A FAVOUR! If you have sponsored anyone recently, 3 ask them to help you out this time. £50 4 WORK IT! Ask five of your colleagues to chip in £10 each. £50 IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR! Ask five members of your family for 5 a £15 donation. £75 6 IN THE CLUB! Ask members of any club you belong to for a £10 donation each. £50 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH! Ask five of your neighbours 7 to donate £10. £50 BE A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY! Share your JustGiving page on 8 Facebook & Twitter. Ask your friends online to donate £5 £75 each if they can’t make it on the day. CAN YOU BOOST? Maximize your efforts; ask your 9 place of employment whether they do matched funding. £100 £500 TheOnce the flour Finishing dust has settled, remember the most impawtant Touch part of yourPupcake ... Bake recipe, returning the dough! There are many ways outlined below to return your donations to us but regardless of what method you decide on, please remember to include 1) Your name, 2) Company name and address and 3) write ‘Pupcake’ as a reference so we can acknowledge your hard work, and let you know just how grateful we are! 1.