Charlie Chicks
Get your hands on our knitted chicks stuffed with a Creme Egg! All donations help us to continue to provide our specialist care.
Every year, our Charlie Chicks campaign spreads joy across North Hertfordshire and surrounding villages in Central Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The cheerful chicks, each knitted and crocheted by keen volunteers, are stuffed with Creme Eggs and then sold in schools, shops and beyond in our local community to raise vital funds.
This year, we aim to raise £30,000 in donations, with every penny donated to the support we give to our patients, families and carers facing life-limiting illnesses. To achieve this, we need as many Charlie Chicks knitted, stuffed, purchased and recycled throughout the year.
Our thanks goes to DLRC Ltd for their continued support in providing the Creme Eggs, all our volunteer knitters and crocheters, and our volunteer Friends of Garden House Hospice Care (FOGHHs) for organising much of the logistics.
Charlie Chicks donations
£1.50 - Charlie Chick without a hat
£2.50 - Charlie Chick with hat
£50.00 - Box of Charlie Chicks
Crochet/knit a Charlie Chick
Are you a dab hand with a knitting needle or crochet hook? Then we need you! Charlie Chicks is only a success thanks to the generosity of knitters across North Hertfordshire creating them. The more we make, the more we can sell, meaning more money raised to support our patients and their families.
Please find the knitting and crocheting patterns below. Once you have created your chicks, please drop them to us at the Hospice's main reception, The Depot or your nearest store.
Get in touch
For more information on Charlie Chicks, including how you can sell them in your school, club or business, please contact our Fundraising team on fundraising@ghhospicecare.org.uk or call 01462 679540 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.