This October, we’re inviting you to host an Afternoon Tea to raise funds for children with life-shortening conditions and their families.

Gather your friends, family, and community to share a cup of tea, a slice of cake, or any snack you fancy. Go traditional with scones and sandwiches, or shake things up with cocktails and games.

You can host your Afternoon Tea however suits you. Sign up today and turn a simple cuppa into something truly life changing.

Every week in Scotland, three children die of a life-shortening condition. Three families’ worlds fall apart.

CHAS are there to ensure that children and families have access to care at home, in hospital, or in hospice. We provide care that ensures dignity, comfort, and choice. We are there for families at every stage of their journey to ensure that no one has to face the death of their child alone.

All funds raised through Afternoon Tea for CHAS will support our More Than a Hospice Appeal – bringing essential upgrades to our hospices and transforming the way we provide palliative care to children in hospitals and homes around the country.

Get planning

You can host your Afternoon Tea however you want – at home, work, school, or in a local community space. Pick a location and a date that suits you and invite your guests along!

Make sure to browse our downloadable resources to find games and materials to make your Tea unique, and recipes to make your guest's mouths water.

Serve up a slice of something nice

Whether you serve sandwiches or scones, sweet or savoury, shop bought or home-baked, your Afternoon Tea is completely up to you! Whatever you pick, you’re helping us care for children and families, one slice at a time.

Sign up today for your free fundraising pack and help us change the future of Children’s Hospice Care in Scotland.

You will receive a welcome letter and fundraising pack from the CHAS Afternoon Tea team. This could take up to 2 weeks to arrive.

Then it’s time to start preparing for your event! Invite your guests and decide what you want to serve.

This is the perfect time to practice your baking, or even prepare any games you want to host.

We’ll be in touch with recipes, preparation tips, and suggestions for making your Afternoon Tea an unmissable event.

In your fundraising pack, you’ll receive a welcome letter from us, an Afternoon Tea money box to collect donations at the event, a sponsor form, and labels for any cakes, snacks, or other goodies you serve.

If you would like any other materials not listed here, please get in touch with the Afternoon Tea team at AfternoonTea@chas.org.uk and we’ll see how we can help.

When you sign up to host an Afternoon Tea, a Just Giving Page for your event will be automatically set up for you You’ll receive a link to your page where you can post pictures and updates to keep your community informed about your event.

No, you can set your own fundraising target on your JustGiving page when registering to host an Afternoon Tea. Base this target on the number of guests you want to invite, or aim high!

It’s completely up to you.

Whether you invite 2 people or 200, your Afternoon Tea can be as big or small as you want!

Suggested Donation

We recommend setting a suggested donation for guests attending your Afternoon Tea. Inviting guests to donate directly to your JustGiving page will help to keep all your fundraising in one place.

You can also collect cash donations in the money box provided in your free fundraising pack.

Fundraising at the event

There are plenty of ways you can raise additional funds for CHAS at your Afternoon Tea. Here are a few ideas:

• Hold a raffle and ask local businesses to donate prizes – CHAS can provide authorisation letters to use when sourcing prizes.

• Hold some pay-to-play games – ‘Guess the Weight of the Cake’, an Afternoon-Tea themed quiz, or a Bake-Off competition.

• Hold a Cake Auction – choose 3-5 standout cakes and auction them off to your guests.

• ‘Donate what you can’ - if you have any leftover bakes after your event, bag them up and let guests take extras home for a small donation.

Share your Just Giving page with your community and encourage your guests to donate directly onto your page.

If you collect cash donations on the day, we recommend you bank these yourself and donate online to your JustGiving page.

If you'd like to donate funds from your Afternoon Tea in a different way, please contact us at AfternoonTea@chas.org.uk and we will do our best to support you.