CELEBRITIES JOIN FORCES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BARNARDO’S

Mini Babybel Bounce for Barnardo’s Online Auction

Celebrities including Jeff Brazier, Chloe Sims, Eliza Doolittle and Georgia Salpa have come together to showcase their creative talents by customising spacehoppers as part of a national online auction to raise funds for children’s charity, Barnardo’s.

Live now, the auction on Ebay is part of the Mini Babybel ‘Bounce for Barnardo’s’ spacehopper charity activity, which recently saw a new World Record being set by a nine year old Londoner, Skylar Kelly. Skylar managed to bounce 50 metres on a spacehopper in an astounding 28.51 seconds at the recent Mini Babybel event, hosted by Jeff Brazier.

People at home can also get involved by biding for their favourite celebrity-designed spacehopper. And all funds will go directly to Barnardo’s to enable the charity to continue its mission to transform the lives of more than 190,000 children and young people in the UK each year.

Adorned with feathers, glitter, boggly eyes and even a bikini, each spacehopper has been personally designed by the following celebrities.  But which celebrity spacehopper will fetch the most money for Barnardo’s?

Spacehopper’s have been customised by:

Jeff Brazier

Chloe Sims

Eliza Doolittle

Georgia Salpa

Amber Atherton

Tamaryn Payne

Rachel Shenton

Cheryl Baker

Jeff Brazier & Chloe Sims

Georgia Salpa

Eliza Doolittle

Hollyoaks - Tamaryn Payne and Rachel Shenton

Amber Atherton

Jeff with his hopper

Jeff Brazier said of his hopper: “I really can’t take all the credit for my spacehopper design as my two boys might have helped me out! It was a great way to get the creative juices flowing and, anyone that gets involved in the auction will be helping to raise funds for a very worthwhile cause. So get bidding!”

Bounce for Barnardo’s Auction Details:

-          Live at Ebay – links found on www.babybel.co.uk

-          Open from Thursday 21^st June for 10 days

-          All funds raised from the auction will go directly to Barnardo’s

For those who want to try their own hand at the bouncy sport, Mini Babybel is giving away 15,000 bouncy spacehoppers to cheese lovers across the country until early July 2012.  Just collect up to four special packs of Mini Babybel (24 little cheeses in total) and enter the codes onwww.babybel.co.uk to claim a free spacehopper*, complete with fun stickers to personalise it.

About Mini Baybel:

Mini Babybel is available in packs of six or twelve.

Stockists: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Co-op, Waitrose, Iceland, Nisa, Londis, Booker, Macro, Budgens, Ocado, Spar.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

*Promotion available whilst stocks last

• Purchase up to 4 special packs (24 cheeses in total)
• Scratch to reveal the code from the tags of each pack
• Visit Babybel.co.uk and submit codes to redeem your space hopper, subject to availability

Open to mainland UK residents aged 16+ only. Internet access is required. No postal entries are accepted. Max 2 entries  gifts per household.

About Barnardo’s:

Barnardo’s works with more than 190,000 children, young people and their families each year. Barnardo’s now runs more than 800 services across the UK.

We believe in the potential of every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child.

Every year we help thousands of children turn their lives around. But we cannot do it without you. Visit www.barnardos.org.uk to find out how you can get involved and show you believe in children.