Kokova Magazine

Wallace & Gromit are calling on people across the UK to join The BIG Bake from the 1st - 7th December 2014 to raise thousands of pounds for sick children in hospitals and hospices.

People from all walks of life are being invited to get involved with 'Wallace & Gromit's BIG Bake'. The event, proudly supported for the second year by Homepride Flour, aims to get people of all ages baking to raise money for sick children in hospitals and hospices around the UK.In schools, workplaces and communities across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, over 100,000 people took part last year and this year we want even more people to get involved in the BIG Bake.

Thanks to Homepride, Wallace & Gromit will once again burst onto supermarket shelves on the front of over 1.8million flour packs to inspire even more people to get preparing for the BIG Bake.

"Homepride Flour, one of the UK's leading home baking flour brands, is proud to be supporting Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity 2013. The Big Bake is a fantastic opportunity for expert and non-expert bakers alike to have fun with friends and family to ‘raise some dough’ for this great British fundraiser. We've lots of exciting plans and competitions this year which will allow everyone to become a part of Big Bake - so please register now, and have a great bake."

Neil Murray, Brands & License Controller, Kerry Foods UK

Homepride are also running a 'Cracking Bakers' competition, searching for homemade treats worthy of the Cracking Bakers title.

Those involved in the BIG Bake Cracking Bakers have the chance to win a year's supply of Homepride flour and some fantastic prizes.

Nick Park, creator of Wallace & Gromit and trustee of the Children's Charity, says:

"It's a piece of cake to get involved and a perfect chance to have your cake and eat it! I hope the Big Bake raises plenty of Dough to help sick children across the country."

Since 2003 over 600,000 people have supported Wallace & Gromit's Children’s charity, helping children in over 92 children's hospitals and hospices across the UK and 18,000 families every year.

There are a range of great partners supporting the BIG Bake. The show partner Cake International, the media partners at Squires Kitchen Bake School Magazine and Cake & Sugar craft Magazine, the cake decorating partner Cake Craft World, the marketing partner Shrewdd and the magazine partners Cake Masters Magazine have shown outstanding support for the fundraiser.

Joining in the event couldn't be easier - simply visit https://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org/big-bake/ to sign up today.