Furness Building Society cooks up a delicious idea to support St Mary’s Hospice

Furness Building Society staff in Ulverston are putting on their aprons and rolling up their sleeves to support St Mary’s Hospice. The team will be baking sunflower-themed cupcakes to give away to customers in a drive to support the work of the hospice and promote the St Mary’s Affinity Account, which has raised more than £840,000 for the hospice since it was launched.

In preparation for the’ big bake the Ulverston branch staff will be attending a master class in how to make the best cupcakes run by catering students at Ulverston Victoria High School.

‘Sunflower Week’ at the branch starts on Monday June 27th and will run through to Ulverston Carnival on Saturday 2nd July, when the building society staff will be swapping their aprons for collecting buckets to support St Mary’s who are the main charity for the carnival.

During the week the branch in New Market Street will host a display for St Mary’s Hospice (for which the sunflower is a signature emblem) and will be encouraging visitors to the branch to consider opening a St Mary’s Hospice Affinity Account which earns a payment from the Society’s own funds based on the total balances in all of the accounts. Savers also get a better return on their money because the interest is calculated on the total balance in all of the accounts, and so qualifies for a higher rate of return.

In addition, the Hospice will have on sale sunflower cupcakes during sunflower week in The Orangery Café. The cupcakes will be donated by Windy Ash Cupcakes in Ulverston who will be supplying cupcakes each day freshly baked to their own exclusive recipe.

Zoe Guest, Funding & Operations Manager for the Hospice, said “We are delighted with the support from Furness Building Society. The Affinity Account is a major fund-raiser for the Hospice and the special sunflower week is the perfect build up to the Carnival. We are also extremely grateful to Windy Ash Cupcakes for supplying some of their own delicious cakes to help us raise additional funds in our Orangery Café.”

For further information about the Furness Building Society Affinity Account scheme visit: http://www.furnessbs.co.uk/savings/affinity/

Pictured: Bob Cheetham from Windy Ash Bakery with Zoe Guest from St Mary's, Furness Building Society staff show off their baking skills