Christmas Crafts Fayre
Sunday 7th December 2025
If you go to no other, come along to our Christmas Crafts Fair - Support the work of the Observatory!
Profits will help boost much needed funds in this challenging financial climate. Help us enhance our wetland habitats, create more wildflower grassland, improve our services for children and young people and contribute to our vital work with birds and other species by joining us at the Christmas Crafts Fair.
What will there be?
- A range of delightful craft stalls
- Our very own stall of tasty gifts from the kitchen
- A bottle Tombola ranging from whiskey and wine, to body spray and perfume or something to spice up your dinner!
- A raffle of three Christmas food hampers to be won - Christmas Eve breakfast - Christmas dinner (just add the turkey and vegetables) - Boxing Day afternoon tea (see details below)
- A plant stall
- Our first ever sale of Observatory calendars, with all photos taken by members
- Once again will make our Annual Draw at the end of the Fair, so do buy your tickets either on the day or better still on line at Ticket Tailor or through our Observatory shop. At least three lucky people will win prizes including £100, £50 and £25
- Enjoy a bacon bap and delicious cakes available from the kitchen
During the day there will be:
- A family Christmas activity for you and your children to enjoy
- A children’s lucky dip with some unusual prizes
This is an appeal for help to make this fund-raising day a huge success:
We need your help please:
- Donate cakes and other sweet or savoury items to sell from the kitchen
- Bring to the Observatory and drop off Bottles for the tombola, Toiletries, Home made preserves, Plants - A box is located in the foyer for any donations
But most of all we need YOU!
- We desperately need a few volunteers to staff our tables and help with car parking. Please email jupe@sbbot.org.uk with any offers of help
- Members, their family and friends to support our fund raising day
Please bring anything in as soon as you are able to, apart from perishable foods, which should be dropped off no sooner than Saturday 6th December. Please label food items such as in cakes with an ingredients list (in case buyers have allergies).
Thank you in advance!
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Xmas Raffle
For more than seventy years, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust has been pivotal in protecting and developing an area of outstanding importance for birds and other wildlife here on the Kent coast.
Most of this work, including the construction and maintenance of a purpose-built field centre, has been financed by donations, legacies, grants, and by the relentless fundraising enthusiasm of volunteers.
With environmental and climatic challenges imminent, there is so much more work to be done to protect and develop our natural resources for the future.
Help us enhance our wetland habitats, create more wildflower grassland and improve our services for children and young people by supporting our Christmas Raffle and put yourself in the running to win our top prize of £100. Second prize is £50 and third £25.
The raffle will be drawn at 2.30 pm on Sunday 7th December 2025, as part of the Observatory's Christmas Fayre.
Get your tickets form Ticket tailor or from the shop at the Observatory.
Any questions? email: admin@sbbot.org.uk