In the media

Media contacts

For media inquiries, please find your local group. For general questions about Free Cakes for Kids and the network, please contact Stephanie Griggs-Trevarthen.

Everybody likes children, cake and charity. So it’s no surprise that many FCFK UK groups have been featured in local, national and sometimes even international media. The following list is far from complete, but gives you a rough idea of what we are about:

2012

Baking a birthday treat: Alison Scott in Woking
Surrey Advertiser (3 February 2012)

A new group comes to Carlisle: Interview with Lisa Wheatcroft
BBC Radio Cumbria (23 January 2012)

Help for Carlisle families who cannot afford birthday cakes for children
News & Star (20 January 2012)

2011

Volunteer Voice: Cooking up tasty treats for struggling families
Oxford Mail (2 November 2011)

For this baker topping the poll would be … icing on the cake
Oxford Mail (3 October 2011)

Interview with Steph Griggs-Trevarthen at The Milk Bar Podcast
The Milk Bar Podcast (29 August 2011)

Free Cakes for Kids in Bristol
Heart Bristol 96.3 (21 August 2011)

Free Cakes for Kids needs volunteers
Bristol Evening Post (16 August 2011)

Interview with Henriette Lundgren and Sara Tindall about Free Cakes for Kids Oxford
BBC Radio Oxford (1 August 2011)

Recent grants awarded: Free Cakes for Kids Oxford
OCVA News (13 July 2011)

Red Nose Day: Local groups welcome cash boost
The Oxford Times (9 May 2011)

Rose Hill – You Are Fantastic!
Rosehill News (4 May 2011)

2010

The special social commitment of our alumna Henriette Lundgren
ASSIST Flashlight (1 Dec 2010)

Bakers cook up treats for kids in Bicester
Bicester/Oxford Times (12 August 2010)

A new group in Cardiff
ITV Wales (24 July 2010)

Cooking up a birthday treat
Oxford Mail (26 May 2010)

Free Cakes now in Cardiff
Radio Cardiff (May 2010)

How free birthday cakes will be making difference in Cardiff
South Wales Echo (28 April 2010)

Children’s parties can be extremely expensive
BBC Radio Oxford (25 March 2010)

2009

Group cooks up tasty treats for children
The Oxford Times (19 November 2009)

Charity baking at the Dragon School
Leys News (14 August 2009)

If you hear about Free Cakes for Kids in the UK, please let us know.