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How The King’s Trust Helped Me Start BearHugs - BearHugs
How The King’s Trust Helped Me Start BearHugs
BearHugs began as a simple idea during a challenging time in my life. After becoming ill with Lyme Disease and having resigned from my job as a Speech and Language... Read more...
Kindness Advent Calendar - BearHugs
Kindness Advent Calendar
Can you believe it's almost December? The festive season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by spreading a little kindness 🎄✨ We're very happy to bring back something special... Read more...
Gift Guides BearHugs Has Been Featured In Lately - BearHugs
Gift Guides BearHugs Has Been Featured In Lately
At BearHugs, we absolutely love hearing from businesses and organisations who are doing fantastic work. Being a small social enterprise ourselves, we know just how fulfilling and challenging this can... Read more...
Lovely words for when you're not sure what to say - BearHugs
Lovely words for when you're not sure what to say
At checkout you will be able to provide a personalised message to any BearHugs Gift Box. But We know sometimes finding the right words can be really tough. We are... Read more...
Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye Savory, on The Rest Room Podcast with Natasha Lipman - BearHugs
Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye Savory, on The Rest Room Podcast with Natasha Lipman
Our Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye, was recently featured on the wonderful The Rest Room podcast - a space dedicated to exploring what it means to live well with chronic... Read more...
Yorkshire and Humber Prince's Trust Enterprise Award Winner - BearHugs
Yorkshire and Humber Prince's Trust Enterprise Award Winner
Can you believe it? Faye, the Chief Sender of Hugs, was over the moon last night when she was awarded the NatWest Enterprise Award at the Prince's Trust Celebrate Success... Read more...
An Evening with Gordon Strachan: Representing The Prince's Trust as a Young Ambassador - BearHugs
An Evening with Gordon Strachan: Representing The Prince's Trust as a Young Ambassador
Post written by: Chief Sender of Hugs at BearHugs, Faye Savory I was proud to represent The Prince’s Trust as a Young Ambassador at the Vantage Motor Group Charity Dinner... Read more...
BearHugs in The Sheffield Star | Sheffield Business Awards Shortlist - BearHugs
BearHugs in The Sheffield Star | Sheffield Business Awards Shortlist
BearHugs was in the Sheffield Star today on the shortlist for the Sheffield Business Awards. Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye and her ever supportive partner Jared are looking forward to... Read more...
Happy Halloween 2016 from BearHugs! - BearHugs
Happy Halloween 2016 from BearHugs!
Forget about the traditional scary faces and spooky ghosts. BearHugs is all about spreading happiness, even on Halloween. Here's our friendly 2016 BearHugs bear pumpkin carving.... Read more...
University of Sheffield Startup Showcase Finalist - BearHugs
University of Sheffield Startup Showcase Finalist
BearHugs is a finalist in the University of Sheffield's 2016 Startup Showcase! Read more...
1000 BearHugs!! - BearHugs
1000 BearHugs!! | BearHugs reaches an exciting milestone
Post written by: Faye Savory, Chief Sender of Hugs at BearHugs Today marks a moment I never quite imagined — BearHugs has reached its 1,000th order. When I stop and... Read more...
Prince's Trust 40th Anniversary Celebrations: #partofPT tour in Leeds - BearHugs
Prince's Trust 40th Anniversary Celebrations: #partofPT tour in Leeds
This year the Prince's Trust is celebrating it's 40th Anniversary. Having accessed their Enterprise Programme, Faye was very excited to take part in the celebrations. She got involved by joining the... Read more...
An Inspiring Evening with EY Foundation - BearHugs
An Inspiring Evening with EY Foundation
Last night, Chief Sender of Hugs Fsye was fortunate enough to attend an Accelerate event at the Ernst and Young offices in Leeds hosted by the EY Foundation. Faye was... Read more...
BearHugs at Sheffield Virgin Media Offices - BearHugs
BearHugs at Sheffield Virgin Media Offices
Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye, and her trusty sidekick Stu embarked on a BearHugs market adventure today, taking BearHugs on the road to the Sheffield Virgin Media Offices. Read more...
BearHugs featured in Christmas Gift Guides - BearHugs
BearHugs featured in Christmas Gift Guides
Guess who's the talk of the town this Christmas season? That's right, BearHugs! Excitingly we've been featured in several Christmas gift guides!  Follow the links below to see the BearHugs... Read more...
Happy Halloween from BearHugs! - BearHugs
Happy Halloween from BearHugs!
Guess who's been getting into the Halloween spirit? The Chief Sender of Hugs at BearHugs, Faye, decided to get crafty and carve a pumpkin with the BearHugs logo on it! Read more...
100 BearHugs sold - Time to send PostPals gift box Number Two! - BearHugs
100 BearHugs sold - Time to send PostPals gift box Number Two!
For every 50 BearHugs gift boxes sold, one is sent to a poorly child or their sibling through the charity PostPals. Find out more about my commitment to Postpals here.... Read more...
Starting a Business with Chronic Illness Interview on February Stars Blog - BearHugs
Starting a Business with Chronic Illness Interview on February Stars Blog
The interview Chief Sender of Hugs, Faye, gave about starting BearHugs whilst living with the chronic illness is now up on the health blog, February Stars. She talks about her... Read more...