Our friends at St Oswald’s Hospice have a wonderful network of volunteers and supporters who make a range of hand crafted goods including knitting and needlework. These unique gifts are always very popular and raise funds for the hospice at events throughout the year.
Be inspired by the beautiful English countryside
With Tales on the Tyne just around the corner, the team hope to harness the creativity of our community to produce a woodland full of handmade animal toys as well as other nature-themed items, to sell during the trail and raise funds for the hospice. As well as cuddly toys, popular items in past trails have include fabric pencil cases, toiletry bags, key rings and tote bags.
Please note, due to licencing, we can’t accept or sell any direct replicas of Peter Rabbit™ characters, or characters from the Beatrix Potter books, however we’d love anything inspired by English countryside, woodland creatures, fruit, vegetables, flowers etc, to tie in with the theme.
These items can be made from wool, fabric or felt, be painted on canvas or even made from jewels… and we encourage you to be as creative as possible! Items will then be labelled by St Oswald’s Hospice Fundraising Team to show that they have been ‘made with love in aid of St Oswald’s Hospice’ and to meet guidelines from Trading Standards. They will then be sold at local fairs and community events and at the Tales On the Tyne HQ at the space by St Oswald’s Hospice in Ouseburn throughout the Art Trail to raise funds for our patients and their families. It’s really that simple!
We are hoping to have as much stock as possible ready for 15th July 2026 as this is when the trail will go live in Newcastle and North Tyneside, however we can also accept items throughout the trail. We are also looking for donations of wool to keep our knitters busy, so please let us know if you have any you no longer need and would like to donate.
If you can help to generate stock for our stalls, we would love you to hear from you.
Get in touch to find out more – hello@talesonthetyne.co.uk
