Giving favour money to charity, how to word it?

madfrenchgirl

Hello,

We are breaking the tradition of favours and giving the money to our local Wildlife Trust instead. We do have a chocolate fountain planned for later in the evening so it's not about being tightskatey. We want to leave an explanatory note on the tables but do not know how to word it so it does not sound like "hehe, you've been conned". Anyone has any ideas on how to word it?

Thank you in advance.

davetrousers

What's the tradition of favours?

Are you saying that you would like to ask your guests to donate to charity rather than buying you gifts?

madfrenchgirl

nope

We chose to give the money that we would have spent on buying little favour gifts (sugared almonds, usually) for our guests to our local Wildlife trust charity instead. Make it useful. We just want to explain to our guests why they are not getting their favours in a tasteful way.

I thought about this....

No Favours?

We have turned the tradition of the wedding favour to a wedding donation as we feel this will be of greater benefit for something close to our hearts... But don’t worry, there will still be something sweet later on.

The donation was made to our local WILDLIFE TRUST.

Thereare 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man and Alderney.

With 791,000 members, they are the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK’s habitats and species, whether they be in the countryside, in cities or at sea.

The Hampshire Wildlife Trust can be found at www.hwt.org.uk and manages 55 reserves in Hampshire and the IoW of which the Testwood Lakes, the Farlington Marshes and the Swanwick Lakes. They are the only conservation charity committed to improving conditions for all wildlife in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Covering a wide range of habitats such as chalk grassland, woodland, wetlands and coastal areas, their reserves are wildlife hotspots. Their vision is to create ‘Living Landscapes’ for the future by managing their reserves in ways that ensure that many rare and threatened species can survive.

itzmee

It's been a while since I've been to a wedding but I've never received favours before so I wouldn't miss something I've never had! Your message on the table would be fine and you may even get extra donations!

Yellowbug

i know you can donate to the british heart foundation and they send you little cards to give to your guests in place of favours that explain a donation has been made by thte bride and groom in thier honour

Id suggest maybe on the back of your place settings writing a little note about the donation

then something liek you have posted above on the back of the table number???

just an idea

oh and maybe since you have donated to the wildlife trust use their logo, or animal photos or something along with the note

Fen1

I've been to a couple of weddings where the couple have donated to charity rather than giving out favours,which I think is very thoughtful.

Favours are not part of a traditional British celebration, anyway. They are from the Continent (almonds symbolizing fertility and good luck ), via the USA.


I wouldn't say 'No Favours'. It's a bit in-your-face. The explanation in the note about the chocolate fountain makes it sound as though you are making excuses about not handing out favours. Just don't mention it. It'll be a nice surprise for later.

..............................................................................

We would like to begin our married life by giving something back to our community. We have donated our favour fund to the Wildlife trust.

Frenchgirl & Frenchboy

Thereare 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man and Alderney.
With 791,000 members, they are the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK’s habitats and species, whether they be in the countryside, in cities or at sea.
The Hampshire Wildlife Trust can be found at www.hwt.org.uk and manages 55 reserves in Hampshire and the IoW of which the Testwood Lakes, the Farlington Marshes and the Swanwick Lakes. They are the only conservation charity committed to improving conditions for all wildlife in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Covering a wide range of habitats such as chalk grassland, woodland, wetlands and coastal areas, their reserves are wildlife hotspots. Their vision is to create ‘Living Landscapes’ for the future by managing their reserves in ways that ensure that many rare and threatened species can survive.

Today 2:23 PM

nat82

You could always just mention it along with the speeches? I think favours are slowly going out of fashion so alot of your guests may already have been to weddings whereby favours haven't been given.

dizziblonde

Some people on here had given those little £1 badges charities sell as favours and a donation at the same time as another alternative?

kr15snw

We're getting macmillan nurses pin badges for our guests instead of favours.

H2Bs dad died of cancer 4 years ago and the macmillan nurses were great then and after

tessie_bear

i think this sounds a nice idea...id leave a little note on the table and mention it in someones speech

becs

We did charity favours for our wedding.too. We decided that we would have 2 charities, 1 for my chosen charity and one for DH's chosen charity. We contacted the charities and they sent us the little cards and the pin badges that they did when they received our donations. DH chose Marie curie and mine was the east anglia children's hospices. Much better than sugared almonds that half the guests never eat! Also I think alot of weddings are going over the top with favours and having things like photo frames or personalised bottles of alchohol etc and we felt this was a much better use for the money.