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The TruffleShuffle team are taking part in our local Raft Race this weekend to help raise much needed funds for the RNLI Portishead Lifeboat .

Our MD's son was the youngest person to have ever been rescued by the fantastic team of volunteers at just 6 weeks old so it's a cause which is very close to our hearts. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, their lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved at least 140,000 lives and volunteers make up 95% of the charity, including 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members and 3,000 volunteer shore crew. The RNLI needs to raise a whopping £335,000 every day to run the 235 lifeboat stations and 163 lifeguarded beaches so we're hoping to raise as much as possible to support this fantastic charity.

We're going for a Goonies theme for our raft and are hoping to come up with something One Eyed Willie would be proud of (pics to follow soon!)

We'll be battling our way across the lake and around the island to the finishing line and with prizes awarded for the winning rafts as well as the “Best Dressed Raft”, “Best Designed Raft” and “Most Sponsorship Raised”, we've gotta win something right? If not - our MD will be walking the plank!

If you'd like to show your support for this fantastic charity and help us on our way to raising our target of £2,500, please visit our Just Giving page here. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

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Hey guys,

Lots of you supported our designer James' recent blog post regarding our Holidays Are Coming Jumper so we just wanted to give you all an update!

For those of you who missed it, we found a very similar jumper to the one we designed available for sale at www.Boohoo.com and so James blogged about it. We were totally overwhelmed by all the support from you guys - our lovely customers and readers so a huge, huge thanks to everyone who got in touch.

BooHoo got in touch the same day the blog was posted and asked us to remove our original blog post while they investigated which we duly did (in case you wondered why it had disappeared.) BooHoo said they would remove the item from sale while they checked what had happened at their end.

We've now resolved things with Boohoo and as a gesture of goodwill, Boohoo has agreed to pay us a royalty which we will be donating to Save The Childrens Christmas Jumper Day.

They have also agreed to send the remaining stock to a charity of our choice so we will be donating these to the amazing One25 - a Bristol-based charity, specialising in enabling women to break free from street sex-work, addiction and other life-controlling issues and build new, independent lives.

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Heads up everyone! On the 21st or May it's Wig Wednesday! One big special day when people across the UK will be donning a wig to raise vital funds for children and young people all over with cancer.

So who are CLIC Sargent?

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. They provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help people cope with cancer and get the most out of life. Basically they are heroes and have help so many people across the land which is why we're giving them as much support as possible!

How can you get involved?

Well! To get stuck in your can Sign up online or contact the Wig Wednesday team on 08451 212 492 for more information....

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Can you believe it's that time again?!

Yep this weekend sees another whopping 40,000 brave runners line up and set of on the epic 26.2 miles course around the heart of London as they raise huuuuge amounts of money for some simply amazing causes.

The race begins in Greenwich, and will see the dedicated runners get a first-class tour of London's biggest and best-loved tourist attractions including the Cutty Sark ship, Tower Bridge, Cleopatra's Needle, the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament.  The runners then take their last few steps down The iconic Mall before completing the race in front of Buckingham Palace. Cool huh!

Raising money for countless amount of amazing causes, this spectacular event (that gets us out of breath just thinking about it) is a real highlight of the calendar and partly for one reason....for us a least.... the costumes!

Yep you name it and we're sure someone has dressed up as it and run the full length of the course! Deep sea divers, Cavemen, donkeys, superheroes...the lot! And all in the name of raising money to help those in need.

One of the best parts of getting to watch such an amazing event for us is picking out some of these fab costumes and ultimately thinking....'how can you possible run 26 miles in that?!'

To highlight some of our own costume heroes, we've picked out some of our personal favourte runners from the past few years. Take a peep and see if you can spot any like these this year....

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That's right folks today is the big day!

Yep World Book Day is once again here for the 17th year and is looking bigger and better than ever with some amazing initiatives and ideas to get as many people reading and loving book including some total classics.

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So what's World Book Day you ask?

World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide effort, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. Wowzers!

The main aim of World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is to encourage kids all over to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own by sending schools packs of Book Tokens.

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We moustache you a question!

The start of November has arrived! What does this mean? MOVEMBER! For anyone unsure about what this is - it's an amazing month long campaign involving the growing of moustaches to raise awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancer initiatives. By encouraging men to get involved, Movember aims to increase early cancer detection, diagnosis and effective treatments, and ultimately reduce the number of preventable deaths. Besides getting an annual check-up, the Movember Foundation encourages men to be aware of any family history of cancer, and to adopt a more healthy lifestyle.

Throughout the month of November, TruffleShuffle will be running a competition, involving all your best Movember pictures!

All you have to do is take a pic of you rocking your moustache and send it to competitions@truffleshuffle.co.uk. We'll then upload it to a Facebook album - the picture with the most 'likes' will land the owner £50 to his Movember account, along with a TruffleShuffle gift voucher! The picture can be as serious or as silly as you like - and of course, if you're rocking a TruffleShuffle tee it can only work in your favour huh?

The 80's, and the TruffleShuffle shelves are filled with inspiration...

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