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Host a Crumble Party

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Let’s get ready to crumble! Find out how you can do something sweet for charity. 

What is a Crumble Party?

Ready to bring people together for a sweet cause? A CAP Crumble Party is your chance to host a cosy gathering—whether it’s a living room get-together, an office lunch break, or a post-church treat—where delicious crumble meets real community impact. 

You pick the venue, whip up your favourite crumble (or set up a legendary DIY toppings bar with custard, cream, and ice cream), and invite your friends to dig in. It’s simple, delicious, and best of all, every slice served helps local churches bring hope, dignity, and financial freedom to families facing hardship across the UK. 

Let’s get ready to crumble!

Signing up couldn’t be easier! Just fill out the short form on the link below and we’ll send you everything you need to get started, including your free host guide, promotional resources and handy tips for a fantastic event.

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Your step-by-step Crumble Party planner

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Step 1: Set the scene

Pick a venue, date, and time that work best for you. Gather a few helpers if you’re hosting a bigger crowd, and use your free promotional resources to spread the word.

Step 2: Plan your menu

Decide whether you’re baking yourself or inviting others to bring a crumble, and put any surplus garden or allotment fruit to good use! 

Step 3: Host with heart

Spruce up your space with your CAP table centrepieces, baking flags and bunting. Take a moment during the event to share a few words about CAP and invite guests to donate.

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Step 4: Hang up your oven gloves

Pay in any funds raised, grab a cuppa and put your feet up. Celebrate the real hope and freedom you’ve helped bring to families across the UK.

How a slice of crumble brings real hope: Angela’s story

When sudden sight loss forced Angela to stop working, followed closely by her husband’s redundancy, her family faced an overwhelming financial crisis. Struggling to buy basic essentials, like new shoes for her son, and facing the scary prospect of losing their home, Angela turned to her local CAP debt centre for help.

The team tailored the support to Angela’s needs, showing the real impact of compassionate, in-person help. After four years, Angela’s family became completely debt-free through a repayment plan. Today, she’s giving back as a CAP befriender, bringing that same hope to others in her community.

Angela, mum of three who lives with sight loss, now debt free

When we finally became debt free, it was so joyful – you want to shout from the rooftop, especially after four and a half years! 

Angela, now debt free 

Answering your Crumble Party questions

We’ve got everything you need to make your Crumble Party a success! When you sign up, we’ll send you some resources in the post such as: 

  • A host guide
  • Promotional posters
  • Baking flags
  • Table centrepieces 
  • Allergen cards
  • Cash box stickers

We’ll also provide you with some extra downloadable resources, such as: 

  • A social media kit 
  • Bunting
  • About CAP cards
  • A celebration poster

If you’d like to pick a goal of how much money you’d like to raise, having a target means you can share with people the direct impact their giving could have, such as:

  • £55 could train a debt coach to provide vital support to people trapped in poverty
  • £180 could fund a Debt Relief Order (DRO) for one person, offering them a debt free fresh start
  • £436 could support a family from their first phone call to CAP, through to becoming debt free via a repayment plan

Whatever you raise, it makes a real difference, and every penny counts. Your efforts are amazing and we’re so grateful for your support! 

Not at all! Your Crumble Party is completely flexible to suit you. Whether it’s a Sunday post-service treat, a mid-week office lunch break, or a weekend gathering in your living room, pick whatever date and time works best for you and your guests.

Having your JustGiving page link means that you can share with friends, but also write the link on your promotional posters, which you can display at your church, work or school.

You’ll be sent your page link in an email by JustGiving once you’ve set up your page. You’ll also see it displayed at the top of your Fundraising Page in the internet address search bar. To edit your page’s URL (web address), title, target, event details and story, just follow these steps:

  • Log in to your JustGiving account and go to your page
  • Click ​‘Edit your page’ in the top-left corner of your screen
  • Select the ​‘Edit Page’ tab on the left of your screen
  • Fill in the relevant fields and select ​‘Save changes’ at the bottom of the page
  • You can then click on ​‘View Page’ to see the changes you’ve made!

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