# Chocolate cakes raise over £1 million for Syria

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/13/chocolate-cakes-raise-1m-syria/
- Published: 2018-06-13T09:24:37+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Chocolate cakes sold during the month of Ramadan have raised more than £1 million
for Islamic Relief’s Syria Appeal in five years.**

[The Cake Campaign](https://www.thecakecampaign.org/) (#Cakes4Syria) was thought
up by a group of volunteers in Bradford five years ago with the chocolate fudge 
cakes this year being delivered to 1,000 postcodes across the country, including
London, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff and Birmingham. On 11 June alone, over 8,500
cakes were delivered across the country.

> [#Cakes4Syria](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cakes4Syria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> delivery day 5 has been an emotional one to say the least 💙
> We’ve ended up delivering
> over 8500 cakes up and down the country, London ran out of cakes, we had national
> TV coverage, and last but not least, we delivered this week’s milestone cake. 
> Alhamdulillah 😇 [pic.twitter.com/UdaUwm4eWj](https://t.co/UdaUwm4eWj)
> 
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> — #Cakes4Syria (@TheCakeCampaign) [June 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheCakeCampaign/status/1005962086848098306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The campaign has just ended for this year with the total number sold still to be
announced. Last year, over 25,000 cakes were bought for £10 each, and over £1m has
been raised to date through the campaign for [Islamic Relief](https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/)‘
s Syria Appeal, with over 5,000 volunteers delivering the cakes.

Volunteers, including nurses, school teachers and students, deliver the cakes during
the month of Ramadan when they themselves are fasting. The majority of customers
are families who enjoy a chocolate cake as part of their Iftar meal – breaking their
fast – but they have also been delivered to Members of Parliament, churches and 
celebrities, including Nicola Sturgeon, and the England international cricketer 
Moeen Ali.

> Thank you [@NicolaSturgeon](https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> for supporting The Cake Campaign 💙💙💙 [pic.twitter.com/NorMgGaJ22](https://t.co/NorMgGaJ22)
> — #Cakes4Syria (@TheCakeCampaign) [June 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheCakeCampaign/status/1006541955919241216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Imran Madden, Director of Islamic Relief UK, said:

> “After seven years of conflict, Syria is suffering from the worst humanitarian
> and displacement crisis in the world. Islamic Relief is providing much needed 
> aid to 4 million people, including in areas where no-one else has access. But 
> more funds are urgently needed. The Cakes4Syria campaign has made a significant
> contribution to our work in Syria and we are enormously grateful to all our amazing
> volunteers who work hard to make this happen.”

Zia Salik, National Community Fundraising and Volunteering Manager at Islamic Relief
UK, said:

> “Many of our volunteers work extremely hard during the week and then use their
> free time to deliver their cakes often under the hot sun, while they are fasting.
> We are enormously proud of these awesome individuals. Cakes4Syria is a huge project
> with many logistical challenges and we definitely couldn’t do it without their
> help.”

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   1 May 2019)
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