Laura Sherratt Designs are crazily passionate about Greeting cards, receiving them, saving them, framing them, keeping them to read again and again, and most importantly creating them for others to enjoy and send. “We realised what a huge effect isolation...
Greeting cards played a major role during WW1 with families at home exchanging them with their loved ones on the frontline (visit the V&A and Imperial War Museum to see examples of cards send from the trenches). At the start of WW2 Lord...
Publishers and retailers from across the industry are pulling together to support their local communities and encourage people to send a card to stay in touch with loved ones, particularly those alone, during these challenging times. Sending a card...
To celebrate the Greeting Card Association’s 100th Anniversary in 2019 we collected together cards that had been send within the last 100 years and the stories behind them. We received wonderful stories about cards that had been treasured. Beautiful cards that gave a...
To celebrate the Greeting Card Association’s 100th Anniversary in 2019 we collected together cards that had been send within the last 100 years and the stories behind them. We received wonderful stories about cards that had been treasured. Beautiful cards that gave a...
To celebrate the Greeting Card Association’s 100th Anniversary in 2019 we collected together cards that had been send within the last 100 years and the stories behind them. We received wonderful stories about cards that had been treasured. Beautiful cards that gave a...
Greeting card publisher Belly Button donated cards to local schools and joined staff and pupils in a Manchester primary school to share a number of Thinking of You activities.
Independent card retailer Box of Delights’ in Flitwick donated a supply of postcards to its local veterinary surgery for Thinking of You Week. “..vets have a high level of mental health problems due to their overwhelming caring of animals and the high...
The Royal Mail supported the GCA call to encourage everyone to send a card to friends and family to say ‘thinking of you’ with a stamp cancelling mark. In the USA the US Postal Service did the same; the USPS say that 44 million more cards we sent in the...
Clintons featured a Thinking of You Week promotion in all its shops, encouraging customers to reach out to loved ones to stay in touch and say Thinking of You.
Royal Mail really got behind TOYW this year, commissioning a film that looked into the essence of our initiative. They encouraged staff to select and send cards during filming, and asked them who they were sending them to and why -
One of the elements of Thinking Of You Week this year was a dedicated postmark that was organised in partnership with the Royal Mail. The prompt to send a card was posted through doors across the UK and we are very grateful for the Royal Mail's support!
In the 1980’s I worked as a Saturday girl in a card shop. I was thrilled to find this card, kept in a diary from that time. My diary entry explains that it was my favourite card and my best friend sent it to me without realising that..It is a lovely reminder of the...
Chris Bryan sent us super card! "My #cardtokeep is from my sons. I’ve had many cards from my two sons over the years (both handmade and purchased) but this is the first one that they chose in a shop for me so has a special place in my heart. Thankfully their...
After reading about @GCA_UK #cardtokeep campaign I was keen to share my special greeting card as I think it’s great to keep these lovely reminders and it shows how important it is, to send and receive cards..This is my first Valentines card from my husband which he...
