The Big Knit
Join us to knit little hats for innocent smoothie bottles and help raise money to support older people in Solihull!
Did you know two fifths of older people say the TV is their only friend? Loneliness can be a big problem in later life. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, as many as 200,000 older people said they hadn’t spoken to friends or family for over a month.
The Big Knit is a partnership with innocent drinks which started in 2003.
Hats knitted for Age UK Solihull help us make a big difference to the lives of older people in Solihull. Each hat that you send to us raises 25p, and the money raised can help us ensure older people are warm and well during the winter months, and help us decrease loneliness with our Linking People Together service. Your hats will then be put on top of Innocent smoothie bottles to be sold in the shops.
The Big Knit can also bring people together to knit and have a chat with one another.
If you’ve ever bought a smoothie or knitted a hat, thank you for being part of the Big Knit.
Hat target
Thanks to the support from our fabulous knitters, in the last campaign we exceeded not only our original target of 8,000 hats, but also our second target of 13,000 hats! We are thrilled that our final total was 13,462 hats.
We receive 25p per hat meaning a total of £3,365.50 was raised!
Deadlines
We’ll let you know when the next campaign kicks off.
Please hold on to your hats for now, and we’ll let you know when we’re able to receive hats again.
Download our patterns
Basic patterns
Intermediate patterns
- Banana hat
- Monster hat
- Stripy hat
- Wooltermelon
- Sir Hopsalot (new for 2021)
- Fantastic Fox (new for 2021)
Expert patterns
Want to know more?
Contact our Fundraising Team on 0121 704 7842 (leave a message) or email events@ageuksolihull.org.uk
If your query relates to Winter Warmth contact 0121 704 8080.