Free Cakes for Kids Sheffield | Meet our dedicated volunteers

OUR VOLUNTEERS

Here you can meet some of our fantastic volunteers who help us provide children in the city with birthday cakes. To find our more about our group, read the Free Cakes Sheffield Constitution (PDF). Fill in an application form if you'd like to help us bake a difference. Please note, all our volunteers must be at least 18 years old.

Fern Fern has always loved baking, and being part of Free Cakes for Kids has allowed her to channel that passion in a meaningful way. In addition to baking, Fern runs the Free Cakes for Kids Sheffield LinkedIn page and also enjoys lending a hand at the baking workshops periodically hosted by Free Cakes for Kids. In her free time, she enjoys anything crafty including stained glass, knitting, and sewing. You can also find her with her nose in a book.	Sophie K Sophie has always made individual cakes for her children and feels that having a birthday cake is just part of the tradition. She volunteers for her local community center and is also one of Free Cakes For Kids volunteer delivery drivers.	Carol Carol lives in South Sheffield with her husband, son and her two kittens Ari and Sid. She is retired after working in retail and training for 40 years and now enjoys learning new hobbies which she didn't have time for before. The reason she became involved with the group is that she is the mum of two grown up sons and believes that a birthday cake was something that as a family they took for granted and never really thought about those families where this would be considered a luxury item.
Harriet Harriet grew up in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, but has called Sheffield home since moving here in 2010 to study. A keen baker, she loves hosting loved ones and cooking up sweet and savoury treats. When not in the kitchen, she enjoys gardening, DIY, and spending time with her husband, friends, family and Gary (her dog).	Kath Kath is a retired Youth Worker, long married, a mum of two and a Nana of five who is delighted to have been born and bred in Sheffield. When not baking cakes she loves outdoor swimming, sewing, repairing stuff and painting (she’s an abstract artist). Kath also loves to dance and is learning about foraging. She has been involved with Free Cakes for Kids since she retired and almost since it started in Sheffield. She enjoys being creative and loves being able to make a small difference	Alison R Alison has baked and decorated dozens of cakes for family and friends. She has only been stumped by one request - for a standing-up horse. Alison has recently retired and now does voluntary work for several children's charities. She also enjoys singing, playing the ukelele, DIY and keeping fit - to work off all the coffee and cake with friends she now has time for.
Gill H Gill baked numerous birthday cakes for her children back in the day and enjoys baking the occasional cake for Free Cakes for Kids and seeing the amazing cakes the other bakers have created.	Honor Honor has lived in Sheffield for 22 years and loves it here. She heard about the charity from a colleague and thinks it's amazing. She loves baking cakes for her children and hopes to be able to bring joy to other children through this!	Laura H Laura started baking jam tarts with her mum at 3 years old and hasn't stopped baking since. Laura loves baking anything although making cakes is probably a favourite. When not in the kitchen she enjoys running and anything crafty – and will also occasionally pick up a medical textbook and do some studying for her degree, but only very occasionally.
Susannah S Susannah joined the group after hearing about us on BBC Radio 2 whilst driving into work one morning and was reduced to tears. She loves baking but comes from a very small family and having no children herself, very rarely gets the opportunity to bake cakes. When she’s not baking she can be found pounding the streets of Sheffield in her running trainers or researching her next holiday!!	Rachel Rachel delivers cakes when our bakers are unable to. She got involved in FCFK because she believed no child should have to go without a birthday cake. She says she’s a lousy baker but a decent driver!!!	Claire Claire runs a haulage and warehousing company with my husband. Her cake decorating skills are limited but she is excellent with a spreadsheet so is perfect as our Treasurer! She is also the treasurer for her local scout group. In the rest of her free time she runs a private taxi service for her 2 teenagers
Jackie Jackie is the Group Coordinator and also a volunteer delivery driver. She joined as one of team of cake fairies who make the magic happen pairing bakers with cake requests, and later took over the responsibilities of running the group.

OUR VOLUNTEERS

Fern

Sophie K

Sophie has always made individual cakes for her children and feels that having a birthday cake is just part of the tradition. She volunteers for her local community center and is also one of Free Cakes For Kids volunteer delivery drivers.

Carol

Harriet

Kath

Alison R

Gill H

Gill baked numerous birthday cakes for her children back in the day and enjoys baking the occasional cake for Free Cakes for Kids and seeing the amazing cakes the other bakers have created.

Honor

Honor has lived in Sheffield for 22 years and loves it here. She heard about the charity from a colleague and thinks it's amazing. She loves baking cakes for her children and hopes to be able to bring joy to other children through this!

Laura H

Susannah S

Rachel

Rachel delivers cakes when our bakers are unable to. She got involved in FCFK because she believed no child should have to go without a birthday cake. She says she’s a lousy baker but a decent driver!!!

Claire

Jackie

Jackie is the Group Coordinator and also a volunteer delivery driver. She joined as one of team of cake fairies who make the magic happen pairing bakers with cake requests, and later took over the responsibilities of running the group.