A NUMBER of celebrities have been taking to social media to share their tea-time pictures in support of the Julia's House Time for Tea campaign.

As part of the campaign people across Wiltshire and Dorset are hosting tea parties from their homes, at work or in their community to help raise money for nurses and carers at Julia’s House.

[quote from Rebecca Thursby]

As part of the Time for Tea campaign for the children’s charity celebrities like Brian Blessed, Julian Fellows and rock band The Vamps have been taking to Twitter to upload pictures of them holding their Julia’s House mugs, bringing wider recognition to the charity which helps hundreds of children suffering from severe illnesses.

Julia’s House community fundraiser Liz Froud said: “It’s brilliant to have so many celebrities supporting our Time for Tea campaign this year. Their ‘mugshots’ have gone down very well with supporters. We hope they will inspire people across Wiltshire to join the campaign – a tea party is such an easy way to fundraise and good fun too. With work already underway to create our new children’s hospice in Devizes there has never been a better time to get behind Julia’s House.”

The famous faces join the likes of Julia’s House patrons such as Jasper Conran, Harry Redknapp, Chris Jarvis and Debra Stephenson just to name a few, all rallying behind the charity’s annual tea party fundraiser.

The campaign isn’t just for celebrities as everyone being invited to post photos of their Time for Tea events on the Julia’s House Facebook page or a Tweet of themselves holding their favourite mug to @Julias_House hashtagging #showusyourmug.

Anyone who wishes to take part in the Time for Tea campaign can email timefortea@juliashouse.org. For further information on how you can help raise money for Julia’s House visit www.juliashouse.org.