Amscan UK

Share Life’s Party - Yes, we CAN!!!   On Monday 16th, Amscan UK, part of the Wonder group, joined forces with the community of Milton Keynes to participate in the MK Can Food Bank event; A Guinness World Record for the longest length of tin cans!  Over the past few weeks, the Amscan UK employees have been gathering items from the charities shopping list, to help prepare for the event.    Together with 99 other businesses, 20 local schools, 30 churches and faith groups, 50 community organisations and 25 charities, the Amscan UK Share Life’s Party team participated in the event held at Campbell Park Milton Keynes, which saw over 102,000 cans collected for the MK Food Bank.    The 10km route successfully broke the standing record and has also led to fulfilling just over half of the canned food that the MK Food Bank needs for an entire year. During 2023, demand increased by almost 40% over the same period last year and the number of households receiving support doubled. With this in mind, we’ve also decided to keep our food collection scheme open for the foreseeable future, so we can continue to support the local community.    “This has been a wonderful project for Amscan UK to be involved with.  For our colleagues, the simplest of gestures has provided a significant impact for our local community, which is the very essence of our Share Life’s Party team. We are really looking forward to the next community initiative the committee of Amscan volunteers set for us, and to how we can continue to Share Life’s Party and support as many community projects as possible.” Lisa Norris, Commercial Director, Amscan UK. You Can, We Can, Amscan!  Share Life’s Party.

The finalists in the hotly contested Product categories at The Licensing Awards 2024 can officially be revealed today (11 July). Some 3,000 products were entered across the 12 awards categories, with the finalists being arrived at by retail buyers across the whole gamut of licensed and consumer products. The judges included buyers from retailers such as Asda, Bargain Max, Calendar Club, Cardfactory, Character. com, DFS, Dobbies Garden Centre, Dunelm, Fat Face, Forbidden Planet, HMV, Homebase, Iceland, John Lewis, JoJo Maman Bébé, Lipsy, Longleat, LUSH, Marks and Spencer, Matalan, Moonpig, My 1st Years, New Look, Next, Paultons Park, Primark, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Studio, T.J Morris, Tesco, The Hut Group, The Very Group, The Works, TruffleShuffle, Vanilla Underground and WHSmith. “The response from across the industry this year to the product categories was outstanding, with the quality of the entries underlining the innovation, passion and creativity of the licensing industry,” commented Ian Hyder, ceo at Max Publishing (which owns and organises The Licensing Awards). “The judges certainly had a difficult task, but the resulting shortlist is a reflection of the sheer brilliance of our industry and we cannot wait to celebrate with you all on Tuesday 10 September.” Simply click here to see the finalists for the Product categories: https://lnkd.in/ex6p69NB #LicensingAwards24 #LicensingAwards

A huge THANK YOU to Amscan UK and Talking Tables Ltd | B Corp for sending over a wonderful selection of Easter goodies! The colourful decorations have made the centres look amazing for Easter parties and egg hunts, and our young people have also enjoyed making Easter crafts to take home to their loved ones hashtag #easter #thankyou #csr #esg

With our partnership with the World Book Day charity at the forefront of our minds, the Amscan Share Life’s Party team arranged a book drive within our Milton Keynes location of both new or good condition children’s books which we have donated to a local children’s centre in time for World Book Day. We are also aware of the key benefits of role play within children's development so accompanied this with a Costume Wardrobe! We were thrilled to be able to help share the mission of The World Book Day charity “Changing lives through a love of books and reading” through this collection. 📚

Introducing new pastel spheres! 🎈 An exciting new balloon that takes your balloon creations to the next level! Available to purchase in 7 lovely shades, lemon, pastel pink, pastel blue, pastel peach, silver, cream, and eucalyptus! They complement our existing foil portfolio and both our retail latex and Sempertex range, including our pastel dusk and pastel matte formats, perfect for a coordinated design! View online now! https://lnkd.in/e2Xx_pbi

Big New catalogues for 2024 The BIG Books have arrived with the digital copies already live on our website, with a heap of NEWness both licensed and generic across party, dress up and foil balloons to get you ready for 2024. View our catalogues online now, and our new products in the "NEW" tab! You can also access our digital toolkits for 2024, for plenty of supporting assets!

SILC Sponsor Spotlight: Wonder Group and Amscan UK The party and dress up specialist, Wonder Group appointed a new Group Sustainability Specialist this summer. Daniel Foster took up the mantle in June this year with the mission to provide support to the individual companies under the Wonder brand and drive the sustainability agenda across each and every one of them. A key focus for the Dan and the team will be on reduction, a key target for sustainability, whether that’s across emissions, waste, or in single-use materials. Wonder will be looking into new ways to reduce its impact across the supply chain, focusing on scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, as outlined with Climate Partner. The team is currently transitioning its costume packaging to an easily recyclable mono-plastic bag, with 40% recycled content. Targets have also been set to achieve a minimum of 35% recycled content in all products and packaging using plastic. Ambitions for 2024: Wonder and Amscan are committed to improving the lifecycle of its products. One example being a significant increase in the amount of machine washable costumes. This means products can be used again and again while working to change the perception of dress-up being a single-use product. Daniel Foster, Group Sustainability Specialist:  “We’re passionate about sustainability. It is extremely important to us at Wonder to continue to lead the way in our specific category, ensuring our systems and products meet the requirements of the future. Gathering everyone together, discussing this best practice, exchanging knowledge and ideas, is key for us all to bring a greater understanding to the topic and therefore in return, a more sustainable output.”  #SILC23 #ProductsOfChange Melanie Beer

Our Share Life’s Party team can’t wait to be part of this fantastic community project tomorrow! #YouCanWeCanAmscanGiveBack

Wonder appointed as an official World Book Day® Licensee 2024 Wonder, the undisputed leader in the costume, balloons & party sector, is delighted to announce an extraordinary partnership with the charity World Book Day® for 2024, set to ignite young minds and transform  life chances through reading & role play. The revered UK-based charity, dedicated to promoting reading for pleasure, offers every child the opportunity to have a book of their own, improving the literacy & imagination of countless young individuals each year.  2024 will see Wonder unite with the charity, to unveil an exciting new collection of World Book Day-themed costumes, that immortalise beloved characters from Classic Fairytales, with a generous percentage of every sale contributing directly to the charity’s work.  To take the celebration a step further, schools & enthusiasts can now effortlessly transform any room/space into a book-lover’s paradise with Wonder’s print-on-demand party decorations & balloons. Wonder proudly hold a multitude of licenses within the book category, making them perfectly aligned to wholeheartedly support World Book Day’s profoundly significant cause. The Deal was negotiated by Maya Maraj, Commercial Partnerships Manager of World Book Day and Wonder’s Group Licensing Director Mel Beer. Wonder’s Group Licensing Director Mel Beer commented: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with the charity World Book Day  to ignite kids’ imaginations through dress up & role play, whilst enhancing their experience of reading  nationwide”. Cassie Chadderton, Chief Executive of World Book Day commented: “World Book Day welcomes Wonder as a Licensee. Dressing up as books and characters to celebrate the joy of reading can help World Book Day to encourage even more children to experience the life-changing benefits of reading for pleasure.   We’re  delighted that Wonder are  offering official licensed product, from dress up to celebration accessories to  celebrate World Book Day,  with  donations from each sale supporting our charity’s work to change lives through a love of books and reading.” For more information regarding World Book Day visit www.worldbookday.com.  Find out more about Wonder at www.the-wonder-group.com