SIR: On June 16-22, Mencap is staging Britain's Biggest Tea Party, sponsored by Brooke Bond 'D' and Fox's Crinkle Crunch Biscuits.

We need to recruit more tea party organisers in every part of the country in order to raise our target of £50,000 in Mencap's 'fif-tea-party' birthday year.

As an organiser, you will be given as much tea and biscuits as you need, together with publicity materials for the event - all you have to do is hold a tea party and ask for cash for a cuppa and a dunk! You can have your tea party wherever you like - in the office, at home or somewhere completely whacky, and all the money you raise will help Mencap to continue its work.

For more details, please write to 'Britain's Biggest Tea Party', 123, Golden Lane, London EC1Y ORT, or call the Tea Party Organiser on 0171 454 0454.

Richard Briers

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