Cocktail rings against cancer campaign

Throughout 2014 the London Jewellery School is running a charity campaign in aid of cancer research. Some of the tutors have been personally affected, having been diagnosed and successfully treated for cancer so it is a cause close to us all.
The goal of the campaign is to raise £10,000 for the charity and make 1000 cocktail rings.

There are a number of ways to get involved.

1. Make a cocktail ring
You can pay a £5 donation for a tutorial to learn how to make your own cocktail ring. If you do so you are asked to email a photo of it to info@londonjewelleryschool.co.uk and this will be uploaded to the flickr page The aim is to have 1000 photos of rings made by the end of the year (you can see two that I have made for the campaign in the photo below!)

2. Come along to an event
For a £10 donation you can come along to one of our events and make a cocktail ring. The dates for this are
16th March 10-5
6th July 10-5
23rd November 10-5

3. Attend an evening drop in session (between 6.30pm and 9pm) for 30 minutes or so and make a cocktail ring for a £10 donation. The dates for this are:

Friday 28th February
Wednesday 30th April
Monday 23rd June
Tuesday 12th August
Monday 27th October
Monday 8th December

For more information please see the LJS website

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