2018: Jacobs 70th Anniversary year

Our 70th Anniversary Celebrations

Award winning Jacobs the Jewellers was 70 years old in 2018. Entirely in keeping with a family business holding the Reading community at its heart, Jacobs celebrated its anniversary with the ambitious goal of raising £70,000 for the Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity in the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. Throughout the anniversary year, a number of events and initiatives took place to raise funds for the much-loved local NHS Trust.

We raised £93,588.94!

Events wise, a team of “Jacobs Jumpers” skydived on April 22nd, video here; there's a soapbox derby at Engelfield House on September 8th, a golf day was held on Friday 14th September at Sonning Golf Club and the program included a gala luxury black tie dinner on October the 6th. 

Initiatives running in parallel included every 2018 purchase completed being entered into a prize draw to win a 0.70ct diamond 18ct white gold pendant, worth over £4000. We presented the lucky winner their prize in January. 

Furthermore, special 70th anniversary raffle tickets were available to buy in store to win prizes, drawn each quarter. The prizes were a unique mix from Jacobs own watch, jewellery and gift partners, as well as local businesses – proceeds going to the Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity. 

In an innovative final initiative, Jacobs in house designers and goldsmiths designed and made  7 unique jewellery pieces, designed in the style of a specific jewellery design era such as Art Deco or Victoriana. These 7 designs, ranging from £500 to £10,000, were created and sold during the course of 2018 with a percentage donated towards the charity - only a few remain for sale. Click here to see the range.  

 

 

 

RAFFLE: thanks to Cream Design for raffle tickets. All baskets are in excess of an estimated £500 value per draw.

April 2018 Draw - drawn April 6th by Ian Thomson, Director Royal Berk Charity + Adrienne Jacobs, Co-Owner Jacobs

 Won by Mr Scott!

 

July 2018 Draw - won by Mrs Conroy.

  • Cleaning products
  • Workhouse Coffee bag of beans 
  • Eyesite voucher
  • FOPE necklace 
  • Eclectic Game Booty 
  • Purple Turtle Red wine + white wine + beers £
  • Bulgari Book 
  • Frosts Fishmongers Voucher 
  • Eye Imagine a portrait session plus framed 10x8" photo from the session 
  • Jelly voucher 
  • John Lewis, Reading

October 2018 Draw, won by Mrs Fox!

  • Cleaning products 
  • Workhouse Coffee bag of beans
  • Eyesite voucher
  • FOPE necklace 
  • Eclectic Games: Booty!
  • Purple Turtle Red wine + white wine + jug + Tshirt 
  • Bulgari Book 
  • Frosts Fishmongers Voucher 
  • Malmaison bottle prosecco voucher
  • Eye Imagine a portrait session plus framed 10x8" photo from the session 
  • John Lewis, Reading
  • Anonymous Coffee, Reading

January 2019 Draw, won by Mr Laljee

 

  • Cleaning products
  • Workhouse Coffee bag of beans
  • Eyesite voucher
  • FOPE necklace 
  • Eclectic Game Booty 
  • Purple Turtle Red wine + white wine
  • Bulgari Book 
  • Bigli Sarong 
  • Frosts Fishmongers Voucher 
  • Malmaison bottle prosecco voucher
  • John Lewis, Reading 

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