About Us
Who we are
Claire & Frankie Fernando, founders of Share a little love started trading on the 15th December 2007. Share a little love is in the business of selling key rings, other small products and competition tickets, with the winner receiving a great prize. However Share a little love is a business with a difference, up to the 31 August we donated £13,231.98 to good causes from the profits of our sales.
Over the past year whilst working with different organisations it has come to our attention that there are many families in Great Britain that are in difficult situations that could really benefit from a holiday, families where the mother is in a refuge with her children, families with terminally ill children or disabled children where the parents have had to give up work to care for them and families dealing with bereavement.
We decided that we would very much like to offer these families the opportunity of a holiday that they would not be able to have on their own. So from October 2008 instead of making donations Share a little love has purchased and will upkeep and maintain a £42,000 luxury holiday home at Combe Haven Holiday Park in East Sussex.
We are very excited about being able to donate these holidays from March through to December for the many families in need. Combe Haven Holiday Park has fantastic facilities both indoor and outdoor and the families will hopefully have a much needed wonderful time there. All families will need to apply through a supportive organisation. You can obtain an application pack by post/fax or download a pack, please see what you can do and contact us pages.
Questions and Answers
Q: Are you a charity or do you represent a charity?
A: No we are a profit making business
Q: Do your agents who sell your competition tickets or merchandise get paid?
A: Yes all our agents receive up to 50% from each sale.
Q: How long have we been trading?
A: Share a little love was founded on the 15 December 2007 by Mr and Mrs Fernando.
Q: What are your objectives?
A: To run a successful business and help the unfortunate as well.
Q: Are you working with charities?
A: In early 2008 we made large donations to charities but from October 2008 we will not be making any further donations to charities.
Q: What are you doing from October 2008 instead?
A: Please view About Us Page (above)
Q: Where do we sell our tickets and merchandise?
A: We work under our peddlers licence and we go from town to town.
Q: What is a peddler license?
A: A peddlers license is a license that is obtainable from your local police station and enable you to work all over the country with the provision that you do not set up a stall and stand in one position for more than fifteen minutes.
Q: Are you allowed to approach people to sell your wares?
A: Yes because we are not a charity and we do not represent a charity and as we are working under our peddlers licenses we have to approach our customers rather than wait for them to approach us.
Q: As a peddler are you allowed in all towns?
A: Not if the local council has gone to Parliament and taken out a private bylaw.
Q: Do we need a gaming license for our tickets?
A: No we do not need a gaming license for our tickets as they do not fall under a lottery or a raffle. Our ticket involves skill and because of the tie breaker question on the back of our tickets not everyone has the possibility to win. There can only be one winner.
Q: Do you support deserving families financially ?
A: No, but if contacted by organisations to purchase special equipment or supportive services and if our ticket sales have been good then will help the family in question.
Q: What do you guarantee to donate from your ticket sales ?
A: We donate a minimum of 30 holidays a year based on up to 6 people per holiday.
Q: If I win a prize, how long will it be before I receive it?
A: If its a cash prize you will receive it within 2 weeks. If its a cruise that you have won, we will book it as soon as you give us the dates that you are free to go.
Q: Does the cruise include flights?
A: It includes all return flights from the UK and full board on the ship ( except drinks).
Q: Can we choose what cruise company we go with ?
A: Your cruise will be with Ocean Village as we have used them ourselves an know its a great cruise.
Q: If we don't want to go can I give the prize to someone else?
A: Yes you can, but if its already booked in your name then you will have to take this up with Ocean Village yourself and pay any administration costs that may occur.
Q: Do we pay for any on-shore excursions ?
A: Any excursions you take on-shore will be have to be paid for by yourselves.
Q: Is it possible to have a cash alternative instead of the cruise?
A: No cash alternative is offered to this prize.
Q: Why is your business offering to help others?
A: The people of this world are becoming more greedy and selfish with little thought for others, so that is why we formed Share a little love.
Q: Why do you display everything you give and do for people?
A: It is important that Share a little love demonstrates its business ethos in helping people.
All the questions have been answered by Frankie Fernando, proprietor of Share a little love.