Team Hope Tea Party

Team Hope Tea Party

A simple cup of tea can create lasting change. Gather your friends, classmates, colleagues or community this May and help support children and families affected by poverty.

Every Cup Counts

When people across Ireland come together to host a Team Hope Tea Party, small moments add up to something powerful

  • Host a tea party anywhere – home, school, work or your local club
  • Raise funds for Team Hope’s year-round development work
  • Get a free Tea Party Pack with invites, games, posters & more!
  • Share your plans using #TeamHopeTeaParty

Download your Welcome Pack

Thanks for your interest in joining people across Ireland who’ll be putting the kettle on, laying out the buns, and inviting friends, family, and neighbours to join them for a Team Hope Tea Party – a joyful event to support children living in vulnerable conditions overseas.

Your pack includes:
• How to host
• Theme inspirations
• Decoration ideas
• Recipes & more!

  • For Schools

    Hosting a tea party is a fantastic way to bring your school community together and wrap up the term with something everyone can enjoy.

  • For Individual Hosts

    Whether it’s old friends catching up or new neighbours getting to know each other, a tea party is a wonderful reason to gather, chat, and connect.

  • For Businesses

    Host a Team Hope Tea Party to boost morale, connect your team, and make a real impact—aligning your CSR values with global change.

Click here for a 5 minute background video to play at your Tea Party!

Beyond The Box

While Christmas shoeboxes bring immediate joy, lasting change comes from strengthening families to shape their own futures.

Year-round, Team Hope runs sustainable development projects focused on building local capacity and economic independence.

Through community savings groups and livelihood initiatives, families are supported to increase income, improve food security, afford education, and build resilience.

When families are stronger, children stay in school longer and grow up with greater opportunity. This work is about dignity, not dependency.

Beyond The Box Stories

Elizabeth & Aida

Elizabeth in Malawi is the mother of Aida and Madaliso who received Christmas Shoeboxes all the way from Ireland in 2024. Elizabeth is also part of a piggery project started by Team Hope’s partners in her area. The profits will allow her to feed her children regularly, buy small livestock, repair their home, and most importantly, send Aida and Madaliso back to school. They dream of becoming a teacher and a doctor. 
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Espérance’s Chance at Hope 

By being part of this project Espérance is now able to offer her children a more healthy, safe and secure life and an education that will give them more opportunities to become parents who can do the same and more for their own children. 
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Building Up Communities In Kenya

Our most recent project in Kenya is working in an area inhabited by the Kamba community. 50% of the community is made up of children and most families eat what they grown in their own gardens. But the land there is dry and the rain is unreliable so food is not plentiful and children’s health suffers because of the lack of nutrition, clean drinking water and sanitation.
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