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More Thank You’s
I travelled up to Quedgeley (Gloucestershire) to meet up with a member of Severnside W.I. last week (Oct '25). They had collected for Happy Handbag and donated 20+ filled handbags plus underwear and other bits and pieces. I will be going back up in a years time to give a talk and collect more goodies.…
Roma Widger Show BCfm
I was lucky enough to be invited on to a local Bristol independent community radio show on 20th August 2025 to talk about Happy Handbag and to select a few songs. I was able to tell more people about Happy Handbag, how I started, where the donations go/are distributed, and the amount of support I…
Avon area W.I. groups
A huge 'Thank you' to all the Women's Institutes in my local area who, at their yearly meeting, nominated Happy Handbag as their charitable cause each group bring along to their meeting donations of toiletries and underwear.......... Frampton Cotterell WI Coalpit Heath WI Old Sodbury WI Chipping Sodbury WI Chipping Sodbury morning WI Iron Acton…
‘Talks’ Given…
Last weekend proved to be very interesting as, being a member of Mensa, I gave 2 small talks at a European Seminar/Gathering in Newport South Wales (1) Reiki from Folk Art - Reiki in a Professional/Conventional medical setting; (2) Happy Handbag. 41 countries were represented at the gathering (even though it was a European gathering)…
Reiki Folk Art to Reiki Professional Practitioner
WORKSHOP/CPD Reiki – Folk Art to Professional Practitioner – in person trainingTuesday 19th August 2025 10.00-16.00Manor Hall, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2TG £85 to include completion certificate + TRC 25 page Practitioner Handbook TRC members £70 + TRC 25 page Practitioner Handbook This training is additional to traditional Reiki trainingNo Reiki attunements/initiations are given Have you…
Happy Handbag with MENSA
I will be giving a talk on Happy Handbag and Happy's (carriers/sacks filled with clothing etc) at the European MENSA Gathering in Cardiff in August! Without the help of all those donating items and the support of Big Yellow Self Storage in Gloucester, I wouldn't be able to provide items to help women and families…
BIG YELLOW SELF STORAGE GLOUCESTER
A huge 'Thank You' to the amazing team in the Gloucester branch of Big Yellow Self Storage for continuing to support Happy Handbag. Your support is invaluable as in my storage unit I have hundreds of handbags waiting to be filled, plus some filled handbags en route to Service Providers. As of today, 27.02.2025 we…
Happy Handbag 2025
In getting ready to go and do a Happy Handbag talk this afternoon (18/20/2025) I did some statistics on the numbers of Happy Handbags given out so far. I was amazed to find that HH have given out the equivalent of just over 1 filled Happy Handbag for every day since the start just over…
Talks! 2025
Since receiving the British Empire Medal in 2023 my life has taken a slightly different route. I stepped away from Reiki Council on resigning the post of Chair to free up some more of my time for The Reiki Connection and Happy Handbag. I now don’t offer treatments and tend to teach ‘on demand’. I…
Oh what a week that was!
The week started on 18th November 2024 with a talk to Frenchay W.I. They had a lovely load of handbags and toiletries for me to collect. Tuesday was sorting and packing. Wednesday was making 2 collections in the morning, thank you Janet in Westerleigh and members of St Mary's Church, Yate (this followed on from…
Bridgwater
Who knew that Bridgwater only had 1 'e'? For donkey's years I've spelt Bridgwater with an extra 'e' - Bridgewater, but in the last few weeks Bridgwater has come to the fore by having 2 amazing ladies who have donated to Happy Handbag. Both Sheena and now Sadie have made a huge donation to Nelson…
Happy Handbag donation in Bridgwater
A huge 'thank you' to Sheena from Bridgwater who took handbags, toiletries, jackets, coats, underwear and clothing to Nelson Trust in Bridgwater. Sheena contacted me to advise she had a donation to make. Because of logistics and personal circumstances I was unable to get to her but spoke to Nelson Trust who were happy to…