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Happy Handbag – busy, busy
Oh what a month August 2024 has turned out to be! Over 50 Happy Handbags and 50 Happies (sacks/boxes etc) delivered in 2 trip to Swindon Nelson Trust, 3 trips to Nelson Trust Gloucester & Family Haven Gloucester, 1 collection (from me) by Nelson Trust Bristol and 2 special drops (1-of emergency drops to a…
Happy Handbag – New Collection Point
A huge 'Thank You' to Karen Morris of Natures Choice Health & Refill Shop, 27a Horse Street, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6DA who are set to become a new COLLECTION POINT for Happy Handbag donations.
The magic of the Sarsen Stones
If you are looking for an interesting day out I can thoroughly recommend visiting West Wood , close to Marlborough in Wiltshire. It's an amazing wood, managed by the Forestry Commission, that hosts a glorious spread of bluebells in the Spring but also - the sarsen stones! So, what are sarsen stones? They are almost…
What a week of donations this has been! (26/07/2024)
A huge 'thank you' to the company in London who donates items to Happy Handbag - 3 big boxes received Wednesday day containing baseball caps, pens, and umbrellas! A couple of boxes of umbrellas, telescopic and Mary Poppins style (though I can't promise they're magic ones). Half have already gone out to Family Haven and…
Tesco Extra Swindon – Plus Yate Shopping centre to promote
21 Happy Handbags and 9 black sacks of clothing to Nelsons Trust Swindon yesterday, 25th June 2024. Then on to Tesco Extra in Swindon for a meeting with their Community Champion. Happy Handbag will be their dedicated cause for the month of July, acting as a drop of point for donations. I will be there…
Coalpit Heath Summer Fair 21st July 2024
Happy Handbag and The Gentle Touch will be at Coalpit Heath Summer Fair 21st July 2024 selling high-end pre-loved handbags for funds to fill other bags waiting to be filled to then be donated to Service Provders - to give to those in a crisis situations. Also be selling crystals etc again to raise Happy…
Kate – a Mr Motivator’s Motivator
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Thank you to St Annes Church Oldland Common
I would like to pass on pass on my HUGE thanks to St Annes Church, Oldland Common, Bristol. They had a coffee morning last week where donations could be made for HH. I came home one day to an amazing donation of handbags and toiletries! These will be going out this week to Nelsons Trust…
Happy Handbag – Recognition
Following the receiving of the British Empire Award in the Kings Birthday Honour list, June 2023, Happy Handbag (Jeanne) received an invite to The Royal Garden Party the following May. She was accompanied by TGT K8fit Kate. It rained, and rained, and rained but was a fantastic experience...........
Happy Handbag Charms are back
Following discussions around the addition of handbag charms - they are back. Research showed that these little touches made quite an impact on those receiving the handbags - a little thing to show that people really do care....
May Madness (?) – May Moments
Interesting month this month. A few amazing days away in Cornwall and I came back with a virus that knocked me out for a couple of weeks. But now - I've fulfilled one of my ambitions with Happy Handbag (besides going to THE Garden Party tomorrow!) - that of trialling HH's in a Police Station.…
Intuitive/Shamanic Crystal Course
I ran my new Intuitive/Shamanic crystal course last week. Here's some of the comments from students... 'I would like to say a huge Thank you for a wonderful day as I really enjoyed the workshop and being with like minded people.....''I learned so much, especially the exercise using our intuition when choosing certain crystals....'' The…