We would like to give a huge thank you to a donor who came to our office last week with an extremely generous donation of lots of brand-new bedding for Forget-Me-Notts!
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Hello everyone! I know it seems early but we are so excited to announce this year's Christmas Selection Box Program!
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Hi, my name’s Abigail and I’m the new intern at Operation Orphan! I’m currently a psychology student at Nottingham Trent University and am so excited to be doing my placement year with Operation Orphan! I was so excited to go out on my first day of referrals yesterday!
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For 7 million people across the UK, the cost of living crisis is more than just a headline – it’s a daily struggle. With inflation rising and interest rates climbing, many households are fighting to cover even the most basic essentials.
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Forget-Me-Notts is Operation Orphan’s UK-based project, supporting vulnerable children and families who are dealing with many issues, including bed poverty.
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A massive thank you to Julian Bowen for there extremely generous donation!
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Your chocolatey donations went to the most vulnerable children in the community this Easter! Thank you for bringing some festive joy into their lives during this period :)
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How our wonderful crafters have provided children with love and care through donations of colourful blankets in the past 5 years!
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Donate a chocolatey gift for a vulnerable child this Easter!
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Read how your selection box donations has put a smile on vulnerable children's faces this Christmas.
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Wow, this Easter has been a busy one! With Forget-Me-Notts having its largest request of Easter eggs ever at just under 4000, our team, volunteers and amazing donors have been hard at work collecting, sticking eggs and creating chocolate packs.
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Hello everyone, Emma here!
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining Matt out on the road for a day of referrals; together we installed 2 sets of drawers, a single bed, a cot bed, and of course, all of the cuddly bedding, blankets, and soft toys to make the children’s new beds oh so dreamy.
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After a year of working for Waste Nott Want Nott (our bulky waste collection and recycling service) as ‘Recycling Team Supervisor’, Dan is now a part of the Forget-Me-Notts’ referral team. Dan answered a few questions about his time so far which you can read more about below!
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This year we were requested a total of 4189 selection boxes from 14 different social care organisations and 15 other community groups.
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With massive thanks to the cheerleaders of the University of Nottingham, we wrapped and packed over 1,000 selection boxes for our first set of distributions. We are so thankful for the continued partnership with the cheerleaders and all of their help with preparations for Christmas each year.
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We had a brilliant second-ever full team day focusing on Forget-Me-Notts and all of the different aspects which make up our UK based project.
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Hi everyone!
I hope you are all doing well! My name Is Hefin, and I am this year’s intern at Operation Orphan. I am so excited for the year ahead and cannot wait to work together with you all helping orphaned and vulnerable children here in the UK 😊
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Hello everyone! It is officially the time of year when Christmas is right around the corner, and we are so excited to announce this year’s selection box gift program has started! ☆
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We gifted 3017 Easter eggs to social services to remind our local vulnerable children that they are not forgotten this Easter. We are pleased to have received such overwhelmingly positive feedback and we would love to share these moments with you.
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I’m halfway into my placement year at Operation Orphan and one of the highlights of my experience is being able to join the Forget-Me-Notts team on referrals.
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