We Won an Award!

We are thrilled to say that thanks to your votes we have been awarded People’s Choice Silver for our category at the Smiley Charity Film Awards!

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We need all the votes possible to be in for a chance of winning a cash prize (which would be really handy right now). So if you wouldn’t mind sparing a minute to cast a vote, we would hugely appreciate it 🙏🏼

Happy Easter!

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for another successful Easter Egg appeal! The support from everyone has been overwhelming and helped us provide over 3250 Easter gifts for vulnerable children!!

Easter Egg Appeal 2026!

We are so excited to announce this year's Easter Egg Appeal!

Donations, Easter, Forget-Me-Notts, forget-me-notts, FundraisingAbigail Tindal4 February 2026Easter, Easter eggs, Easter Eggs, Forget-Me-Notts, Forget Me Notts, Fundraising, Donations, gift, Nottingham, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Chocolate

Smiley Charity Film Awards - Vote Now!

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A Festive Thank You!!

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for another successful Christmas Selection Box appeal!

A Big Thank you!

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!

Beds, Donations, Forget-Me-Notts, forget-me-nottsAbigail Tindal3 October 2025Forget-Me-Notts, Forget Me Notts, forgetmenotts, Donations, Nottingham, bed poverty, children, Beds, beds, thankyou

Tackling Bed Poverty, One Bed At A Time

Forget-Me-Notts is Operation Orphan’s UK-based project, supporting vulnerable children and families who are dealing with many issues, including bed poverty.

Beds, Forget-Me-NottsCaitlin Sayce9 June 2025Forget-Me-Notts, Beds, bed poverty, Charity, Cost of Living Crisis, Cost of living, forgetmenotts, Forget Me Notts, Nottingham, notts, notts charity, Notts, Nottingham charity, Notts charity, children, Children's charity

Julian Bowen Donation

A massive thank you to Julian Bowen for there extremely generous donation!

Beds, Donations, Forget-Me-Notts, forget-me-notts, Fundraising, VolunteersGwen Morris15 May 2025Donations, Charity, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Forget-Me-Notts, Fundraising, bed poverty, Lancashire, Derbyshire

A Very Happy Easter!

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 :)

Easter, Donations, Forget-Me-Notts, forget-me-nottsGwen Morris25 April 2025Donations, Charity, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, gift, Easter eggs, Easter Eggs, Easter, Forget-Me-Notts, Operation Orphan

To Our Army of Crafters Across the UK

How our wonderful crafters have provided children with love and care through donations of colourful blankets in the past 5 years!

Donations, Beds, Forget-Me-Notts, forget-me-notts, Volunteers, FundraisingGwen Morris21 February 2025Blankets, Knitting, Crochet, Volunteering, Operation Orphan, Forget-Me-Notts, Warehouse, children, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire

Post-Referral Reflections

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.

Beds, Forget-Me-NottsGuest User1 March 2024Beds, bed poverty, cot bed, children, Forget-Me-Notts, Nottingham

Our 'Knights' in Shining Armour!

University of Nottingham’s Cheerleading squad, the Nottingham Knights, have been battling through isolation with valiance and honour, by fundraising for us!