Editorial

Easter Eggtravaganza

Our Easter bunnies were hard at work in the foodbank. Thanks to one of our kind customers every family received a lovely handmade Easter chick on Good Friday 2022.

Christmas Clear Out?

Now that the schools have broken up for the summer and the weather is a little unpredictable, your thoughts may have turned to clearing out cupboards, sheds or even the loft.

As well as all the usual items we are happy to take off your hands (clothing, toys, unwanted gifts) we would also be more than happy for your old Christmas decorations. Rachel Miller, founder of Mesopotamia, explained, “Christmas is one of the busiest times for us and, in honesty, one of the costliest. That combined with the shop closing over the festive period means that money is even tighter for us at this time.” So if you are considering buying new decorations this year, please donate your old ones to us. 100% of our profits go into supporting people in need.

Our shop opening times are Monday – Friday 9.30 until 4.30 pm and Saturday 10.00 until 3.00 pm.

Supporting Notts Healthcare

Nottinghamshire Healthcare have tweeted their Property and Space Utilisation Team won their Environmental Impact Award by saving the Trust over £9k by reusing consumables. To do this they partnered with Mesopotamia to donate over 200 items the Trust could no longer use to help provide relief worldwide.

What a great result for their team and our charity and the people supported by these items.

If you use Twitter visit #NottsOSCARS for more information.

Donations Welcome Again!

I’m happy to say that we are now able to take your kind donations, having managed to sell a lot of our stock. Thank you, in particular, if you have held onto items. Please note though that if you have something bulky, it’s best to check with us that we have room.

Donations update

Thank you to everyone who has donated stock for us to sell in our charity shop. Your support is really appreciated. The donations have been so generous that we are absolutely full. Please keep any donations until after 18 May but check the blog for a further update of when we can start accepting donations again.

And please spread the word – the quicker people buy from us, the quicker we can restock. If you use Twitter follow us @MeopotamiaCha5. We regularly share some of our more interesting items for sale such as the wedding dress below.

Donations Welcome

We opened last Monday, in line with Government regulations, and have been delighted to be busy in our shop again. As you know, monies raised go towards delivering food parcels to local people in need.

Thank you for holding onto your donations whilst we have been closed – we have had many enquiries. I’m pleased to let you know that we are now accepting donations in our shop. No appointment needed. Our opening times are displayed on our contact us page.

If you have larger items that you are unable to deliver, we can start booking appointments and collect from the end of next week. You can use our contact us form or phone and leave a message. Please let us know what you would like to donate and your address.

Vantastic News!

Regular readers will know of our recent transport issues. We haven’t been able to collect donations since our van was involved in an accident in November and our volunteers have had to use their own transport to deliver urgent food parcels.

I am delighted to update you that we now have a van! It’s a bit larger than our previous van and meets all our needs. So a huge shout out to Castle Cavendish for their generous contribution towards the van because without it, the insurance pay out was insufficient to replace our desperately needed transport.

So look out for us in the Basford area and give our driver a wave.

We’re Opening!

Were delighted to confirm our charity shop will re open on 12 April. Thank you to all our supporters who have been buying stock through our Ebay account and we look forward to seeing you face to face soon.

Also, thank you to our supporters who are keeping goods to donate but please email or phone us to arrange a mutually suitable time to drop off your donations, as we can’t accept all in a day!

Give a Little Love Success

Following on from last week’s blog post I’m delighted to confirm that Mesopotamia raised over £1000 from our eBay auction. All of this money will go directly into our food bank to support local people in need.

Give a little love

You may recall, a month ago, we told you abut our Ebay auction. I’m happy to update you that, with four days to go, we believe that we are on track to raise our target of £1000.

We have had a lot of interest in many of the lots with £150 being our current highest bid for a mulberry handbag. But if your budget is modest please be assured we have many bids around £1.99.

We are promoting items with our new Twitter account. Please click on the above link to see details of this and how you can access our auction.