Operation Orphan

Today we are saying goodbye to Hefin as he leaves our team to adventure elsewhere! 🇺🇸 ✈️ ☀️

It’s been nothing but a joy to watch Hefin grow and develop in his various roles with the charity and - we are incredibly proud of him and extremely grateful for the years he has poured into the life of 🫶🏼

He will be missed for sure, but will always be part of our OO family. We are so blessed to have had you in our team Hefin and we know you have such a bright future ahead of you.

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A rewarding opportunity to join our incredible team. Based at our Nottingham HQ, the role is a combination of practical work (building beds and furniture for vulnerable children around the area) as well as some administrative work at our office.

If you know someone who would be perfect for this role, please pass on the information to them 🙏

https://www.operation-orphan.org/role-dual

We just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all the crafters around the country who make and send us blankets to use in our projects.

It always so lovely to see such variety in the blankets we receive. They are a vital part of what we do and are used across so many of our projects. Not only do they help keep the children who receive them warm but they help bring joy and put a smile on their faces.

We were thrilled to have Joel pop into our office recently, who comes by whenever he is in the area to bring blankets on behalf of Julia and the Loving Hands group all the way from Shetland!! We are so grateful to Joel for generously bring them so far whenever he is able and it’s incredible to have such ongoing support from Julia and the Loving Hands group from so far away! Thank you!

We’ve also had some lovely blankets dropped off recently from some of our regular supporters, Chris and Dawn, the Nuthall Methodist Church, and The Cast Offs. It was so lovely to see the beautiful blankets they had created that we know will make such a difference to the children.

Whilst we love meeting all our crafters, it’s also incredible to see how many blankets we get in the post and where they all come from, it’s amazing to see how many people across the country support us and the variety of designs we get is lovely.

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone in our army of crafters from near and far! We are so grateful for the support and what you do makes such a difference to the children who receive your blankets! Thank you!

Please note our office will be closed on Monday 4th May for the bank holiday.

Any messages/voicemails will be picked up when the office is open again on Tuesday 5th May.

Thank you!

Chris and Dawn came in today to drop off some lovely blankets they have crafted for us. We have received lots of lovely blankets in the post too which we will be processing soon. Thank you so much to everyone who has kindly crafted blankets for us to give to the children. ❤️🙏🏼

If you haven’t already heard… our film, created for us by the generous & talented has made the finals of this competition.

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 🙏🏼

If you’ve already voted in this round, THANK YOU. Please feel free to share with others so they can vote too 🙏🥰

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Can you spare a minute to vote?
We just found out we got through to the final stage of the film competition & would love your vote to help us with a chance to win the cash prize 🙏🏼🥰

Thank you to those of you who have already voted in this round. We could use as many as possible so please share 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Forget-Me-Notts: Tackling Bed Poverty, One Bed At A Time Bed poverty is a topic not much discussed, yet it affects so many. With this video, we hope to shine a light on the situation to generate more support, so…

So grateful to 6th Beeston Scout Group for allowing us to use their hall today to sort through donations. We definitely needed a and thanks to our staff and volunteers today, we’ve made a good start. 🥳🥰🙌🏼

Since the pandemic it’s become increasingly difficult (and costly) to ship aid to our projects and we made the decision to shift our focus to more essential support where needed.
We’ve been so grateful over the years to have received lots of beautiful handmade hats, scarves & gloves however we no longer have an outlet for these.

When we are responding to an international crisis that would require specific items, we will put word out. Until then, we are only able to accept items we have a use for in our current projects;

Large warm blankets (approx 6’x4’) ✅
Great quality fitted sheets & duvet cover sets ✅
Toiletries & cleaning supplies ✅
New duvets & pillows ✅
Great quality single beds ✅
Great quality cot beds/toddler beds ✅
Great quality (as new) mattresses ✅

Thank you all for your incredible support and love. ❤️