Ah, so morning guys.
I don't know what the time is.
It might be afternoon.
We've been busy this morning.
Busy, busy, busy.
Now these are all the toys we've got.
It's fill a bag for a fiver with the toys.
Kids toys.
We've got Tanger.
One of my volunteers went into Caerphilly.
She don't want to be named.
And the charity shop refused toy donations, DVDs and things like that.
And we won't name the charity shop.
But they actually said we don't want any more toys because there's no money in them.
They're supposed to be for children.
It's bad, innit?
That's bad, like, there's no money in them.
That should tell you all, innit?
That should tell you everything.
You know, that's an established charity shop in Caerphilly.
The paint I haven't taken too good on there again.
It's not too bad on them shells though.
It's better on the wooden ones.
Not wonderful though.
I won't buy this paint again.
It's been a nightmare.
That's shocking, innit?
That's a shocking response from a charity shop.
Like I said, we take the rough with the smooth.
There's not much we refuse.
If it's due, see, we're going to start refusing it.
Because I wouldn't give it to anybody in some of the states that we've had some stuff in.
But that's not all the stuff.
That's usually an isolated incident, you know.
But...
Yeah, I can't believe that.
We've given out books.
We've given out...
Oh God, we've given out thousands of things, haven't we?
That's free.
You know that because we've just never had anywhere to store it.
I just think, oh my God.
Well, my volunteer actually challenged them as I take it to Jayne's Baby Bang.
If she'd have had room in her car, she would have actually...
taken it, but she didn't have room in her car often.
But that's awful, isn't it, guys?
Like I said, we've filled a bag for a fiver and we're generous with it.
Because we've got tons here.
And I'd rather children wake up Christmas morning and have, you know, stuff there.
And mothers not having to worry about it.
So that...
You know, like the games.
And if you want to fill a bag for games, books, whatever.
DVDs come down and do it, I guess.
It's just...
I can't believe that was the response of the charity shop today.
I mean, it was absolute shocking, that is.
Yeah, so we got loads of toys there.
Actually, there's another establishment that actually refused toys this morning.
Because I actually brought under there.
Because what I'm trying to do is prevent it being fly tipped as well.
You know, because that's how we started taking...
We started off as a food bank, started off as a baby bank.
You know, and then we started taking other stuff in the pandemic.
Because everybody was fly tipping.
And I kept saying, bring it to my drive.
And people can just pick it up off the drive, rather than you fly tip.
And then, next thing you know, we're an everything bank and a charity shop.
So...
You know, that's why I mentioned again on, I think it was the Steal Houses post.
We'll take toys.
Because at the very least they'll be shipped to Africa.
If nobody wants them.
But I mean, we've got lovely toys here.
You know, we're not like...
Scraping the bottom of the barrel with toys.
We've got beautiful stuff here, look.
So, yeah, just come in, fill a bag.
It's all week.
Fill a bag for five, you know, a generous oldies bag for...
Just to, you know, either for the kids to play with or just for...
Put around your Christmas presents to make it look like you've got more.
Lovely books, look, we've got.
Books are almost brand new, they're lovely.
So, yeah, any of these items by yours, fill a bag for a fiver.
I just can't believe, like, what I've heard today.
And I'm glad that our volunteer actually challenged him and actually made a point of saying that we would take it.
Because at the end of the day, that's, that's, you know, charity should be for children first.
They should always, children should always come first, children and babies.
And it's just, you know...
It's greedy, isn't it?
It shows how greedy some charity shops are.
You know.
Like I said, we take the rough with us move, like, you know, we've got brand new items and then we've got this that's been hanging around for a while.
I mean, some kid might want that, play with it in the garden.
I know it's missing bits, but there we are.
If we can't do anything about it, we'll recycle it eventually, but give it a chance to be re-owned.
You know, tons of lovely games.
I go to Star Wars things, but they're like...
Don't buy games for Christmas, whatever you do, don't buy them brand new.
Oh, and the girls have just unearthed some Christmas stuff, I think, as well.
Because it was in the designer room, so we've, they've pulled it out, ready to put on a rail out here so you can see it better.
So, yeah, we're open all week down here.
And it's also fill a bag of Barbara Barger of toys and books and children's DVDs.
Oh, I've got to go now.
Try that.
