Happy Handbag scheme
Our aim is to provide a handbag to ladies in times of extreme hardship or homelessness in the Gloucester/Bristol/Swindon/Newport areas.
Happy Handbag is a private, self-funded, not for profit, charitable scheme I set up to provide handbags, containing ladies personal hygiene items, to women in times of great hardship and/or homelessness. The majority of handbags donated are filled and given directly local service providers to give to any of their clients in a crisis situation. Any monitory donations received from doing a Happy Handbag talk are used for buying the hygiene products to put in the bags.
Some donated high-end handbags are sold as they are unsuitable for clients, they make that lady a target for the theft of the handbag. These handbags we try to sell to raise funds for products for the other bags. The sale of 1 bag could raise enough money to fill 2 others.
The requests for Happy Handbags are growing and growing but the donations are getting less and less…. please help if you can…
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Happy Handbag Objectives
*To receive donations of a handbag, initially for ladies, containing everyday essential hygiene products
*To identify genuine outlets in Bristol/Gloucester/Swindon for these bags to be distributed to those in need
*To set up a supply link of donations via word of mouth and Facebook
*To expand donations received to include childrens’ clothing or underwear in a Happy Bag
How the scheme works:
*A person has a handbag that is no longer in use
*The person puts lady related personal items into the handbag and contacts Happy Handbag – contact form below
*If this is not possible then why not do a local collection to make it feasible for Happy Handbag to collect direct?
*The handbag is checked, with additional items being added if necessary, then given to a legitimate, approved Service Provider/Charity
*The donations log page is updated every time Happy Handbags are given out……
Points to note:
*All handbags donated will be distributed through a legitimate, recognized organization
*It is hoped that the handbag contents will be donated by the handbag donor
*Donations of product to fill the handbags are gratefully received – we have hundreds of bags waiting to be filled!
*Happy Handbag is now at a stage where funding is required for running costs and for purchasing items to fill handbags that are donated without contents
*We have introduced a system whereby empty handbags donate – if a high end brand – may be sold on to gain funds for the scheme
*We give talks to local groups with the groups members bringing along donations for the bags – these talks are very popular please contact if you would like to arrange a talk (normally only available in the Bristol/Gloucester area).
This scheme has been expanded to include small Happy Bag.
For more details, or if you would like to make a monitory donation please use the contact form in the Get in Touch tab.
PLEASE BE AWARE, WE ARE NOT A BIG ORGANISATION, just me with a few casual (non-paid) helpers.