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For a while now we have been tweeting away as @SaraJGates well good news, we have got our act together and have finally set up our own soap twitter account and yes you've guessed it you can now find us @MitcheldeanSoap. So log onto twitter and find us there, of course we will be still using @SaraJGates so if you want to find out what those naughty chickens are upto keep on following :)

Border Counties Steam and Vintage Show in Monmouth

We recently took our products to the Border Counties Steam and Vintage Show in Monmouth and the lovely Jackie Hancock from The Poultry Gift Shop (www.thepoultrygiftshop.co.uk) very kindly took some photographs of us there (and the products !) so thought we would share them here with you:) This was the fourth year running we have been to this show and after last years torrential downpours we were ever so pleased that the weather was very fine and sunny. Roll on next year!

Sheppard House in Newent

We quite often are asked to supply raffle prizes for charities or good causes, where we can we do try to accommodate however we are asked almost daily for prizes so we can’t always say yes as much as we would like to. Recently we were approached by Sheppard House in Newent for a raffle prize for their Easter extravaganza, I said yes as Newent is very close to where we live and close to The Bubble. I decided to deliver the prize myself as I was intrigued about Sheppard House and wanted to find out a bit more about them. When I arrived I found a Easter Egg Hunt in full swing with lots of excited children (and adults) running around squealing with delight as they found an egg, the atmosphere was great and everyone even the volunteers were enjoying themselves it was great to see. The Newent Association for the Disabled (Sheppard House Day Centre) was founded in 1981 by Trudie Sheppard, MBE, who is herself disabled, and is the umbrella organisation for Sheppard House, Dial-A-Ride, the Charity Shop and the One Stop Shop. Available funds at that time were just two pounds, and in the early days the Association was a small club held in the local Community Centre. The past decade has seen the facility develop, providing cooked meals, art and craft workshops, entertainment, competitions, computer courses, theatre visits, countryside trips and escorted holidays to specialised holiday centres.
At the present time, approximately 175 disabled and elderly people attend Sheppard House weekly and in excess of 35,000 people use the Dial-A-Ride service annually. So as you see it’s certainly a worthwhile charity and I certainly intend to help them out again in the future. I would like to say a big thank you to Pat and Anne for getting in touch with me in the first place and I hope your fundraising helps you achieve your dreams.