27/10/2026
A lovely post from one of our Directors who was out and about delivering meals on Monday…. Read all about Leanne’s thoughts on the volunteering services she kindly gave on her day off..
Leanne also happens to have a business on the same site as us.. The Mystical Cat
If you would like to feel the joy of volunteering please get in touch…
Email: [email protected]
Telephone ☎️ 01452 903505
We not only deliver food but also kindness, contact with the outside world and a smile 😊
Morning it's Tuesday and the first day of Hallow-week for us here at The Mystical Cat 👋 we hope you had an amazing Monday without us 😉
Monday is always a day when we try to get at home stuff done, shopping etc as well as some self care. Yesterday was a bit busier than normal - as many of you know we support and work with 2 charities Yeleni Therapy & Support Complementary Health Centre & Charity based in Hereford and Dean Forest Kitchen based here at Harts Barn Craft Centre. Yesterday, we helped out with delivering meals locally in the Forest of Dean. Driven by our compadre director Yvette, we visited some lovely local folk around the Forest dropping off their choice of meal, pud and/or a sandwich. The charity runs completely on donations and volunteers, but there is such a positive impact to those we deliver to, that smile and chat when we arrive with their food keeps them going 😍 most of those we delivered to yesterday were watching the door🚪for us to arrive. Dean Forest Kitchen is always on the lookout for volunteers to help out in whatever capacity you can, training and DBS certification where needed is given and drivers also get paid their mileage at the appropriate HMRC rate (currently 55p per mile), with a route typically taking up to 2 hours (usually less) but is traffic dependant. This time of year especially the meals on wheels delivery could be the only human contact that these vulnerable people see on a given day. If you are able to help out at all please email [email protected]. You can also visit their website at www.deanforestkitchen.co.uk for more information. If you can help, please do 🙏
Ok so back to The Mystical Cat, we do still have halloweeny stuff to go up, as situations beyond our control on Sunday meant the other half wasn't available to go up the 🪜 for us....now we dont like heights and the ladder work makes us wobbly BUT we will do our best today to do it ....all for Halloween 🎃. We do have a delivery due today though which will help with our height avoiding procrastination 😅.
On that note we are off to drink our Old Dairy Tearoom coffee ☕️ . Its so far a lovely day today, so we shall enjoy this bit of autumn 🍂 sun and catch you all tomorrow.
Namaste
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