🌈 Rainbow Stars 2026: Honouring the Hearts Who Helped Us Shine As we step into a new year, and a month offline Harry and I find ourselves pausing — taking a breath, looking back, and feeling the weight and warmth of everything that 2025 brought to Hand Made with Love & Making Memories CIC. Each year, this moment arrives quietly at first, then gathers meaning as we begin preparing to announce our Rainbow Stars  for the year ahead. Our Rainbow Stars are not simply “top volunteers.” They are...

Friendship, Loss, and Legacy Friendship inside a community like ours is never accidental. It’s built in the quiet moments — the shared purpose, the cups of tea after long days, the laughter that lifts us, and the compassion that carries us through the hardest nights. Some people arrive in our lives as volunteers, but they stay as family. Paul and Annie were exactly that. Seven years ago, we lost our Paul Scully‑Sloan — a man whose kindness ran deep, whose humour softened the heaviest days,...

The team has been hard at work, and I’m thrilled to share that we have raised £480.00 so far! It’s absolutely AMAZING! 🤩 Thank you all so much for your support. Your generosity warms my heart and reminds me of the power of community. We are now LIVE! Over the next three days, we will be raising smiles and funds to support our community projects. It’s a beautiful opportunity to come together and make a difference. Our Christmas Target Our Christmas target is £1,000 . Together, I truly...