You’ll be pleased to know that Diary has returned from their excursion as an interviewer, having bothered another charity CEO with inane questions.
Diary’s most recent interviewee was RSPB’s chief Beccy Speight, who recalled the time she cried at seeing an elephant and met Benedict Cumberbatch (not at the same time).
As 'tis spooky season, this columnist will be plucking its next interviewee from charity land without warning and bothering them ceaselessly until they agree to answering some questions (this is also the strategy Diary uses to make friends, in case you were wondering).
In other scary news, former secretary of state Nadine Dorries has a new book coming out next month, dedicated to the ousting of her one true love, Boris Johnson, from parliament.
The blurb of The Plot asks how the Conservative members that elected BoJo could turn against him – conveniently forgetting to mention how he broke the very lockdown rules he set.
Please stop giving sex toys to charity shops
Diary comes to you with a plea from a Barnardo's charity shop in Swansea, which is asking people to stop donating used or unused sex toys to the charity. Sidenote: ew.
The charity shop reminded donors that it also has CCTV in operation, so will look to return the toys to their rightful owners from what sounds like a rather nightmarish lost-and-found bin.
"It's fair to say that these items aren't quite the sort of toys we're looking for," the branch said in a statement.
Batty Laureate
The Bat Conservation Trust has put on a creative writing contest called the Batty Laureate and is encouraging children and adults to enter stories about bats.
Diary is tempted to enter their own musings on the animal, though fear they would have an unfair advantage as an already esteemed columnist and life-long fan of the Batman.
In a social media post, the Bat Conservation Trust gave the creative writing prompt: “What are these bats saying to each other?”
Diary assumes they would probably be asking why it’s so dark in here, or indeed why a camera was being shoved in their faces.
Spooky Welly Walk
Diary is sure you'll agree that there is nothing quite as spooky as a Wellington boot.
Thankfully, a Halloween fundraiser dedicated to them is in its twelfth year. Liverpool hosted the Spooky Welly Walk for charity last Saturday.
The event encourages families with young children (or older, no judgement) to buy tickets so they can access an array of activities like cake decorating, face painting, fairground games and more.
So far, a JustGiving page has raised over £7,000 for the Liverpool event for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
The charity will also be hosting the popular Halloween fundraiser in Birmingham this Saturday.
Peppa Pig’s dad turns up to charity coffee morning
In a surprising turn of events, Peppa Pig’s dad turned up to a Macmillan Coffee Morning this week. Diary is hoping no bacon butties were served, out of courtesy.
The famous voice actor returned to what was formerly his grammar school, Henley College, where he invited teachers and students to join the charity fundraiser in his Daddy Pig voice.
A report in the Henley Standard said he declared “be there or be cake-less” followed by an “oink” which, while incongruous, was “deep and cheery”, according to the reporter.
The event raised £690 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Blessed with birds
Last week, RSPB granted us good luck for the weekend with this albatross chick of good fortune. Needless to say, Diary would like more baby birds to grace their social media feeds granting them luck; this columnist is all too often having to salute single magpies.
Share to spread good bird-spotting fortune to all 😌 pic.twitter.com/VlROkyzkW1
— RSPB 🦉 (@Natures_Voice) October 13, 2023
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