Mpika Charity

20/08/2026

A very generous donation this morning of these skeleton ornaments.

Perfect for Halloween 🎃

They won’t be around for long!

We’re open today until 3:45pm

03/08/2026

A great video of the Denholme Doddle created by Phil Hammond:

Starting at Doe Park Activities Centre in Denholme,this route heads...

03/08/2026

The annual Denholme Doddle challenge walk and trail running event took place on 25th July.

Over 60 participants took part, and the event raised an incredible £1,600 for Mpika Village of Hope.

A big thank you to all of the volunteers and participants, and a special thank you to our Trustee Brian for organising!

22/07/2026

If you're out and about in Queensbury village this week, why not pop into our charity shop?

You never know what treasures you'll discover, and every purchase helps support our charity.

Located in Black D**e Mills, we're open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-3:45pm.

09/07/2026

Summer dresses are now only £3 each!

We have some gorgeous pieces in all styles and sizes.

Stop by and stock up for the hot weather ☀️

We’re open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-3:45pm

Black D**e Mills, Queensbury

09/07/2026

🥪 FREE LUNCHES FOR CHILDREN DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 🥪

Every school holidays for the past 6 years we have provided children with free lunch… this summer holiday we have been awarded some funding from Cross lane community shop to continue providing this service… but we are changing the way we provide it to hopefully help more families😊

Instead of providing single pre made packed lunches per children for collection every single day we are now offering collection of a bag full of items for you to make your own lunches with collection being only once a week.

We hope this means more children will have access to a lunch on the 4 days we are closed but also mean parents only need to collect once a week rather than each day ❤️

You will receive enough of the following to feed your children lunch for a week…

Bread 🍞
Ham, cheese or jam 🧀
Fruit and salad 🥒 🍎
Crisps 🥨
Yoghurts 🍮
Biscuit or sweet treat 🍪
Drinks 🥤

A huge thank you to Cross Lane community shop for making this service possible and enabling us to continue providing it for another year ❤️

AVAILABLE WEEKLY FROM TUESDAY 21st JULY UNTIL THURSDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER

23/06/2026

Half price sale on all cooking and baking books - now only 50p each!

16/06/2026

School uniform from only 50p each!

We have blazers, dresses, shorts, polos and jumpers!

Stock up for the new school year or grab some bits to see you through to the end of term ✏️📚

12/06/2026

A Barclaycard has been found in donations today.

If this could be yours, please get in touch. We have kept it safe.

11/06/2026

We have plenty of luggage out for sale for those Summer getaways ✈️☀️