Dyserth Fair Share Phone Box

Dyserth Fair Share PhoneboxDelyth Lloyd-Williams

Those of you who use Facebook will have heard by now that the Fair Share Phonebox idea is up and running and this community venture is OPEN. We can not thank people enough for their generous donations. Please keep them coming. As time goes on, we will learn which items are needed more than others and will keep you posted about that.

We are absolutely delighted that items are being taken as well as being dropped off. That’s the whole point … to be able to offer needed items in a discreet way for local people. The location is handy but not too public and no one knows if you are picking up or dropping off anyway, so hopefully we’re on the right track.

Some of you have asked how this all came about, so this is some of the background. When I saw what Trelawnyd had achieved with their Fair Share phonebox, I contacted Bridget Richards, the organiser, being aware (as a community councillor at the time) that Dyserth were in the process of taking ownership of the old phonebox in James’s Park.

Bridgett was a great help and agreed to attend a Dyserth council meeting to outline what might be possible for us, after which all councillors voted to continue with the idea. Painting, shelving and a lock was organised and all that remained then was to get a group together to make this happen. On the principle of ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’, I went to see Katie at Frankie’s and Pete at the Bod and both agreed readily to be keyholders. Katie will be opening up just after 9 every morning and Pete is closing up every day. In the interim, Michelle Morris of Horeb Chapel is opening up.

I had been speaking with Michelle about this idea for some months, and when asked, she didn’t hesitate to step up to be joint organiser. Between us, we arranged to fill the phonebox for the first time, with Michelle adding lovely touches like the Welcome mat, the costed recipes and other very thoughtful touches. The hot water bottles there were Michelle’s idea too.

Credit must go to Dyserth WI who have been working on more costed recipes, keeping within a budget that reflects the times we are in and a big thank you to Dave Davenport who donated containers for the shelves. People have been so kind. Well done Dyserth!