Oh, I lost my connection, guys, sorry.
So unfortunately this morning, guys, I've had to make a referral.
I don't like doing it, but I've got to do it as a health and social care provider.
Even if I'm not in work or not, I have a duty of care to do it and I've had to report the individual filming herself.
Well, she's not filming herself, she's getting her children to film her while she's drunk, ripping me off and then uploading it to Facebook.
This video isn't going to do me any harm.
People are just going to look at it and think, well, how pathetic are you?
But what I can't not acknowledge is the fact that there's a child video in this late at night and she's drunk.
So I don't like doing it.
I really don't like doing it, but I've had to do it this morning.
So I've asked for the... I've done a referral to Children's Services.
I don't like doing it at all, but I mean, I've asked them to take it down.
I've asked her to stop and she won't.
So what can I do?
You know, I need to know those children are safe, don't we?
And at the moment they're not because her behaviour is erratic.
Oh, we're back on.
Hang on, I'm picking my tablet.
I'll take my tablet, sorry guys.
Back on, lost connection.
I don't usually do that, thank you, Philippe.
But then they're dismantling stuff over there, so perhaps if I don't know.
I don't know.
Anyway.
Yeah, so I've had to make a report to Children's Services, to the mental health team and to the police this morning because the video was uploaded at like 10 o'clock at night.
I don't know when the video was recorded.
It could have been recorded at 9 o'clock in the morning, but I don't know.
But this child was young on the video, videoing their mother.
And they've said they were talking to their mother in the video.
The mother was drunk, sort of falling all over the place discussing me.
It's not going to affect me.
It's not going to affect my business whatsoever.
We've had loads of people come up here saying, I've seen these videos of you on Facebook and they drive, so I've never been to you before.
We had we had mothers from the other day.
I was clearly come up.
She said, I didn't know you existed.
I was like, oh, I said, but you could have picked it up from my house because I said I would have been closer to you.
If you'd have picked it up from my house, then if you'd have come down to Caerphilly shop, I said, so message me on Facebook.
We've had people coming over from everywhere and everybody's been saying, you know, it's disgusting what they're doing to you.
So anything that these haters are putting online is just benefiting us right now in all fairness.
You know, if you're the public person and you're going to be in the public eye, which we've decided to be, it's not that we want to start off.
We want to be anonymous, but we've, you know, then you're going to get it.
So you've got to be a bit of a tough cookie anyway.
And there is nobody else that would have stood up to all this bullying other than me.
Right.
I'm very good at compartmentalizing things.
So that's part of my neurodiversity.
But they know I'm ill.
They know I'm ill.
They know I've got disabilities.
They know whatever, whatever, and they're still doing it.
You know, and now they're involving children.
So unfortunately, I've had to make the referrals this morning because I don't think she is acting in the right frame of mind this morning.
And I don't think people should be spurting her on.
And if you look, there's literally five or six people now just spurting them on.
It started off with 67 comments on a post about me.
And now it's dwindled down to the same old equations alligator, anonymous 172, you know, whoever they are.
It's really, really come all the way down to this Jane Ridsdale, which is a fake profile.
You know, I mean, they've stolen my identity.
You know, they're stealing my identity now.
If they're going to call themselves Jane, they're stealing my identity.
Yeah.
So it's not just they've made a website, they're reporting factual information.
It's malicious.
It's being AI altered.
They're trying to steal my identity.
They're using my pictures.
You know, this, you're talking now.
This is stuff that people could go to prison over.
Yeah.
And I can't sit there while she's dragging children involved.
The videos that the other mothers have uploaded with the children in the background, the children has been abused by the family from Caerphilly Bird Rescue.
That they're her video.
She's uploaded that and it's been reported to social services.
And I've made sure that I followed up and I've made sure I've made a referral on it.
But it was uploaded.
The problem is, you see, these haters are coming out of the woodwork and then they're like, yeah, but you're horrible.
You're a horrible person.
So why should we believe you?
Because look at all of the information on you.
You're not a credible source of information to say that Jane is a scammer.
You know, we wouldn't be running for six years.
We wouldn't be authorized to run by the councils and the fire and the police and the ghostbusters and whoever else they've reported us to, right?
They would have shut us down and we wouldn't have a registered CIC number and we wouldn't have business bank accounts if we weren't a legitimate company.
You know, if we weren't a legitimate entity, we wouldn't have all of these...
All of them are a pound note, guys.
I've written on them now.
They'd be near a while.
We wouldn't have all of this information out there.
So any abuse that you're giving to me is just going to be passed on to the police and the police have been told by the police complaints department that they have to pursue it now.
So because they haven't in the past and that was their choice not to pursue it.
And of course it's escalated, you know, and until they deal with it, it's not going to stop, is it?
They will be visited by the police.
The police are looking at the entire situation and what's coming in.
There are officers assigned to this case now and they've been told they must be dealing with it and they're not to close the case until it's dealt with.
But I mean, I cannot sit there and not make a referral myself when there are children being involved in...
You know, these conversations are for adults and these children are being involved in making videos of people who are drunk, drunk or off her face or whatever she's on, right?
That child has been put in a vulnerable situation there.
I cannot sit there and not make a referral myself.
And I've done it this morning, I've done it to the three of them, to the police, to Vyne Social Services and to the mental health team because I don't think her behaviour is right at the moment.
I mean, what can you say, innit?
You know, she's got five or six children and there's at least three of them that I can tell by their voices, and other people can, that she's involved in these videos.
You know, they're at risk.
And she's putting them on a group.
We've got 80,000 followers.
She's putting them on a group that's got 6,300 followers, which we know half of them are bots, right?
But what if, you know, the internet, you know, it's not locked down whatsoever.
These videos are not locked down.
They're not going to do me any harm because people can see how ridiculous they are and what lengths they're willing to go to now.
But what harm is it going to do to those children that their mother is bathing like that?
And is their mother in the right frame of mind at the moment to be taking care of them and herself?
Probably not.
So, you know, what can I say, guys?
I don't like doing it.
It's not very often I make a referral to people.
We made a referral once about a grandmother that came in.
It was off her chops.
We had to give her naloxone.
And she said she had the little one with her and that's why she was coming in buying toys.
And we gave her naloxone to go away with, which GDAS knew about.
And naloxone, if you don't know, reverses the effects of certain opioids and drugs.
So it's life-saving.
It's a life-saving medication.
And then I had to make a referral and send the CCTV to the police because I was worried.
I don't know if she had a child with her at her house, but she was buying toys to take back for a child.
And I was really worried about her safety and the child's safety.
And I didn't get any feedback off it, unfortunately, and I've never seen her again.
And then there was another young couple that came to me and they were under 18.
And she was pregnant and they were worried and they hadn't told anybody.
And unfortunately, if they're under 18, I have to make a referral.
Both parties were under 18, but I have to make a referral.
So I did that.
But we helped them and we gave them loads of stuff and what have you.
And I said to social services, keep in touch.
They can't tell me about the case.
But tell the mother to keep in touch because if she needs stuff, we'll help her.
She won't be the first and she won't be the last teenage mother, will she?
I'm quite sure.
And there's probably people younger than her that have had babies.
So, you know, we're here to help everybody.
I mean, no matter what age they are.
And very often, you know, people think we're just a shop, we're just a baby bank.
But we're not.
We're not.
We actually get to know our customers really well and the people who come in and ask for help.
And I think if this is what they're hearing about us online and how awful we are online and then they come in and ask for help, they must be pretty desperate to come walk up the hill and come and see me.
So, you know, and I'd like to think that we are making a difference because people who come to us know they can come to us with problems and we will give them solutions and support to try and help them.
And that's a lot of our volunteers and mothers that have come to us that have been in crisis and grandmothers and things.
And they've come to us in crisis.
And once they've got themselves on their feet, they've come back to us and gone, I'm going to volunteer for you because you've bloomin' helped me when I really needed it.
You know, I was on my arse and you really helped me.
And you also gave me good advice and you didn't stop.
You know, a week later you checked in and said, right, you all right, what do you need this week?
And I was like, no, I'm okay this week.
And you're like, all right, well, give me a shout if you need me then or pop in the shops even if it's just for a chat.
You know, which is not our job.
It's not our job to talk to mothers and council mothers and, you know, offer our support out as friends.
That's not our job.
We are primarily a shop, you know, and the volunteers in the shop are shop workers.
But that's not what we're about.
You know, the shops are the tip of the iceberg.
That's how we fund what we do, you know.
What we do is a little bit above and beyond, I think, and especially the volunteers because sometimes I'm not as approachable as some of the volunteers.
We have volunteers with a lot better people skills than me.
And I'm not afraid to admit it.
And, you know, like I say to them, if you don't want to talk to me, come in and talk to one of the others, you know.
I mean, I wouldn't talk to Daniel because he'd probably offload on to you and say, my mother's making me work.
She's making me work.
I can't get out of it.
Help me.
Help me.
He's probably not the best one to go to.
But he would ring me and say, oh, I got a mother.
You're in tears.
What do you want me to do?
That's what Daniel would do.
Or he'd say, I got a woman here.
She'd give me her number and she's got a problem.
And I didn't even know what to say to her.
But, you know, he wouldn't just sit on it either.
And we've had other volunteers.
Like we've had volunteers that have been in a cafe in Caerphilly.
And she said, I can hear you talking to the barista or whatever they're called.
And they knew this person very well because she had learning difficulties, actually.
And she said to the mother, we can actually help you.
She said, I'll drop a card off to the barista guy.
And you can come in and pick up a car and contact Jane, you know, directly.
And she did.
She said, I met a young girl in a cafe who had learning difficulties.
And she's given me her card.
And I said, oh, I know that.
And she said, you're going to.
And then we helped her with a baby bundle and more of it.
You know, if you don't want to use our services or you don't like us, then we'll pass.
Don't bother me.
There's plenty of other charities out there.
There's plenty of other groups out there.
I can't.
It don't bother me if you don't ever walk in my shop at all.
I'd rather you didn't if you don't like us.
You know, but if you're on the edge and you're like, I don't know whether I like her or not.
Pop in and say yes.
I got a message off my mother this morning because obviously we had to bring the papers this morning because this woman saying she's contacted the paper and they're saying it's a load of rubbish.
Oh, she's spoken to the editor this morning.
My mother.
To find out why they're engaging with this site.
Yes.
OK, I don't think they're engaging with the site.
To be honest, they probably can't be contacted by these idiots.
The news, one of the newspapers.
And like I said, they said we haven't got any credible sources anyway to run it with.
So we said, well, if you want to run a story about the hate campaign that we're receiving, we're more than happy to work with you.
And you run a story about, you know, the abuse that we're receiving, that's fine.
But don't forget we're trademarked.
You know, because you can't just be publishing stuff about trademarks without permission.
But the editor, by the look of it, the newspaper is looking into it now to find out what the hell is going on and why they're saying that specific journalists are involving themselves.
So there we are.
You know, that's the way it goes.
But like I said, if they want to write a piece on why we're receiving the hate campaign, they can.
Why are we receiving the hate campaign?
Because we're more popular than the other charities and groups that's out there.
Why are we more popular?
Because we're more transparent and you can see what we're doing.
You can see, you know, you can come in and see how many donations we get in a week.
I mean, the other day I didn't have any.
Way it goes in here some days.
But we wouldn't have all these donations and the quality of donations and businesses and other charities working with us and still working with us after all this abuse if we weren't legitimate.
You know?
I'm quite sure I would have been arrested by now if I was using a dead woman's name, which I've been accused of.
If I was, because I've been accused of stealing an identity and I'm quite sure the police would have been involved, you know?
But they've got nothing of it.
They've got no evidence to come in and arrest me on.
They've got no evidence to say, well, let's arrest her
and see what's going on like, you know?
I mean, they don't need to arrest me.
They can come in.
If they want to come and see our books, they can come and see our books.
They're all there, you know?
We haven't had an accountant as of yet, but I think we're going to transfer it over to an accountant.
And we might have to anyway.
I don't know what the legal requirement is.
I think you've got to have a third party to do it.
And I believe that the accountants have to be audited accountants, not just any old accountants.
They have to be audited.
If you take over 10,000 a year as a charitable entity or a CIC, I believe, and I might be wrong, you've got to have an audited accountant to do it.
So that means another firm comes in and audits them to make sure that they're not corrupt.
Make sure they're legitimate.
Make sure they haven't missed anything by human error.
Which is good, you know?
It's all good, isn't it?
It costs us more.
I think it's more like a thousand pound every time.
Whereas a normal accountant wouldn't cost that.
But, you know, it's all good, isn't it?
You know, there's a way of doing things.
And that's right, isn't it?
That's how you should do it.
But I've had to make a referral this morning.
I don't like doing it.
Like I said, I've only ever done it three times.
But the mother's behaviour is bizarre.
And, you know, if it was bizarre and she was uploading the video herself, then I'd just say get on with it, you fool.
But the fact she's got kids in the background now, they're doing it and they're talking to her in the background, I think is quite worrying.
So unfortunately I've had to do it, guys.
So don't forget we've got our sign.
We're going to put it up for 35.
We might get more.
If people start bidding for it, they start bidding for it, don't they?
If nobody wants it, we'll put it up in the back garden.
That's a bit of history for the local area, isn't it?
And then we'll get nappies.
It'll be ring-fenced for nappies, either disposable ones or we might be able to buy a pack or two packs of the washable ones.
So we'll take... when we get the... when we get any funds for it, we'll have another discussion then and perhaps a vote on it.
Is it, guys, and decide whether we buy disposables?
We can help more people with disposables, but we can only help them once, can't we?
But if we have two packs of washable ones, then they can be used again and again, can't they?
Usually last a good couple of years, the washable ones do.
They're quite good.
Look at the sun coming through here now.
It'll be awful now.
When they... when they build that back up, right?
Hiya, Christine.
Hiya, Caroline.
When they... when they build that back up, it's going to be awful, dingy and dark in here, don't it?
It's lovely with the sun coming in.
It's beautiful.
It really is.
I think they'll be done by this week.
So if you want any pictures, come up and get them because they've done loads of work.
Fair play to them.
Right, I'm going to go now.
It's quite quiet.
Everybody got snow, except me.
I think you're all winding me up with these snow pictures.
I got a bit surprised.
I wanted to do those tea sets, but I couldn't park here today because they've got a scaffolding lorry coming in.
So I couldn't park right up here, so I might have to take them out.
But we've got some beautiful tea sets off another charity they've given to us.
They said they've got tons and they've just gone nowhere to store them.
So I said, well, we'll have them, you know.
And yeah, yeah, we're going to release...
The waiters have already figured out, because that's how much of a stalker they are, where our venue is.
They were a bit like, well, why aren't you putting the venue up?
Because we wanted to have a little bit of surprise and a bit of fun with our followers for the baby shower.
Well, I guess where it is, you know.
But they've got no sense of humour, have they?
They've got no...
Do you know what I mean?
They're just bland people.
It's probably the nicest way I could put it.
So we will release it today now, the venue.
We are looking forward to it.
We are taking the Pokémon cards, because the Pokémon cards all fit in a carrier bag, so I might as well as take them and have a Pokémon table, because if there's any dads there, they're going to be bored stiff at a baby shower.
It's not a baby shower as in where you sit down and play games, you know, bottomless brunch job.
It's a fundraising event where mums can come in and get free baby clothes and find out about us and do things about, you know, and learn that we do have a bundle and things like that, and we can support them right the way through.
And we will be fundraising with some items as well.
But I thought, well, the Pokémon, it literally comes in a Pokémon case.
I've got like a metal case full of these cards.
Take them, put them over a table, they'll cover a table in the corner, and then if anybody buys them, they buy them, don't they, you know?
I haven't got enough to really hire a venue to do a Pokémon event at a venue, you know, I haven't got enough, like.
But I've got enough that people might buy them, and the dads might be there anyway, and if the Pokémon people come along, they might come in.
So I know somebody who's having a baby, and we'll take a card.
Our next one's going to be in Torfaen.
Follow us there.
I want a nice venue in Torfaen.
We've got a lovely venue here now.
And I want a separate venue in Torfaen.
Somewhere nice, guys.
Somewhere a bit unusual would be nice, so that we can do it exactly as we've done it now.
Free clothes, food bits for fundraising, then get to know the staff, get to know me,
and have a nice venue, nice refreshments and what have you as well.
Right, so I'm going to go now, do some work, and then get back to you in a bit.