A charity that supports families across the area has launched a new campaign — collecting unwanted old UK and foreign coins.

Hetty’s has foreign coin collecting boxes at its base on Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, as well as at its charity shops on Church Street, Warsop; Mai Street, Huthwaite; and Outram Street, Sutton.

A spokesman said: “If you run or attend a slimming club, sports group, coffee morning etc or your own business and would like to take one of our collection boxes or run a collection on our behalf to help Hetty’s, please get in touch with us for free donation boxes, leaflets and posters.

“Almost every one of us has some old foreign currency, either notes or coins, and perhaps some old UK or Irish coins. It sits in pots and drawers and is unlikely to be used again, especially if it is from countries where the currency has become the Euro.

“Perhaps old USA $1 dollar bills and quarters have been left over from a trip to Disney World and the family have now grown and are unlikely to visit the States again.

“Hetty’s is collecting all worldwide current currency in notes or coins and any of the older currency, such as the German marks, Spanish pesetas, old UK shillings and old UK decimal coins.”

Old half or full crowns and silver or brass-coloured threepence pieces can also be exchanged together with old farthings and pennies and halfpennies.