charity retail Archives

Aug 22, 2022

New & nearly new donations from brand partners raise over £1mn in a year for hospice

New and nearly new donations from brand partners raised over £1 million for Royal Trinity Hospice through its shops last…

Jun 14, 2022

Charity Shop Fashion Week runs this week, from 13-17 June – a social media campaign showing the best in sustainable…

May 10, 2022

The Charity Retail Association’s social media campaign is running up to Volunteers Week with the aim of encouraging more people…

May 05, 2022

British Heart Foundation and Oxfam are both promoting sustainable shopping habits this month. BHF and its celebrity supporters are challenging…

Apr 26, 2022

Sustainable Fashion Week is the flagship event of Bristol-based A Single Thread CIC. A week of community activity that works…

Apr 20, 2022

Derian House Children’s Hospice, which supports families from across Lancashire, South Cumbria and Greater Manchester, held a charity shop lock-in…

Apr 14, 2022

Charities are being encouraged to help reduce the environmental footprint of the fashion and textiles industry by joining the Textiles 2030…

Mar 11, 2022

Oxfam is overhauling its retail operations in a bid to reach more online customers and supporters around the world.

Feb 15, 2022

Age UK has launched its first year-long charity shop stock appeal to boost donations to its network of charity shops…

Dec 22, 2021

A set of false teeth, a scorpion, a slice of pizza, and a farmer’s castrating tool are just some of the strange donations…

Nov 25, 2021

A nationally accepted, multi-retailer gift card exclusively for charity shops has been developed by Gift Card CIC, a social enterprise,…

Nov 19, 2021

Charities are appealing for volunteers to help in their shops in the run up to Christmas after seeing numbers drop…