Rebirth of charity re-use shop
Charity Sue Ryder will officially open its new fund-raising re-use shop at Princes Drive Household Waste Recycling Centre in Leamington next week.
The charity has spent the past few weeks extensively refurbishing the shop and making improvements for the 400,000 visitors to the Princes Drive centre each year.
The newly refurbished shop now provides distinct areas for people to browse and find just what they are looking for. It includes enhanced separate areas for: prime bric a brac and general bric a brac; electrical items; televisions; furniture; kitchen wares; books and entertainment, and a children’s area.
All money raised from the sale and reuse of donated items will support Sue Ryder to provide over four million hours of end of life and long-term care in the UK each year to people living with a range of complex conditions.
Cllr Helen Walton, Warwickshire County Council’s spokesman for Environment and Economy, said: “We are proud that a charity that helps as many people as Sue Ryder has taken over the running of our Princes Drive re-use shop, and we hope that residents will continue to support it as generously as they have in the past.
“Warwickshire County Council pioneered charity reuse shops at household waste recycling centres in 2003, and since when we have helped to generate hundreds of thousands of pounds for good causes.
“The new re-use shop will not only benefit the community and help people buy bargains for their homes, it will also divert tonnes of waste from landfill and help the environment.”
Annette Wallis, Sue Ryder’s retail business manager for Warwickshire, said: “We’d like to thank local people for their continued support during refurbishment of the Reuse Shop. We’ve had a steady stream of donations and sales have been good too.
“We’re really pleased also with the shop’s new look and hope our customers will like it too. It’s had a complete re-fresh with clearly identified and separate areas for entertainment and books, bric an brac, electrical items, televisions, furniture, kitchen wares and a children’s area.”
Annette added: “We look forward to welcoming our regular as well as new customers to the newly refurbished shop, and as ever would like to encourage local people to donate unwanted items and shop with us – every single item sold helps us continue to provide invaluable and life-enhancing care.”
The Reuse Shop is open to the public for donations and sales between 10am and 4pm, seven days per week.
Sue Ryder is keen to recruit volunteers to help them raise vital funds from as wide a section of the local community as possible. Volunteers can join as individuals, part of a corporate scheme or as part of a programme such as Community Payback, Probation or Prisoner Volunteers.
For more information and to get in touch with the Sue Ryder team at the Princes Drive Reuse Shop call 01926 882 798. For information on Sue Ryder visit http://www.sueryder.org