Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop Opens For 31st Year

Volunteer shop has raised over £600,000 since it first started in 1985

Charity Christmas Card Opening

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Ealing’s favourite Christmas card retailer, the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop, has opened its doors for the 31st year at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway.

The volunteer-run shop was opened today by Stephen Pound, MP, Rupa Huq, MP, and former Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Mohammad Aslam.

The shop sells cards from over 30 charities and is unique because it is one of only a few charity card shops where 100% of the money raised goes to charity.

Organiser and founder Sue Green, who was recognised last year as one of David Cameron’s Points of Light for her work with the shop, said: 

‘We are delighted to be opening today for our 31st year. Our main aim for The Ealing Charity Christmas Card shop is to raise as much money as we can for charity, and it’s our incredible army of volunteers who make this possible. We are so lucky to have the help of over 70 volunteers who work tirelessly to keep the shop running six days a week in the run up to the festive period. It’s because of them that we’ve been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for many different charities since we started in 1985.’

Last year the shop raised over £28,000 for over 30 charities, and more than 100 charities have been supported by the shop over the years.

The Ealing Charity Christmas Card will be open from Mondays to Saturdays 10am until 5pm; it is based at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway, Ealing, London, W5 2XA.

Charity Christmas Card shop

2nd November 2016

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