31/08/2010 - Pretty as a picture?  - Age UK , Stockton

We recently had a number of original oil paintings donated to our shop.

There are some beautiful pieces, and many have already been sold to local art lovers.

We will be selling some at auction soon as they have been signed by the artist.

Please do pop along to the shop to see what we currently have on sale - or if you have any art that you no longer need, we would love to receive ...

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25/08/2010 - Half a million say "Yes!" to Gift Aid in charity shops so far this year

More and more charity supporters are making sure that their charity shop donations are worth that bit more this year.

Charity retail management system supplier Eproductive’s EpR Gift Aid module is in use in 2,700 charity shops across the UK and in the period Jan 1st to July 31st 2010, over 500,000 new donors signed up.  This brings the total number of donors to over 2million across EpR clients.

Signing up to be a Gift Aid donor means that the charities can claim an additional 28% from the HMRC on the value of the goods donated at no extra cost to the donor!

Chris Cowls, CEO of Eproductive, said: “In the same period last year, 360,000 new donors had signed up to Gift Aid using our system, so this is a huge increase.  Not only are more charities seeing the benefit of claiming from the HMRC, but UK taxpayers are more aware of the scheme.”

“For the sake of filling in a simple form that takes no longer than a couple of minutes, every donation of goods made after that is worth an extra 28% - and the charity is then able to tell you how much your donation was worth. Why would you not sign up?”.

To see which charities use the EpR Gift Aid system, go to http://www.eproductive.com/epr_clients.php

23/08/2010 - Gorgeous vintage dresses  - The Martlets Hospice , Church Street

Recently, we have had some beautiful clothing donated to the Martlets Hospice shop in Brighton Church Street.

Not only did we have a gorgeous Bruce Oldfield Couture full length gold evening dress that sold in the shop for £200, but we also sold this beautiful Pierre Cardin Couture vintage 1960s dress on our ebay store for £200.

You never know what treasure may be hiding ...

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06/08/2010 - Barnsley Hospice opens new furniture store  - Barnsley Hospice

On Wednesday 11th August, the doors will open to Barnsley Hospice’s new furniture store.

Located at 5, Blucher Street, Barnsley (the old Hanson’s Carpet Shop), the new shop team are looking for any support that locals may be able to give them.

Retail Services Manager Dawn Charlesworth says:&...

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02/08/2010 - We are in need of your unwanted furniture  - Age UK , Stockton

We are always in need of more items of furniture to help stock our new furniture department.

We are often able to make free collection of larger items, so please do give us a call on 01642 673484 if you have any good quality items that you no longer need.

We are also able to take electrical goods, and of course the more traditional donations of clothing, accessories, books, DVDs, ...

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