Donation Centre

South Ribble Enterprise Park, Grove Rd,

behind the Bridge Inn, (off London Rd) Walton le Dale.

Maureen Nickson Trading Company Manager at

St Catherine’s Hospice states:

“Most people have a least six items in their wardrobe that they do not wear all clothes donated can help St Catherine’s Charity shops, whether it’s Prada or Primark. We urge everyone to support this important campaign and help our shops raise much needed funds to enable us  to continue provide specialist care for those in need..’’

‘Donate, Don’t Waste’

 launches on February 22nd and has 100 charities taking part, including Lostock Hall Charity St Catherine’s Hospice, this also raises awareness of the environmental benefits of giving unwanted items to charity shops.

Throwing away any item of clothing increases landfill waste. If each household in the UK donated only one extra black bag of clothing, we could save 25 million bags from ending up in landfill and raise over £740 million for charity.

TV presenter Chris Tarrant is supporting the campaign. He said:

“Charity shops urgently need items to sell. How many items have you got that

don’t fit or don’t suit you any more? Well, don’t chuck them – put them to

good use. Give all your unwanted clothes to charity shops and even those that

can’t go on the shop floor can be sold to textile merchants to raise money for

good causes.”

‘Donate, Don’t Waste’

encourages people to think again about what they do with their unwanted clothes – and instead of leaving them gathering dust or dumping them in the bin, asks them to take the items along to a St Catherine’s Hospice Charity Shops or ideally to their Drive In Drop off Donation Centre at Grove Rd, Walton le Dale Preston.

O P E N
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday

10am to 4pm

CLOSED WEDNESDAY

Tel: 01772 824270

Volunteers needed to work at the donation centre

to help the public unload and sort goods.

Interested? Call the Trading office 01772 313063

email trading@stcatherines.co.uk

Charity Shops

We now have 11 charity shops, together with etrading and eBay raising much needed funds for the Hospice. Our shops provide a focal point for many of our supporters, or for those who have become personally involved with the Hospice.

The shops are places to pop into where friendships are formed, you'll get a warm welcome as well as a bargain!

Five of the shops sell good quality (sometimes new) donated clothing, bric a brac, books and other items at greatly reduced prices. You'll be surprised!

We have several specialist shops and other retail activities:

• Gift Shop, selling confectionery, hand crafted cards and gifts, new goods, silver jewellery, photo frames etc
• Book Shops, selling books, CDs and Videos.
• Wedding Shop, beautiful dresses for Brides to be, Bridesmaids, Mother of the Bride (Bridegroom) Hats for Hire and Silver Jewellery.
• Furniture shop, selling good quality donated furniture from antique to new. Showroom displays.
• eBay trading, auctioning collectables, books, cell phones and many interesting articles. check out sellers name stcatherineshospice
• on line shop, selling christmas cards and calendars
• Mail order service for Christmas cards and personalised overprinting service
• Coffee Bar at Preston Magistrates Court, Preston

We are so grateful to all those who continue to donate furniture, clothing, homewares and bric a brac but due to the restrictions imposed on waste and our duty of care in ensuring that waste is removed safely , we ask you to please make sure that all your donations are in good condition, not broken and meet with Trading Standards compliance.

St Catherine’s Hospice relies on voluntary funding, this year we have to raise over £2.6 million.Guaranteed income from the Trading Company is therefore vital and enables enabling us to provide the highest levels of care to those in need in the Chorley , Longridge, Preston and South Ribble areas.

We are always looking for volunteers to work in the charity shops and on the Vans. If you can spare some time and would like to support your local hospice please contact Maureen Nickson on 01772 313063  

email trading@stcatherines.co.uk about any aspect of shop volunteering.