Falkirk charity shop set to reopen

Sense Scotland’s charity shops help raise income to support disabled people live independent and meaningful lives

The team are expecting to see a surge in donations when the High Street shop reopens on Wednesday, August 5.

Since lockdown forced the closure of the shop, the charity has had a number of requests to take donations and questions about the re-opening of the branch.

Sue Blair, head of retail for Sense Scotland, said: “When the coronavirus pandemic unfolded it became clear that plans we had to maximise income from shops this year were not going to happen, and that a significant loss of income was on the cards.

“Together with the cancellation of fundraising events we stand to lose around £1 million, money which would have gone to helping support disabled people live meaningful and independent lives.

"What has been encouraging however, is the level of interest from customers about when we are re-opening.

"We have opened a number of other shops across Scotland over the past few weeks and have been inundated with donations and with customers happy to return.

"We’re hoping for the same here in Falkirk.”

With safety the paramount consideration, appropriate measures will be in place including social distancing markers, till shields, one-way systems and hand sanitiser.

Donations will be subject to a 72-hour ‘quarantine’ to minimise risk.

Clothes will be steam cleaned and furniture cleaned and checked to Revolve quality mark standards.

Outstanding deliveries and collection of furniture will be prioritised before new items can be processed.

Sue added: “Whilst the shops have been closed we’ve been planning how to re-open safely and have looked at other ways of raising income, including the option to buy on eBay, which is now up and running.”

Sense Scotland’s eBay shop can be found here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/sensescotlandshops

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