Charity Christmas Card Shop Returns for its 38th Year
All volunteer pop-up is based at the Church of Christ the Saviour
Volunteers at the opening of the Ealing Charity Christmas Shop with Sue Green, founder (fourth from left); Ealing’s Immediate Past Mayor, Councillor Munir Ahmed (centre); and Father Richard Collins, Vicar of Parish Church of Christ the Saviour (second from right)
The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop opened this week for its 38th festive season in the centre of town.
The all-volunteer shop at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway (W5 2XA) sells cards from 24 charities. It is one of the few charity Christmas card shops where 100% of the money raised goes to charity.
Sue Green, who co-founded the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop in 1985 said, “Thanks to our 50 incredible volunteers we’ve come through the disruption of the past two years and we’re looking forward this year to raising over £20,000 for our charities.”
The card shop was officially opened on 3 November by Ealing’s Immediate Past Mayor, Councillor Munir Ahmed. He paid tribute to the scores of volunteers who’ve helped out in the shop’s four decades and declared, “The great job done by volunteers like you shows Ealing at its best.”
With total sales since 1985 approaching £900,000, the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop has supported more than 100 charities and sold 5million cards to over 21,000 customers.
The entrance to the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop at the Church of Christ the Saviour
For 2022 there are over 200 different designs of cards on sale in support of the local branches of the following 24 charities: Age UK Ealing, Alzheimer’s Society, Book Aid International, Bridge of Hope, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Christian Aid, Combat Stress, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Diabetes UK, Ealing Samaritans, Ealing Amnesty International, Epilepsy Research UK, Facing the World, Friends of Hammersmith Hospital, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Mind, Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Parkinson's UK, RNLI, Save the Children, Soil Association, and Stella Maris - Apostleship of the Sea.
(l-r) Sue Green, Councillor Munir Ahmed; and Father Richard Collins
The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop is open 10-4pm Mondays to Saturdays from Tuesday 1 November to Monday, 19 December.
Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop, at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Ealing Broadway
The Ealing Charity Christmas Card is open 10am until 4pm until 18 December, Mondays to Saturdays at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway, Ealing, London, W5 2XA.
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November 8, 2022