Charity shops need your support after lockdown hits takings

Charity shop volunteers are reaching out for donations of unwanted goods and customers as they reopen this month following lockdown.

By Gay Bolton

Published 21st Jul 2020, 13:31 BST

Updated 21st Jul 2020, 13:32 BST

British Heart Foundation charity shops need your support.

The British Heart Foundation, which has 750 shops around the country, estimates that the crisis has cost the charity £10million a month.

Chesterfield, Matlock, Alfreton, Ripley, Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Buxton all have shops run by the charity.

Just £16 worth of your donations can support an early career scientist in carrying out an hour’s research into cardiac conditions. If your donations raised £100, this would fund a DNA extraction kit to identify genes linked to heart and circulatory diseases.

To find your BHF shop visit: www.bhf.org.uk/shop