Victim Support to launch nationwide charity shop chain
Howard Lake | 2 March 2005 | News
Victim Support, the charity which helps people affected by crime, will this week open the first in a nationwide chain of charity shops.
Victim Support’s first charity shop will open in Horsham in West Sussex on 4 March 2005, the first in a 20-strong network planned for the next five years.
Shop manager, Karen Buckland-Bailey said: “Horsham is just the start of something much bigger. In the future, a chain of Victim Support shops will make a very significant contribution to funding our services. And a bonus is that a high street presence will remind people that we’re here in their town and ready to help them recover from their experiences of crime.”
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Victim Support’s Head of Fundraising, Ken Madine, said: “Charity retail is doing well at the moment and we think Horsham is an ideal place to start our project.”
The Victim Support shops will be established in clusters of seven, staffed by two managers and a team of around 30 volunteers.
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