# Scope invites supporters to sponsor a shop - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/19/scope-invites-supporters-sponsor-shop/ - Published: 2012-09-19T09:07:04+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Disability charity Scope added another variant to the sponsorship model by inviting people to sponsor a new charity shop. Donors can loan or donate £50,000 to open a new shop, from which Scope will generate an even greater ongoing income.** Since each shop generates up to £30,000 a year, according to Scope, the loan can be paid back “within two years”. The charity is promoting this model as **The Scope Venture Philanthropy Fund**. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) ## New shops already funded Scope has already successfully persuaded a number of people to invest in its fundraising in this way. Eight people donated and lent a total of £100,000 to open two shops this year in Ely and St Neots in Cambridgeshire. After a 12-month test, the charity is now looking to expand the scheme, and aims to attract enough people to open up to 15 new shops by March 2013. ## New patron Richard Bradbury The scheme should benefit from the expertise of former River Island chief executive Richard Bradbury who has joined the charity as a patron. He is already working with online retailer Boden, at which he is a non-executive director, and other brands to support the scheme. Bradbury said: “This scheme… offers donors an opportunity to not just support a service, but see their donation put to work, multiply and come to life in the form of a shop. This then provides a sustainable on-going income for Scope and the work it does to support disabled people and their families.” Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of Scope, added: “By helping us open a new shop, a supporter will see their donation triple in value in just five years. Scope is about making this a better place for disabled people – this new way of fundraising means we can run more campaigns and provide more services that help us achieve that vision”. Scope has 235 charity shops. In 2011/12 the shops generated £2.9 million of income for the charity’s work with disabled people, a 27% increase on the previous year. www.scope.org.uk/how-you-can-help/donate-scope/philanthropy/scope-venture-philanthropy- fund * **[Action Planning conference includes opportunity to win £2,000 in elevator pitch](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/11/06/action-planning-conference-includes-opportunity-win-2000-elevator-pitch/)**( 6 November 2012) * **[Irish philanthropists to be recognised next month](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/11/19/irish-philanthropists-be-recognised-next-month/)**( 19 November 2012) * **[American donors recognised for philanthropy in Ireland](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/11/21/american-donors-recognised-philanthropy-ireland/)**( 21 November 2012)