# History of the charity shop to feature on BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/01/13/history-of-the-charity-shop-to-feature-on-bbcs-celebrity-mastermind/
- Published: 2023-01-13T09:50:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The history of the charity shop will be a specialist subject on this Saturday’s
BBC Celebrity Mastermind, it has been announced.**

The episode will see Wayne Hemingway quizzed on the topic by Clive Myrie, alongside
other famous faces, actor Victoria Smurfit, comedian Ria Lina and The Inbetweeners
actor James Buckley who will be answering questions on The Breakfast Club, Rosalind
Franklin and The Office. [Celebrity Mastermind](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h8q2)
sees donations raised for participants’ favourite charities.

The episode will be aired this Saturday, 14 January at 17.35pm on BBC One.

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Wayne Hemingway is a known charity shop fan, with his latest project Charity Super.
Mkt set to launch at London’s Brent Cross at the end of this month. Together, Hemingway
and Maria Chenoweth are bringing charities under one roof with the initiative to
raise funds by selling second-hand clothing.

Opening on 27 January, Charity Super.Mkt will be open for four weeks until the last
Saturday in February, with the site an ex-Top Shop unit, located opposite Apple 
and next to John Lewis. [The Brent Cross site](https://www.brentcross.co.uk/events/charity-super-mkt)
lists the charities involved as: TRAID, Havens Hospice, Barnardo’s, Shelter, Cancer
Research UK, Marie Curie, Age UK, Emmaus, and SCT.

More on Charity Super.Mkt [here](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/12/13/charities-sought-to-join-wayne-hemingway-maria-chenoweths-charity-super-mkt/).

According to the [Charity Retail Association](https://www.charityretail.org.uk/),
charity shops first appeared in the UK in the 1800s, and have been a popular staple
of British high streets since World War Two, with more than 11,000 shops now operating
across the UK.

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   25 April 2024)
 * **[Charity shops sales remain steady after 2023’s record growth but online channels provide boost](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/05/30/charity-shops-sales-remain-steady-after-2023s-record-growth-but-online-channels-provide-boost/)**(
   30 May 2024)
 * **[Nominations open for new UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/06/17/nominations-open-for-new-uks-favourite-charity-shop-award/)**(
   17 June 2024)