Maundy Relief signs up to The Charity Shop Gift Card

The only multi-charity gift card is a social enterprise that helps people give more sustainably, buy more consciously and support good causes.

Maundy Relief is now accepting The Charity Shop Gift Card — the only nationally accepted, multi-retailer gift card that can be spent exclusively in charity shops.

The Charity Shop Gift Card is a not-for-profit that has been developed and launched in association with the Charity Retail Association.

Maundy Relief is now selling and accepting it in its shop on Abbey Street in Accrington, which generates funds to supports people in need in Hyndburn.

With the gift card for good also being accepted by the national network of shops run by Sense, Marie Curie, Shelter, Crisis, YMCA and The Children’s Society there’s a huge choice of where the gift cards can be spent in the region.

The scheme will support the growing second-hand revolution, which is helping to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. It will also help national and regional charities boost their own income by giving them their first collective opportunity to tap into the £7billion-a-year gift card market. 

The Charity Retail Association has 450 members with 9,000 shops, and together they are already diverting over 300,000 tonnes of textiles away from landfill and contributing over £300million to help fund the work of their parent charities.

As a social enterprise, the majority of profits will go towards funding charity gift cards for good causes to donate to the communities they are supporting.

The gift cards themselves are recyclable and compostable, and are available from participating charities and at supermarkets and other major high street retailers. They can be purchased as e-vouchers from www.thecharityshopgiftcard.co.uk.

Beccy Murrell, Operations Manager at Maundy Relief, said: “We’re delighted to now be selling and accepting the Charity Shop Gift Card because we think it gives shoppers in Hyndburn more choice and makes it easy for them to support a variety of charitable causes.”

Lee Fellows, Co-founder of The Charity Shop Gift Card, said: “We’re thrilled to add Maundy Relief to our growing network of charity shops.  For anyone unfamiliar with the scheme, The Charity Shop Gift Card exists to provide an alternative to the masses of gift cards, providing something that is not only more sustainable but also helps charity shops sell more items.  And put simply, selling more, means more people can be supported via the amazing work of Maundy Relief.”

For more information:

https://thecharityshopgiftcard.co.uk/