Big birthday bash for FORCE charity shop

The award-winning FORCE cancer charity shop in Heavitree celebrates its 20th birthday this week with plans in place for a two-day party.
On Friday and Saturday the shop in Fore Street will have more than its usual range of bargains with lots of special offers on the theme of 20.
There will be:
20 per cent off shoes and some 20p flip flops;
a 20p clothes rail and 20p T-shirts;
a selection of romance, thriller and mystery books at 20p;
a kids clothes rail with 20p items;
20p kids goodie bags;
at least 20 golden ticket items hidden around the store each day offering great knock down prices.
Music from the 90s will also be playing and there will be a bake sale each day from 11am to 1pm.
“As you can see we have some really good deals on offer,” said FORCE Shop Manager Anna Heard. “We aim to have a bit of birthday fun to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers who have put in such hard work over the years and a great big thank you to all our customers and the local community for their continued support. I hope they can all make it to join in the celebrations.”
Since it first opened in 1995, the FORCE shop has achieved a turnover of nearly £4m and a net profit of more than £2m.
It provides a vital income stream for the charity, which offers free support to anyone locally affected by cancer.
FORCE funds research at the University of Exeter Medical School and at the RD&E, buys state of the art equipment for the hospital to help with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and runs a Support and Information Centre, which had 18,000 visits last year alone.
The charity needs to raise around £1m each year to maintain those services.
The shop has also won every Charity Retail Association award as the most profitable in its category since 1999.