Hospiscare signs up to The Charity Shop Gift Card
Hospiscare, which provides specialist care to patients and their families living with life-limiting illnesses across Exeter, Mid and East Devon, is the latest charity nationwide to sign up to the first multi-retailer gift card that can be used exclusively in charity shops.
The Charity Shop Gift Card will be sold and accepted in Hospiscare’s 18 shops which help raise money to support more than 2,000 adults every year, across Exeter, Mid and East Devon
The Charity Shop Gift Card has been developed by Gift Card CIC, a social enterprise, and backed by the Charity Retail Association (CRA) and can be redeemed at the retail stores of participating CRA members.
The scheme will support the growing second-hand revolution, which is being led by the environmentally aware Gen Z and Millennials and helping to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
It will also offer national and regional charities the opportunity to tap into the £7billion gift card market*.
The single-load gift cards themselves will be recyclable and compostable and will be on sale to consumers in all Hospiscare’s shops, online at www.thecharityshopgiftcard.co.uk, and through supermarkets and other major retailers in 2022.
The Charity Shop Gift Card is a member of Social Enterprise UK, and the Gift Card and Voucher Association.
Helen Hutter, Head of Retail for Hospiscare, said: “We are excited to introduce the Charity Shop Gift Card into our shops across Exeter, Mid and East Devon in time for the festive season. We hope that it will encourage more people in our community to visit our shops and be part of a greener way of shopping, as well as supporting our vital end-of-life care service.”
Lee Fellows, Managing Director of The Charity Shop Gift Card, said: “The gift card market is huge and growing, and central to our aim is to come up with a nationally-accepted, multi-retailer scheme that allows charity shops to tap into that for the first time.”
For more information see www.thecharityshopgiftcard.co.uk
