Cards for Good Causes pop-up shops hope to bring a smile to local care home residents thanks to the local community. During lockdown in England a number of its not-for-profit shops started a new Click and Collect service to ensure that they could continue to raise vital funds for charity with the sale of their Charity Christmas cards and gifts. And now, customers can donate an Advent Smile so that an advent calendar can be donated to a local care home and bring a smile to residents every day in December in the lead up to Christmas.

Customers can either go to https://www.cardsforcharity.co.uk/click-and-collect.html or call 01264 362 333 to donate an Advent Smile. The shop team volunteers will then ensure that local care home residents receive their advent calendars in time to open the 1st door in December. 

The not-for-profit organisation has a huge selection of charity Christmas cards and seasonal gifts with 100% of its proceeds given back to local and national charities - that’s at least 70p in every £1 taken from the sale of cards which is a much higher proportion than most other retailers. In the past ten years, Cards for Good Causes has given over £40 million to the charities it partners with. It represents more than 250 charities including Cancer Research UK, Barnardo’s, Alzheimer’s Society and RNLI as well as a number of local charities. 

Jeremy Lune, CEO at Cards for Good Causes said: “It has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone but especially our care homes. It would be lovely to at least bring a smile to care home residents for December as they open an advent calendar door each morning. By donating our charity advent calendars, customers are giving a gift twice as both the charities and the care homes will benefit from this.”

Customers can either go to https://www.cardsforcharity.co.uk/click-and-collect.html or call 01264 362 333 to donate an Advent Smile. This local initiative is available at all of our shops that offer a Click and Collect service which includes: Bath, Cambridge, Chichester, Dorchester, Durham, Edinburgh, Esher, Falmouth, Haslemere, Hinckley, Lewes, Louth, Marlborough, Petersfield, Sloane Street, Stamford, Sunderland, Tenterden, Tunbridge Wells, Wakefield, Winchester.

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