St Barnabas ‘Drive-Thru’ Donations A Huge Success

Thanks to the public’s generosity during the first week of the Donation Drive-Thru,  St Barnabas Hospice is able to open its first few shops in Lincoln this week.

Those who have been clearing out their closets and cupboards during lockdown were invited to donate via specially booked appointments at the charity’s Central Warehouse in Lincoln.

St Barnabas’ Head of Retail, Caroline Peach, said: “We were absolutely delighted to see so many people taking us up on our offer of donating safely and with social distancing at our Drive-Thru. Thanks to all those people who donated, we are now stocked with enough items to begin opening our charity shops. In one week alone, supporters brought us more than 2,000 bags and boxes of items which are currently sorting through for our charity shops. I am excited to see how many more items come through before our Drive-Thru closes temporarily at the end of this week.”

The St Barnabas Birchwood charity shop is open from today and will continue to be open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 4.30pm. There will be a one-way system in place, hand sanitiser provided, and staff and volunteers will be wearing appropriate PPE. Please observe social distancing throughout the shop.

St Barnabas has 26 shops across the region, since 2012, the Hospice has sold around 750,000 items with a turnover of more than £16,000,000 for its essential end of life care and associated services.