The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop is now open to residents and visitors to the borough who want to support a Christmas card shop where 100% of the money raised goes to charity.
Now marking its 38th year of offering seasonal greeting cards that raise funds to help others, the volunteer run shop based at Church of Christ the Saviour in New Broadway Ealing, sells cards from 24 charities.
This year sees over 200 designs from charities both local, national and international including Age UK Ealing, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Christian Aid, Combat Stress, Ealing Samaritans, Ealing Amnesty International, Friends of Hammersmith Hospital, Parkinson’s UK, Soil Association, and Stella Maris – Apostleship of the Sea.
Sue Green, who co-founded the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop in 1985 said: “Thanks to our 50 incredible volunteers we’ve come through the disruption of the past two years and we’re looking forward this year to raising over £20,000 for our charities.”
The card shop was officially opened last Thursday (3 November 2022) by Ealing 2021-2022 Mayor, Councillor Munir Ahmed. He said of the volunteers today and in the past who have helped the shop for nearly 40 years: “The great job done by volunteers like you shows Ealing at its best.”
Since launching in 1985, nearly £900,000 worth of cards have been sold to 21,000 customers which has supported 100 charities.
The full list of charities being supported this year are:
Age UK Ealing, Alzheimer’s Society, Book Aid International, Bridge of Hope, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Christian Aid, Combat Stress, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Diabetes UK, Ealing Samaritans, Ealing Amnesty International, Epilepsy Research UK, Facing the World, Friends of Hammersmith Hospital, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Mind, Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Parkinson’s UK, RNLI, Save the Children, Soil Association, and Stella Maris – Apostleship of the Sea.
The Christmas Card Shop, which runs until 19 December 2022, is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm and is located at: Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway, Ealing, London, W5 2XA.
