Charity shop depreciation of fixtures (clothing racks, bookshelves, counters, etc.), operating costs (maintenance, municipal service fees, electricity, heat, telephone, limited advertising) and the building lease or mortgage. Charity shops may also be referred to as thrift stores (in the United States and Canada), hospice shops, resale shops (a term that in the United States also covers consignment shops), and opportunity (or op) shops (in Australia and New Zealand). One of the earliest charity shops was set up by the Wolverhampton Society for the Blind (now called the Beacon Centre for the Blind) in 1899 to sell goods made by blind people to
Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop is an annual pop-up shop which sells christmas cards in Ealing, West London to support charities. The shop was founded in 1985 by Sue Green and the late Pat Harvey in 1985. They were mothers in Ealing and found that there was no shop of this sort within a convenient travelling distance. They started one which was staffed by volunteers like them. The enterprise has since sold about 5 million cards, raising over £500,000 for over 100 charities. In 2011 the shop operated out of vacant premises in Bond Street,