CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME IN BRIGG

Once the Lindsey Lodge Hospice opens its new premises at 64 Wrawby Street, Brigg will have eight charity shops.
The others are all located within the town centre on Wrawby Street and on/near Springs Parade.
Along Wrawby Street are Oxfam, the Oxfam Book Shop, Red Cross and Age UK Lindsey.
Springs Parade has Jerry Green's and Sue Ryder, with an RSPCA shop located nearby and facing the same car park - handy for people making bulky contributions.
All charity shops welcome donations of unwanted or surplus goods from people living in Brigg and the surrounding area, and also have their doors open to shoppers whose purchases help to fund these worthy charities.
They make more money (25 per cent) if local folk register with them for Gift Aid. Ask the staff for details.

 

The location for Lindsey Lodge Hospice's new charity which will open at 64 Wrawby Street between the Tech Box and Steve Mundey's.

Oxfam recently contacted us by email to say: "Nigel, did Santa slip up? Receive a book you’ve already read? A top that’s not your colour? Or perhaps your friends know you so well you received the same gift twice? Whatever the mishap, donating those presents to your local Oxfam shop can help change lives.
"We’d particularly love to receive clothing, home-wares and books. The better the quality, the more you’ll raise to fund life-changing projects for people living in poverty."
In this case, Oxfam is out of luck when it comes to book donations from us after Christmas.
However, like other Brigg residents, we have given many books in the past to its dedicated shop and made numerous donations to other charity outlets in the town.
If you have any unwanted items, rather than throwing them away select your shop(s) and make a New Year's resolution to drop them off in the near future.

PICTURED ABOVE: Coun Penny Smith, a volunteer at the Oxfam Book Shop in February 2019; and Diane Laughton with items donated to Jerry Green's outlet on Springs Parade in November 2019. Images come courtesy of Ken Harrison, of Brigg Matters magazine.

PICTURED BELOW: Ex-Brigg resident Coun Peter Clark, the Mayor of North Lincolnshire, officially opening the Age UK Lindsey shop in October 2017; wedding dresses on special display at the British Red Cross outlet in 2017 (image by Ken Harrison); Oxfam; the RSPCA shop close to the Old River Ancholme and the County Bridge; Oxfam on Wrawby Street; and Sue Ryder Care.