Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop Opens
Fundraising venture on New Broadway in its 39th year
Pictured at the opening are (front, l-r): Councillor Yvonne Johnson, Mayor of the London Borough of Ealing, Sue Green, Founder, Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop and Father Richard Collins, Vicar of Parish Church of Christ the Saviour. The banner is being held by James and Ben Ellis, grandsons of Mrs Green. Picture: Roger Green
October 30, 2024
The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop opened this Tuesday (29 October) for its 39th festive season.
The all-volunteer shop sells cards from 30 charities and is unique because it’s one of the few charity Christmas card shops where 100% of the money raised goes to the charities.
With total sales since 1985 exceeding £900,000, the shop at the Church of Christ the Saviour in the centre of Ealing has supported more than 100 charities and sold 5million cards to over 21,000 customers.
Founder Sue Green said, “We’re delighted to be back, thanks to the support of our 50 fantastic volunteers.”
For 2024 there are more than 200 different designs of cards on sale in support of the local branches of the following 28 charities: Age UK Ealing, Alzheimer’s Society, Book Aid International, Bridge of Hope, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CAFOD, Combat Stress, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Diabetes UK, Ealing Samaritans, Ealing Amnesty International, Epilepsy Research UK, Facing the World, Freedom From Torture, Friends of Hammersmith Hospital, Meadow House Hospice, Mind, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Parkinson's UK, RNLI, Save the Children, Soil Association, Stella Maris - Apostleship of the Sea, St Marks Hospital Foundation Trust, Society of St Vincent de St Paul, Transform Trade and Unique.
The entrance to the charity card shop. Picture: Roger Green
Their Christmas cards are on sale at the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop between 10am and 4pm Mondays to Saturdays until Tuesday, 19 December at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway, Ealing, W5 2XA.
Roger Green
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