Friday 25 May 2012

Wakefield House Gets Swapping

[caption id="attachment_3010" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Rebecca Hedges sets out her stall[/caption]

On Wednesday 16th May, the communal area of Wakefield House became a swap shop! It wasn't just for Smiths News staff either. As it was held downstairs, all the other businesses in the building were invited and many did take part!

All proceeds were in support of Mark Charlton, who has chosen The National Autistic Society for his From S to N bike ride. All remaining stock will be donated to a local Cancer Research charity shop.

Rachel Cook (joint organiser with Rebecca Hedges) reports:


The idea was simple. For every item brought in, people could swap it for another item. We charged a £2 fee per person (not item). So for just £2 people could swap something they didn’t want, for something they did! There was also the opportunity to just make a donation if people didn’t want to take part in the swap.

We swapped new, or nearly new clothes, shoes and bags, as well as DVDs, books, CDs and games.

Although uptake on ‘swapping’ was relatively low, the generous donations from staff within Wakefield House gave us plenty of stock for the shop. The sale of those items went fantastically well, at £1-3 per item, raising a fantastic £133.09 on the day. And I’m sure the charity shop will raise even more with the donations we still have left.

A great idea - well done ladies!

1 comment:

  1. Mark Cashmore, Chief Executive17 June 2012 at 06:00

    This is a great idea which works on many levels

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