St Clare Hospice Trading Company

The Trading Company is a vital part of the St Clare Organisation, which provides income for St Clare. It also plays a role in delivering large items of equipment to patients and helping to maintain the profile of St Clare across the area. All the profits from the trading Company are passed directly to St Clare Hospice.

The Trading Company runs the St Clare Hospice Lottery and our six Charity shops as well as a collection and delivery service for goods donated to our shops or large sold items. To view current career opportunities with in the Trading Company please visit our Recruitment Web Page

The administration team for the Lottery and the Trading Company can be contacted on 01279 773730. The collections and delivery section can be contacted on 01279 639752.

The Trading Company relies very heavily on volunteers both in its shops and on the vans, a wide variety of skills are needed and our volunteers operate in friendly teams. To learn more about these opportunities contact your local shop or ring 01279 773732 and speak to Louise Hamilton.

Gift Aid your three piece suite to St Clare

The concept of Gift Aid isn’t new, regular supporters of St Clare Hospice will know that the charity can claim an additional 28% from the government if donors who are taxpayers sign a Gift Aid declaration, but did you know that St Clare can claim Gift Aid on donated goods that are sold through our shops?

If you donate goods to our shops and you pay tax all you have to do is download and complete this simple form and take it with you next time you take goods into one of our shops and our shop team will do the rest.

It doesn’t matter if your donation is a three piece suite, a bag of clothes, a box of books or a dinner service so long as you are a tax payer you can sign a declaration.  Once we have your declaration on file you will receive your own donor ID card so you don’t have to repeat the process every time you donate. 

A paperback book sold for £1.00 will raise an additional 28p if it has been Gift Aided, a sofa sold for £100, if Gift Aided will raise a further £28 at no extra cost to the donor or the customer.   

Imagine the difference all those 28ps could make. If just 20% of St Clare donors are able to participate the Hospice could potentially raise an additional sum in excess of £30,000 each year.  This could cover the running costs of a St Clare inpatient room for 10 weeks. During that time as many as 10 patients and their families would benefit from the high standard of care and comfort St Clare prides itself on providing its patients.

If you would like more information about what we can and cannot sell in our shops please download our retail leaflet or call your local St Clare shop.