Described as a ‘community inside a community’, one charity shop in Bulwell has seen a surge in customers since the cost of living crisis began. The charity shop is much more to customers and volunteers than what meets the eye.
The Scope charity shop in Bulwell on 20 Commercial Road has customers at its heart and has helped some volunteers turn their lives around. Always on the lookout for new volunteers, the charity currently has less than a dozen.
Sorting out donations and greeting customers are just some of the tasks volunteers get up to and for some customers, going inside to speak with staff and volunteers is their only social interaction. Once upon a time, Simon Kemp was homeless.
