By Little Stars
Expanding volunteering opportunities and providing the older children and pregnant women referred to our service with a unique shopping experience to select their own clothing free of charge.
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Our Charity shop fills a unique niche in Shrewsbury for families on a budget to access good quality baby essentials, children’s clothing and maternity wear at affordable prices, whilst raising vital funds for our core service. To build on this success, our short-term project has been designed to recruit volunteers to help us streamline our donation process. Sitting alongside our regular service offer, this bespoke project would provide us the time and resources needed to focus on volunteer recruitment and training, whilst also enabling us to enhance engagement with the older children and pregnant women who are referred to us to come into the shop and select their own clothing. The project should lead to long term benefits for our core services deepening awareness and understanding of the needs of our beneficiaries, volunteers and customers.
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Why it's a great idea:
Through the addition of trained volunteers, we’ll be able to streamline the donation process and see where we have stock shortfalls. Having better visibility and understanding of our stock will be hugely beneficial not only to shop stock rotation but also to our referral service, benefitting our customers and beneficiaries. In cases of emergency requests volunteers will be in a better position to help with processing these, easing the pressure on all operations. Training volunteers in customer service and stock management will enable them to welcome families coming into store to select their own clothing. They can prepare for each unique shopping visit, improving the individual’s experience and feeling comfortable in catering to their needs. The social and employment skills volunteers will gain through this project will benefit their emotional and physical wellbeing. It also has the potential to have a financial benefit to the individual, society, local authority and health services
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Due to unforeseen circumstances the decision has been made to not pursue a premises at this time. This has meant we have decided to focus the crowdfunder on our Community Shop. Thank you for to those who have backed our current crowdfunder and we hope that you will look to back our Community Shop Crowdfunder which will have just as much impact.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £15,727
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Target (inc. fees) £15,727
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VolunteerLittle Stars is a dedicated charity committed to supporting families and children throughout Shropshire. We provide essential items for every stage of childhood as our service encompasses a baby bank, tots to teen support, and a school uniform bank. We take pre-loved items generously donated by the community and compile unique bundles, which are supplemented with new equipment and basic hygiene products that are then gifted to the families referred to us.
To date, we have supported 4997 children across our campaigns through partnerships with organisations and charities supporting vulnerable groups. By working with these professional organisations, we are ensuring we reach those most in need.
Our mission is to alleviate the emotional stress and financial pressures many families face in a county where over 26,000 children are living in poverty, and 70% of those children are from working families.
Project Owner: Little Stars The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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