St Ann’s Hospice’s Sale charity shop is teaming up with fashion retailer New Look this Christmas to offer Sale shoppers an extra big thank you for supporting the charity.

Following a successful pilot in the summer, New Look is launching a new customer discount initiative to support hospice care by encouraging more people to donate goods to their local hospice shops, and St Ann’s charity shop in Sale is one the shops taking part.

The high street store will be offering a 20 per cent discount voucher to anyone who drops in a full bag of donations at St Ann’s shop on School Road in Sale before 13th January. The shop is one of over 200 taking part in the programme across the UK.

Under the scheme, running in partnership with national hospice and end of life care charity Hospice UK, donors will receive a voucher which they will be able to spend at New Look’s store in the Square Shopping Centre, Sale, which is only a short walk from the St Ann’s charity shop.

Amanda Brooks, Head of Trading Company at St Ann’s Hospice, said: “It’s wonderful working with New Look on this project. It helps people declutter before or after Christmas and do something useful with their pre-loved clothes. Every item donated to us helps us to continue to care for people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, and we’re incredibly grateful for all the support we get from local people. This scheme lets them help us and get an even better deal from their local branch of New Look. ”

Nigel Oddy, Chief Executive Officer of New Look, said: “As a company, we really care about being kind to our people and to our planet, therefore we want to make it easy for our customers to recycle their unwanted clothes whilst helping to reduce the amount of clothing waste that ends up in landfill. New Look is very excited about this partnership with Hospice UK to encourage our customers to donate their once loved clothes to their local hospice shop.”

St Ann’s Hospice, which operates from three sites in Little Hulton, Heald Green and the Neil Cliffe Centre in Wythenshawe Hospital cares for thousands of patients every year with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses – managing their symptoms, providing support, caring for people at the hospice or at home, and providing end of life care.

For more information, or to make a donation to the hospice, please call 0161 498 3631 or visit www.sah.org.uk/donate.