Devon Air Ambulance urges you to shop ‘Second Hand’ this Christmas
As Black Friday approaches, retailers are enthusiastically enticing bargain-hunters to shop flash sales and pre-Christmas clearance deals.
Devon Air Ambulance is reminding those that love an online shop for good deals on Friday 27 November that it is not only Black Friday, it is also ‘Buy Nothing New Day’; an opportunity to support hundreds of charities that also have online shopping channels and great products to browse.
In 2017, an organisation called the ‘Reuse Network’ which is an ethical charity,passionate about reducing waste and landfill, established 'Buy Nothing New Day’ to raise awareness and to spread the word that second-hand doesn’t mean second-best.
Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) reacted quickly to the current retail climate and the lockdowns in place throughout the Summer by accelerating plans to provide an online shopping experience for customers keen to shop for sustainable fashion and more.
Within weeks shopdaat.org launched and became part of the second-hand online market, selling hundreds of pre-loved items not currently accessible in locked-down shops. With its emphasis on sustainable fashion, the charity initially launched over 400 items of womenswear, quickly followed by menswear.
Income Generation Director, Caroline Creer says:
“Our online shop provides a vital income stream that we are lucky to have available to the charity. Many charities have simply had to close their doors and are losing an incredible amount of income while lockdown continues. To ensure our service remains constant, we need everyone's kind support and I would invite anybody who has not yet visited our online shop to do so. Every single purchase helps to save lives.”
The DAA online team is working hard to add new items daily and this week new categories have launched including Christmas Gifts and novelties plus Vintage & Variety items – an interesting category to browse, with the number of categoriesacross the website is set to be refreshed over coming weeks.
The months ahead bring great uncertainty for many charities on which thousands of people depend. Devon Air Ambulance is certainly not a charity that anybody in Devon would want to be without and it is important that everybody is aware that something as easy as online purchase provides an additional way to support one of our most treasured and relied upon services.
Visit the Devon Air Ambulance online shop here: www.shopdaat.org and their eBay shop here: https://bit.ly/EBAYDAA
