Charity cards on sale now!
Charity begins at...the Tourist Information Centre
(Date of issue: Thursday, 24 November 2011)
Carlisle shoppers can buy once and give twice at the Cards for
Good Causes charity Christmas card shop in the Tourist Information
Centre, Carlisle.
Shoppers can buy Christmas cards from more than 25 national
charities. Cards for Good Causes – which sells charity cards across
the UK every year – opened its Carlisle shop on Friday, 18 November
at The Tourist Information Centre, Carlisle.
Cllr Marilyn Bowman, Portfolio holder for Economic Development,
said:
“We are thrilled to be offering this service; to residents and
visitors to Carlisle too, it is such an easy way to support your
favourite charity”.
Lyn Davies from Cards For Good Causes said:
“We’re delighted to be back in Carlisle. Everyone is so generous
and really helps us raise more for our charities. Charity cards are
a great way to buy once and give twice – once to the person who
receives your card and once to your preferred charity.”
Carlisle charity Christmas card shop is one of a countrywide
network of shops. Cards for Good Causes Limited (CFGC) pays the
participating charities (or their trading subsidiaries) at least
75p in every pound from their card sales, less the VAT payable on
the amount retained by CFGC. The retained amount covers CFGC’s
costs of running the temporary charity Christmas card shops. In
addition to these costs, the participants have to pay for the
production and distribution of their cards.
