Highland Hospice introduces eco-friendly charity shop gift card for a sustainable Christmas

A new gift card for eco-conscious shoppers has been introduced by a Highland charity.

Highland Hospice is the first independent Scottish charity to accept and sell the Charity Shop Gift Card – a social enterprise, multi-retailer card which can be spent in participating charity shops.

They include Highland Hospice’s 15 charity shops in the region.

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The card was developed and launched in partnership with the Charity Retail Association in a

bid to provide the more conscious shopper with options to shop more sustainably while supporting the causes that they are most passionate about.

Susan Cooper, Highland Hospice’s commerce manager said: "The most exciting thing about this development is that we are the first independent Scottish charity to accept and sell the card, and we hope as a result that this will further boost our incredible sales as well as our relationship with our existing loyal customers.

"The timing of this is absolutely perfect as one of these cards would be the perfect stocking

filler for Christmas."

Operated by a social enterprise group, the Charity Shop Gift Card will attribute a minimum

of 65 per cent of its profits to be loaded onto different gift cards.

These cards will be distributed to local foodbanks and local councils, providing support during the cost-of-living crisis.

The cards themselves are compostable, and fully recyclable.

Go to Highland Hospice shops to find the locations of the charity's 15 shops.

The charity provides care and support to people facing life-shortening illness, death and bereavement.

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