Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop returns for 39th year

By Cesar Medina 5th Nov 2024

(Front left to right) James Ellis, Councillor Yvonne Johnson, Sue Green, Father Richard Collins and Ben Ellis holding the Christmas card shop banner during its opening on 29 October 2024 (credit: Image supplied).
(Front left to right) James Ellis, Councillor Yvonne Johnson, Sue Green, Father Richard Collins and Ben Ellis holding the Christmas card shop banner during its opening on 29 October 2024 (credit: Image supplied).

The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop opened for its 39th festive season at the Church of Christ the Saviour.

The all-volunteer shop sells cards from 30 charities and is unique because it's one of the few charity Christmas card shops where 100% of the money raised goes to the charities.

Founder Sue Green, said: "We're delighted to be back, thanks to the support of our 50 fantastic volunteers."

With total sales since 1985 exceeding £900,000, the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop has supported more than 100 charities and sold 5 million cards to over 21,000 customers.

For 2024 there are more than 200 different designs of cards on sale in support of the local branches of the following 28 charities:

  • Age UK Ealing
  • Alzheimer's Society
  • Book Aid International
  • Bridge of Hope
  • British Heart Foundation
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Cardiac Risk in the Young
  • CAFOD, Combat Stress
  • Cystic Fibrosis Trust
  • Diabetes UK
  • Ealing Samaritans
  • Ealing Amnesty International
  • Epilepsy Research UK
  • Facing the World
  • Freedom From Torture
  • Friends of Hammersmith Hospital
  • Meadow House Hospice
  • Mind, Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • Multiple Sclerosis Trust
  • Parkinson's UK
  • RNLI
  • Save the Children
  • Soil Association
  • Stella Maris - Apostleship of the Sea
  • St Marks Hospital Foundation Trust
  • Society of St Vincent de St Paul
  • Transform Trade and Unique

A view of the entrance to the Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Ealing (credit: Image supplied).

The Ealing Charity Christmas cards are on sale at its shop between 10am and 4pm, Mondays to Saturdays until Tuesday, 19 December 2023 at the Church of Christ the Saviour, New Broadway, Ealing, London, W5 2XA.

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