Ealing’s volunteer-run Charity Christmas Card Shop has reopened, selling cards for 32 charities with all takings going directly to the causes it supports.
The shop at the Church of Christ the Saviour in New Broadway has more than 200 card designs, alongside calendars, wrapping paper, present tags and postage stamps.
Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Faduma Mohamed, joined volunteers and charity supporters to mark this year’s opening.
Founded in 1985, the shop has raised nearly £1m for around 100 charities over the past four decades.
Sue Green, co-founder of the shop: “We’re delighted to be back for our 41st year. Unlike many other charity card sales, we send 100% of the money taken directly back to the charities. Thanks to our fantastic helpers who come back every year we’ve raised nearly £1m since 1985 for around 100 different charities.”
The 32 charities represented this year are: Action Aid, Age UK Ealing, Alzheimer’s Society, Book Aid International, Bereft, 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, Mary’s Meals, 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 and Transform Trade.
The shop is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, until 19 December 2026.
