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The Charity Retail Association (CRA) is an industry network organisation for the charity retail sector. This year the organisation celebrates its 25th birthday, and what a way to do it!

Despite improvements in care and support in the last 20 years, people with learning disabilities still experience significant inequalities. Brandon Trust exists to enable children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities and autism to live life in the way they choose. This year, the ...

How a charity has tackled operational challenges to build an exceptional charity retail experience for its community by developing their Gift Aid & donations process.

Finding the right supplier can be tricky. Beneath the sales pitches and enticing features lie the true markers of value – ones that directly impact your charity’s operations and costs, which occasionally might not be clear or identified upfront.

With Wil-U Software And Zettle Payment Processing Primary goal: To give people who come to the Hospice an easy way to support their work. Secondary goal: To be able to collect donations and take payments at fundraising events. The family and friends of patients receiving care at the Hospice are ...

Our planet is facing an environmental crisis that demands immediate and collective action, and as a result, sustainable practices are unequivocally crucial in playing our part in safeguarding the environment. The Charity retail donation/purchase model is inherently sustainable by helping reduce ...

As the director of a small-scale or local UK charity, it’s easy to feel like a little fish in a big pond, continuously outcompeted for direct donations by large national charities (with proportionally larger fundraising and promotional budgets). In the face of this, an effective way for small ...

During an economic downturn, when many charities witness a drop in individual giving donations, charity shops provide an increasingly crucial source of revenue, as supporters will often purchase goods from a charity shop even when scaling back on their direct donations. However, charity shops ...

One of the biggest challenges that small charities face when operating a profitable charity shop is finding enough volunteers, supporters, and donors to make the initiative financially viable which is why the Wil-U charity EPOS ecosystem goes beyond the practicalities of handling transactions and ...

Wil-U provides a dedicated EPOS solution for Third Sector and charitable organisations that run charity shops, making it easier for you to increase your Gift Aid contributions, help manage stock elements, smooths the sales process, and access your sales data in real-time. But beyond this, Wil-U ...