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Every year Charity Retail Ireland conducts a survey with its members to evaluate how shops benefit the charity sector financially, plus their impact on the communities where they operate and the impact on the environment. Find out our results for 2022.

Today is the last day of Charity Retail Week and is Circular Economy Day. What is the Circular Economy? How are charity shops part of this? What is slow fashion? Does the Circular Economy help to mitigate climate change? What can I do to help to make a difference?

Today is Environmental Impact Day. How do charity shops reduce my carbon footprint? How much CO2e do charity shops save? Does this contribute to our Climate Action Targets? What can I do to help charity shops to make an impact on our environment? 

Today is Social Impact Day. What social impact do charity shops have? How can you measure this? What impact do charity shops have on the communities in which they operate? How do charity shops interact with each charity’s cause? 

Today is Financial Impact Day. Why do charities operate shops to raise money for their causes? Do they have to pay rent and rates? What impact does this have on the charity? How does it help the main cause of the charity? How much do they raise?

Today is Collaboration Day. How are collaboration and the charity retail sector connected? How does Charity Retail collaborate with Corporate Partners? Is Charity Retail part of the wider sustainability movement? What does that mean? 

Today is Volunteer Day. How can I volunteer in a charity shop? What will I be doing? Will I have to work on the till? What happens if I don’t like it? Will I get a discount? Will I get training? What are the benefits of volunteering? 

Today is the first day of Charity Retail Week and today’s theme is Donations. What can you donate to a charity shop? How can you donate to a charity shop? What happens to your donations? What do they not accept? What happens to my clothes when I donate to a clothing bank?

The judges have judged and we now have the SHORT LIST for our Awards for 2022.

Do you have a knowledge and interest in sustainability and the circular economy? Would you like to work in the Charity Retail Sector? Do you have good skills and knowledge of content creation for our social media and website? Then this could be the role for you.