Friday 28 April 2017

Last weekend we spent the days in Lush Spa, Commercial Street, Leeds. 


One of the ladies we have supported had contacted Lush initially to see if they could donate a prize for the auction at our Charity Ball.

They got back to us and unfortunately they no longer offer such prizes.

However they now allow charities to go into store for their Charity Pot events. 

These events mean that someone from a charity can apply to go along to their nearest Lush store to raise money. 
We went along on both the Saturday & Sunday to set up our charities leaflets and info whilst the store sold a product known as the 'Charity Pot' Hand & Body lotion. All the money from selling these products goes to the charity.



The staff at the Leeds store were amazing, they made us feel so welcome and went out of their way to make sure we were ok. They even gave us a tour of their Spa which looked like an amazing experience.

The staff had all read our leaflets so they knew a little about us so they could talk to the customers about us and if someone wanted to find out more about us the staff would bring them over to us. 
The staff were also given a target by their manager of a total they would like to achieve.

Throughout Saturday I was able to talk to many customers about our work and a few had heard of us and were pleased to meet us and get chance to chat.
There were a few customers who came into the shop and you could see them reading our banner, eventually they plucked up the courage to come over to us and share their story. It was great to know that we could support these people face to face and they all seemed to leave looking happy that they had got chance to talk to us.

At the end of Saturday the shop manager, James, said that he thought that they had taken around £300 for us. This was amazing.

We went back Sunday morning and had another great day, I was surprised at how many people actually go out shopping on a Sunday but I think the lovely weather helped. The staff were again so supportive and many were actively approaching customers about the charity pot product. Their target for the Sunday had been £150.

At the end of Sunday we packed up, weary from busy day, but very happy and grateful to everyone who had supported our cause. We were told that the figures would all have to go off to head office and once they had a total raised they would let us know. We can't wait to find out what the final figure is.

The manager told us that he would be happy for us to go back into store at a later date in the year which is brilliant. 
James said the fact that we were a local charity was a big reason he wanted us to go back and because he has a small child it was a cause he felt he could really appreciate. He said he could not even begin to imagine how he would deal with losing a child and that the support should be there immediately for these families.

Thank You so much to everyone who came in store and bought the product, Thank You to all the staff who made us feel so appreciated and Thank You to everyone who passed by us and said hello.
As soon as we have a total for the money raised we will let you all know.

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