Society's charity shop venture raises £550

A one day exercise by Law Society of Scotland staff who took over a charity shop to raise money for the Nepal earthquake disaster has raised £550.

Six Society employees took over the Mary Portas Living and Giving shop for Save the Children on Thursday 11 June, after spending a month raising donations from colleagues and solicitors across the country. Staff are entitled to donate one working day each year to a corporate social responsibility initiative.

Charlotta Cederqvist, business development manager at the Society said: “It was a brilliant day, and we raised a great amount of money. We received some great donations from our members and our fabulous colleagues did a huge amount of baking for us to sell on the day as well. The highlight of the day was selling a Chanel handbag for £100!”

“We would like to say a huge thanks to Save the Children as well for allowing us to invade their shop for the day, and showing us the ropes!”

All the proceeds are going directly to Save the Children’s Nepal appeal. Anyone who still wishes to donate to the appeal can visit https://www.justgiving.com/lawsocietyscotlandCSR