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Welcome to our new Shop Manager, Angela Kinsley
The Board of Directors at The Giving Tree are delighted to announce the appointment of Angela Kinsley as our new Shop Manager. Angela will be stepping into the role following the retirement of Rhona McInnes later this month. We look forward to welcoming Angela to our wonderful shop and wish her every success in her
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Update to donation times
Thank you so much for your continued generous donations to The Giving Tree – they really do make a difference! However, in order to help us handle donations safely and keep things running smoothly, we’re now only accepting donations until 3:30pm each day. If you need to donate outside these times, please get in touch
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We are Recruiting – Full Time Shop Manager (Applications now closed)
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Location: The Giving Tree, DunblaneHours: 37.5 hours per week over 5 days, including some Saturday working We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Shop Manager to lead the day-to-day running of our busy charity shop in Dunblane. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference – raising vital funds
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Refurbishment
We were very grateful to receive financial support from Acorns to Trees via the Development Trusts Association Scotland to help with a wide range of aspects of our refurbishment, including legal costs, painting, new shop signage, shelving, a new till and our fantastic volunteer aprons. This has all had a huge positive impact on the
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Launch Event
The Giving Tree was officially launched in June 2024. Dunblane Development Trust were delighted to be able to take on management of the much-loved community facility after Mary’s Meals decided to close all of their shops.
We Reached our Goal !
Some of the profits from The Giving Tree go to supporting an international charity, which this year is The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust. Our goal for this year was to raise enough money to train two girls to become nurses. For many girls living in this remote part of India, a future career is something they would often only dream of aspiring to. Thanks to your support, we have achieved our goal to raise enough money to train two young women to become nurses. This will make a dramatic difference to their hopes and aspirations, also helping bring change to their families and communities. https://www.tdhct.co.uk/
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