Charity plea over cards.A TYNESIDE For the 1885–1918 parliamentary constituency, see . Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. charity shop is appealing to shoppers to buy its Christmas cards. Newcastle's Mind charity shop has seen sales drop by 46%, prompting concerns that recent postal strikes have put people off buying cards. Now bosses at the Clayton Street shop are appealing for help. Alex Wood Alex Wood (born Dundee, 1950)is a former Labour leader of Edinburgh City Council in Scotland. He was a member of the Labour Party from 1969 until 1987. In the early 1970s Wood was a leading figure in the entryist Revolutionary Socialist League (aka Militant Tendency) in , regional manager for Mind Shops in the North East, said: "The Newcastle shop is still as busy as ever, but charity card sales have really taken a blow this year with sales down nearly 50%. "We're promoting cards in the same way as usual and we can only think that the recent postal strike The term postal strike or mail strike may refer to:
"Buying cards directly from the shops is a great way of giving to charity." Unlike buying charity cards from another retailer, 100% of the proceeds from cards bought in Mind shops go straight to the charity. |
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