Good morning everybody! Is there a better way to start a day than with good news?! Well, here you are! Lets start today talking about the Shop Upstairs... The Shop Upstairs on the High St in Weston Super Mare is a Weston College project, in partnership with Weston Hospicecare. Students from the college created the shop and manage it as part of their studies. They do everything from training volunteers and stocking the shop, to managing the budget, marketing and promotions. The Shop Upstairs in Weston-super-Mare held its first late night opening event on 18th September to celebrate the start of the new term at Weston College. The shop, offers 10% discount to students and rails full of high street clothing to suit the student budget. Text books and home starter kits were also available to help new students settle into college life. An additional £150 was taken during the event, with people popping in to snap up the new stock on display. Will Morris has been a volunteer at the shop for over six months and is in charge of sales. He was really pleased with the event: With sales and our tombola takings combined we had a really successful couple of hours. People were buying our bags for life to take purchases home in and we had to redress some of our displays a few times! We like it when that happens! Shop Manager Gail Fry said: Im sure this wont be our last late night opening event, especially as we head into Autumn and Winter. Our student discount cards have been really popular with some being used as soon as wed handed them out during Freshers Fayres. Were launching our Autumn/Winter range next month with something very special which weve been working on for a few weeks now. Were very excited to launch it and get some new students on board as we head into the new season. Students are encouraged to volunteer at the shop as part of their college courses and as the new term starts there are already some new recruits building their work experience on the shop floor. If youre interested in getting involved with The Shop Upstairs, pop into the shop at 22-24 High Street, W.S.M, BS23 1JF or call them on 01934 419490.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:58:39 +0000
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