Trinity Hospice to open new 'superstore' in former Febland Blackpool location
“We’re selling everything here, all clothing, bric-a-brac, jewellery, some new goods and a little bit of furniture.”
Trinity Hospice has unveiled a new 8000 square foot superstore at the site of the former Febland Clearance warehouse in Mereside, Blackpool.
The new superstore is located on Ashworth Road and spans across two floors. Febland’s main showroom remains open as usual, and Trinity have taken over the adjacent warehouse which became disused last year.
Paul Guest, Head of Retail at Trinity Hospice spoke to the Gazette about the acquisition of the new superstore, and about Trinity’s plans for the future.
He said: “At the moment it's a work in progress but we're hoping to be open in around five weeks. There will be four staff and at the moment there's around five volunteers joining us from other stores, because this is the third superstore that we've opened.
“The donations that are here at the moment, all these have been generously donated from all the public. Without these we’d not be able to give care to the hospice- so for example pictures that are donated, if we sell them for 15 pounds then that all goes to our wonderful care at the hospice, so every donation counts.
“We’re selling everything here, all clothing, bric-a-brac, jewellery, some new goods and a little bit of furniture.”
Trinity Hospice was founded on the Fylde Coast in 1985 and has since become one of Lancashire’s leading end-of-life care centres. Trinity helps an estimated 8000 adults per year and also operates Brian House, a specialist centre for children on palliative care.
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Paul, has previously worked at a national level with Barnardo's for over 30 years.
He added: “We’ve already got a store near the Asda on Vicarage Lane, and one in Cleveleys- we decided we needed another one as well. We chose this location because we’re near the Tesco (Mereside), and because this is an ex-Febland warehouse so everyone knows where it is.
There’s a big car park and the shop itself is about 8000 square feet, across two floors. From this unit, we are also selling items on Ebay. The more donations we get, the more we can raise for our wonderful clinical team that gives unbelievable care to anybody who needs it across the Fylde Coast.
“There’s a big car park and the shop itself is about 8000 square feet, across two floors. From this unit, we are also selling items on Ebay.
“The more donations we get, the more we can raise for our wonderful clinical team that gives unbelievable care to anybody who needs it across the Fylde Coast.”