Administration
Tina Lawton
Hospice
Shops new Manager
Tina Lawton has joined Share the Care as Shops and Salerooms Manager, moving into the shoes vacated by Julie Jones who stepped down in June.
Tina has been Hospice Care’s Fundraising and PR Manager, since October 2005. You can get to know Tina on her "Welcome to Hospice Shops" page
Julie Jones was Share the Care's Manager from 2002 to June this year, but she has now left us for a new challenge. There is an appreciation and thank you to Julie on another page.
The office team, based on the top floor, over the 76 Bucks Road shop is: Siobhan Ellison, Christine Jones, Julie McLean, Joe Dooley and Tracy Bedford. All are employed by the Company but most work flexi part-time hours (see the foot of this page for photos).
Activities throughout the shops and salerooms are co-ordinated from the office, much of which is routine. The telephones are always busy with calls from the public, many of whom have items they wish to give for resale either in the shops of salerooms. Such donated items, which could be clothing, books, shoes, bric-a-brac, and loads more, are often then delivered to the nearest shop by the donor, or collected in one of our vans. More of this later.
Contact with the shops is continuous, by phone and by visits. There are always 1,001 things needing attention, from leaky roofs to wiring, to local problems and the occasional complaint. Julie Jones regularly visits all the shops and salerooms to discuss matters of concern with the shop Manager and see for herself just how each shop or saleroom is working - so much better than the telephone.
Each shop Manager attend to drawing up the Volunteer staffing roster - splitting the day in half, mornings from 10:00 to 13:00 and 13:00 to 16:00 when the shops close for the day.
Share the Care have two covered vans, one with a tail lift, each with a driver and assistant, continuously employed following up calls around the Island and collecting large items, usually furniture, and returning their collections to one of the Salerooms - either Allen Street, Douglas; Waterloo Road, Ramsey; or the Port Erin premises. The drivers have acquired considerable knowledge of what will and what will not sell and therefore price donated furniture prior to a sale date.
Finally, Hospice Shop's success is down to a very special team spirit throughout the organisation, attention to detail - day to day and looking into the future - planning for further expansion, providing what the public want, products - albeit pre-owned - at a price and value for money which meets a need and, at the same time, generating income to pay for patient care in St. Bridget's Hospice and in the community.
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| Siobhan Ellison | Julie McLean | Christine Jones |
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| Joe Dooley | Tracy Bedford | Paul Wilson |