A look at the new Pennyburn foyle hospice shops with interviews with, Sheila Duffy, Jacqueline McMonagle and DCSDC Mayor Patricia Logue.
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00:22 Can you tell me how important a space like this is in the area and how you help it work?
00:28 I think that it's twofold. It actually helps the hospice, obviously.
00:32 You know, it really, the funds that come from this place and our other shops goes directly to patient care.
00:38 So, you know, we are a local hospice and we depend on the community and it's a wonderful way for the community to be able to donate their used items.
00:46 You'll see some of them are just slightly used and then people can come in.
00:49 It also helps the community because they can go into a new home and perhaps they don't have the money to furnish it right away.
00:56 They can come here and get wonderful furnishings and they win, we win and certainly it's great for the environment to reuse things.
01:03 You have a lot of space here. Can you talk about the work that came together to execute this?
01:07 Right. It was hard work. All the racks, we were donated by Sean McGuiver, which was fantastic.
01:17 But we just come in, we did a wee plan of where things would be best situated.
01:24 We knew the clothes would be better there because we have the walls to get the stuff bonded, the framework bonded.
01:30 And the furniture over here was better at the window because there's nothing else you could put there on the walls.
01:36 So it was a work in progress, but you know what, when you're, I'm in retail 25 years, so it kind of wasn't easy.
01:45 But you have a good idea and you have a good starting block, they come in and we have blank canvas and do it all to your liking.
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02:00 Thank you.
02:02 Can you talk about how important a space like this is for the community and the Foyle Haskins?
02:08 Well, I think everybody knows the good work that the Foyle Haskins have done for everybody right across the community.
02:17 Without the Foyle Haskins there would be a lot of people who are in their homes and they're not getting the proper treatment, etc.
02:25 And the Foyle Haskins do great, great work. In fact, it is one of my chosen charities this year as Mayor.
02:33 For an outlet like this, it's so, so important to generate funds, much needed funds for the Foyle Haskins
02:42 because they depend a lot on donations. While they do this on statutory money, they also need donations on a basis such as this.
02:54 It also benefits the community because, you know, it's all about upcycling, recycling now.
03:01 It's great that people that are finished with either their clothes, their furniture or whatever, people can come and really get it at a good, affordable price.
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03:56 But also, obviously, it's all about generating funds for the Foyle Haskins for the work that they do.
04:06 I also want to mention the volunteers. Without the volunteer chairs, places like this could not operate.
04:15 So, I know the Foyle Haskins have very limited volunteers to carry out therapies and stuff like that.
04:25 But they also need the volunteers to do all these jobs.
04:28 And the volunteers, they deserve to work in a nice working environment.
04:34 And from what I hear, this is really a step up. This premises is really a step up from what they had.
04:42 It's so bright and airy and they have their own ground. They go and have a wee break and everything now.
04:50 And it's great to see. So, I want to wish the Foyle Haskins, the Foyle Haskins' chefs, the volunteers, all the volunteers, all the very best in the future.