InPost and Shelter launch UK wide Secret Senda partnership
Online delivery and returns company, InPost, has launched a campaign - Secret Senda - in partnership with homelessness charity Shelter.
The initiative, which runs from today until 31st December, enables people to use any one of InPost’s 2,500 lockers across the UK, to send charitable donations to Shelter for free.
It coincides with research commissioned by InPost which reveals that the average person is sitting on £400 worth of unwanted items.
But despite this, 19% will throw them away, rather than donating them to charity – with the key excuse for doing so being ‘a lack of time’.
To use the service, consumers must ensure their donated items are well packaged and visit the InPost website to download a mobile QR code. This will unlock their chosen locker, and ensure the package is ready for collection and delivery to Shelter.
Jason Tavaria, CEO at InPost, comments: “We know that consumers want to do the right thing and support charities but sometimes struggle with the logistics of dropping off their items.”
“Our partnership will help to remove this barrier by opening up our locker network for hassle-free donations, 24/7, while also helping to keep Shelter’s charity shops stocked over the coming winter month.”
Andy Harris, Director of Fundraising at Shelter, adds: “We’re in the grips of a housing emergency, millions of people don’t have a safe and secure home.”
“Too many have faced a difficult year in cold, damps flats, in unsuitable and unsafe temporary accommodation, or even on the streets.”
“As growing numbers of people need our support, we need yours. Good quality clothes, bags, shoes, accessories and homeware are all really welcome and we’d like to thank people in advance for every donation.”
