Lincoln charity The Nomad Trust is on course for an even more successful future after streamlining part of its operations.
Chartered Surveyor Banks Long & Co has sold an industrial unit in Monks Way to the organisation, allowing it to combine several parts of the business under one roof.
Retail Manager Sheena Temple said: “We have recently bought Number 4 Monks Way and are now running this in conjunction with our shop in Sincil Street. We launched that outlet in February 2014 and it has done very well.
“We used to have a charity shop in Monks Road and a small warehouse in Bargate, off the lower High Street. That shop was too small to take many pieces of furniture and at the same time we knew more people wanted to donate tables, chairs and suites to Nomad so we were short of space. It was also too out of the way for many people to be able to make the trip.
“I think the increase in donations is due to the fact that people are continually buying new pieces of furniture, but are reluctant to take their old stuff to the tip, particularly when it is still good enough to be used by someone else. So we merged these two former outlets.”
Nomad, which is now part of Lincolnshire YMCA, has its own 21-bed night shelter in Monks Road, which caters for the homeless. Some people move on to the 64-bed YMCA Hostel in Rumbold Street, then eventually feel able to find their own accommodation when they start to get back onto their feet.
“We provide essential items of furniture free of charge to individuals moving out of
the night shelter, hostel or move-on accommodation. Items sold in our shop are
reasonably priced and affordable to those on reduced incomes. With our new
warehouse, we also have space to restore some items of furniture which can then
be sold to help us to raise more funds for our work,” added Sheena.
Banks Long & Co surveyor Jag Landa added: “We were obviously pleased to
secure such a swift disposal for our clients, with the added bonus that we were
also able to assist in the growth of an established and much-loved local charity.”
