Heartless thieves smash through door at Coventry charity shop

Staff at a Coventry charity shop are ‘deeply upset’ after their shop was burgled. Sense on Remembrance Road in Willenhall says the raid took place overnight between Wednesday May 14 and Thursday May 15 and cost more than £1,500 in lost sales and repairs.

The store is now appealing to the local community to help the store recoup costs after the front door was smashed and the empty till and back room badly damaged. Staff discovered the overnight break-in just before 8am on May 15 and had to close for the day to clean up when police attended.

The store helps raise funds for national disability charity Sense to support people living with complex disabilities, but the cost of repairs and loss of business was a “significant setback”. They say any stock donations, cash donations or applying to volunteer in the store would be “very welcome”.

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Area manager for Sense stores, Simone Tiano, said: “The team is very upset and disappointed by the break-in at our Sense charity shop. It feels heartless to destroy our store and force us to close for a whole day and it costs money. our charity more than £1,500 to correct them.

“But almost nothing was stolen, we cleaned up as quickly as possible and now we are determined to fight back and recover all the losses we have suffered. We would very much welcome any help that the locals could give us, maybe by donating, volunteering or coming to do some shopping, say ‘hello’ and cheer us on.

“Sense is a fantastic charity supporting people living with complex disabilities and we are so proud of our store in Willenhall and the work we do here,” she added.

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “We are investigating following a burglary at a charity shop in Coventry. Money and other items were stolen sometime overnight between May 14 and 15. No one has been arrested yet and no one with information. was asked to get in touch, quoting 20/479055/24.”

Staff say anyone who can help can pop into the shop or email [email protected] or call 02476 305718.

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