Customers queue for charity shop opening

Retail has returned to the biggest shopping space in Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre after a gap of six years. YMCA – the world’s oldest and largest youth charity – has opened a superstore there, offering bargains for customers and a step on the career ladder for its volunteers. Twenty-one-year-old Thomas Charlton, who will work between…

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Teessiders urged to become part of historic charity

The world’s oldest and largest youth charity is urging Teessiders of all ages to “be part of history” and volunteer to work in its new Middlesbrough store. The YMCA will open its second shop in the town later this month in the Dundas Shopping Centre, marking the return of retail to the Centre’s biggest shopping…

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