KIND-hearted folk are being urged to volunteer for the new St Richard's Hospice shop to be opened in Broadway later this month.

Managers at the hospice are also recruiting shop volunteers elsewhere in the area to help deal with the growing number of donations from generous Worcestershire residents.

Shops and commercial director Dan Corns said: "We are really looking forward to opening our new shop in Broadway and hope we will have lots of support from the local community.

"Volunteers are absolutely essential to the running of the shop and raising much needed income to help provide all our patient care.

"We already rely on a magnificent team of volunteers elsewhere and now we need a whole new group to join us in Broadway."

Anyone who can offer any time to the hospice shop is urged to call the hospice's volunteer services department at Rose Hill on 01905 763963.