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Charity Partnership

Buchanan Galleries is a proud partner of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, the official partner charity to The Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. The charity relies on donations to fund life changing equipment, support services and research at Scotland’s largest children’s hospital. 

With 1 in 4 children from Glasgow being cared for at the hospital each year, many of our shoppers have first-hand experience of the vital work that happens at the hospital, and the difference Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity makes to the lives of seriously ill children and their families.

Donations from our shoppers will ensure that every baby, child and young person treated at the children’s hospital in Glasgow receives the extra special care they deserve.

Kirsten Watson, Chief Executive at Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity said:

"We are hugely grateful to our friends at Buchanan Galleries for their unwavering support of our hospital community in Glasgow.

“We rely entirely on donations and fundraising to allow us to continue supporting families in hospital during their darkest days with our vital projects and support services, including our Play Programme, Bereavement Service and Emergency Family Support. We’d like to share our heartfelt thanks to staff and customers of Buchanan Galleries who have generously supported us. We are very grateful for their efforts, which we can proudly say helps to make a lasting difference to the lives of our young patients, their families and the NHS staff caring for them in hospital.” 

Since 2019, thanks to the generosity of our shoppers we have raised more than £270,000 to help fund life changing projects and services, such as state of the art of the medical equipment and support services for parents and carers with a seriously ill child in hospital. We give our warmest thanks to customers and staff for your ongoing support, and for helping make a real difference for the young patients and their families.

Thanks, especially, for your support at Christmas and the Billy Connolly Lego figurine activation.

Learn more about the amazing work of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.

GCHC Store

Buchanan Galleries is proudly home to Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity's first high-street store since the charity was founded in 2001. The shop stocks high quality, second-hand items and hosts special events for children each month. All proceeds go directly to the charity, enabling it to fund life-changing equipment and services at the children’s hospital in Glasgow.

The stocks and welcomes donations of the following items:

• 0-13 years children's clothing including essentials and back to school 
• Sports and designer wear
• Maternity and newborn essentials 
• Hand-knitted garments for babies, handmade with love by our volunteers and supporters and other items such as Confirmation/Christening Dresses (all brand new), footwear, toys and books
• Cots, highchairs and prams
• Charity-branded merchandise
• Branded items including Mayoral, Sarah Louise and Piccolina

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity store also host a Kilo Sale once a month where you can fill your bag for just £15 per kilo. Please keep an eye on their social channels (Facebook and Instagram) for more information.

Charity Super.MKT

Charity Super.Mkt is an award winning concept for social and environmental good and the UK’s first, and only, multi brand department store for all things charity fashion. The store offers curated second-hand fashion while supporting UK charities like Shelter, Age UK, and TRAID.

GET Free Books

Buchanan Galleries is also proudly home to GET Free Books. The Global Educational Trust (GET) believes in the power of literature and wants to share that power with communities far and wide by making free books available. Their mission is to make reading free and available to all through free book shops.

Social Bite

Founded in 2012, Social Bite is a charity and social business providing homes, jobs, food, and support to empower people to transform their own lives. Their vision is a society where no one should have to be homeless and they're committed to challenging the status quo by pioneering solutions that create lasting change. At the Social Bite café, you can help support this cause with your daily coffee and cake fix. At the café, Social Bite also serves free meals through the ‘Pay it Forward’ initiative and employs those who have experienced homelessness.