Kind donations from a city centre record shop will provide 300 displaced families with safe drinking water
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Union Vinyl, based on Market Brae Steps in Inverness, posted a message on its social media to say vinyl records they had passed to Oxfam had raised £3407 for the charity's work.
Saying the team behind the shop were staggered by the amount raised said it was delighted the vinyl records that it could not use could be recycled to support the charity's work.
Owner Nigel Graham wrote: "Just to let you all know, I got confirmation by email today of Union Vinyl contribution to Oxfam .
"We often get collections in which through sorting fall below our standard for resale, or are artists that are not so sell able for us, so we set them aside in a box for Oxfam in Inverness.
"We phone them to collect when it’s full, and some of you know that I recently moved house so a lot of stock needed to be shifted so Oxfam kindly picked them up. And some people randomly drop bags off to us to dispose of for them, they always go into the box .
"The total raised by Oxfam through our donations at present is a staggeringly £3,407.00 wow."
Mr Graham explained that the money would provide 300 displaced families access to safe drinking water and sanitation, as was crucial during the aftermath of the Rohingya crisis, or provide 75 midwifes with the equipment required for prenatal care in the Philippines where a combination of war and natural disaster has devastated rural communities.
"So myself , Hoops and Helen are delighted that our donation of vinyl is been recycled to Oxfam and they are selling which In turn benefits others more in need," he added.
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