Students across Glasgow have raised thousands of pounds for the British Heart Foundation by donating preloved items to the charity’s high street shops.
As part of the foundation’s Pack for Good campaign, student residents in from five Glasgow accommodations owned by Student Roost donated 669 bags of items including electrical items, books, clothing, and furniture.
The second-hand goods were collected by way of donation bags and drop-off boxes delivered to the Student Roost properties with regular collections carried out.
The funds raised by donations from the students can help the British Heart Foundation to fund the support of a PhD student, an hour of research by early career scientists, buy test tubes to help researchers with their research into inherited heart conditions, and help researchers visualise faulty heart valves under the microscope.
Amanda Purkiss, university account manager for the British Heart Foundation, said: “We have been delighted with the response from our national partnership with Student Roost and their incredible support.
“Our shops rely on donations to continue raising money to fund lifesaving research.
“Thanks to the generous donations from students and staff in Student Roost properties, we have been able to provide our UK wide stores with items to sell to help us continue our lifesaving research.”
John Stevenson, senior regional operations manager at Student Roost, said: “I’m immensely proud of the Student Roost residents in Glasgow for donating their unwanted items to the ‘Pack for Good’ campaign, helping to raise £9,366 for the British Heart Foundation.
“We’ve supported the campaign since 2015 and have been a British Heart Foundation national partner since 2021, yet each year the entire Student Roost team is in awe of the amount of funds our residents raise and the thousands of tonnes of waste we stop going to landfill.
“To date, Student Roost residents and team members have raised over £300,000 for the British Heart Foundation, and we intend to continue to raise even more in the years to come to help this vital charity in their lifesaving research into heart disease.”
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