News March 17, 2025

The CRA’s most northerly member!

The Charity Retail Association welcomes Yell for Cancer Support, a Shetland-based charity shop on the island of Yell, as its most northerly member.

Yell for Cancer Support.

A huge welcome to Shetland charity Yell for Cancer Support. Their shop lies on the island of Yell, one of Shetland’s northern Isles, just beside the ferry terminal to Unst and Fetlar, the other two northern Isles.

The charity generates funds to support local and national cancer-related charities by the collection, recycling and resale to the public of clothes, books, household goods and bric a-brac donated by members of the local community.

You can read more about them on Facebook.

And I’ll let you take in this view from the shop.

A view from Yell For Cancer Support in Shetland's northern isles.

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