Des Celebrates

GETTING to the heart of the matter on Valentine's Day was TV sports presenter Des Lynam, celebrating 10 years of the Rustington St Barnabas' charity shop.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Feb 2002, 09:54 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:17 BST

It was a welcome return for Des, as he had supported the charity by opening the shop originally.

He said: "I have seen first-hand the invaluable work that St Barnabas' Hospice does and I am delighted to support the staff when I can."

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Welcoming Des to the shop and thanking him for his support, St Barnabas' medical director Dr Adrian Ruddle joked: "It would be lovely to get you along with Rory Bremner and then there would be two of you!"

To which Des replied: "Well, actually, I am Rory Bremner."

The Rustington branch was the third shop to open and St Barnabas' now has 12 shops in West Sussex.

The shop sells donated items such as clothes, collectables and bric-a-brac, raising funds for the hospice.

St Barnabas' Hospice is a charity which provides specialist palliative care to people with cancer and motor-neurone disease.

Care is provided free to those who need it and the hospice is almost entirely funded by charitable donations.

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