Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition - The Results 2024

Award winners with the Mayor of Knaresborough and President Christine

Harrogate and District Soroptimist were delighted to welcome the award winners of the annual Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition to their meeting at the Crown Hotel on the 4^th December. The Mayor of Knaresborough Cllr. Margy Longhurst and Club President Christine Anderson presented the Award Certificates and the Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup to the overall winner. The judging took place in three zones. Harrogate Town; Ripon with Boroughbridge and Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton.

Overall Soropoptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup Winner and Zone Winners – Ripon and Boroughbridge

Gold Award: OXFAM Shop, Fishergate Ripon

Silver Award: Saint Michael’s Hospice Shop, North Street, Ripon

Highly Commended. Yorkshire Cancer Research Shop, The Arcade, Ripon and Saint Michael’s Hospice, High Street, Boroughbridge

Cup Winner

The winner of the Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup for the Christmas Window Competition is OXFAM, Ripon with a very innovative Christmas Cracker and a windowful of Christmas Cracker jokes and toys.

President Christine said, “The Charity Shops did a superb job this year with their Christmas window displays. We were impressed by the innovation, creativeness, and spirit of Christmas that the staff and volunteers are able to produce from such limited resources. Charity shops are extremely important to the organisation they represent. The money raised is significant in enabling the charities to continue their essential work.