Pop-up shop for autism

A POP-up charity shop raising f unds f or t he National Autistic Society Scotland has opened its doors for one week only in Broughty Ferry.

Stocking a range of clothes, shoes, books, DVDs and other donated items, the shop aims to raise essential funds for the charity’s Dundee and Angus branch, which organises activities and offers advice.

Located at 39 Gray Street, the pop-up shop is the first of its kind for the charity and is being staffed by a team of volunteers between 10am-4pm until Saturday.

Martin Gordon i s the volunteer chairman of the Dundee and Angus branch.

He said: “My late grandmother was a regular contributor to our branch.

“When she became ill, she told me that once she passed, I was to sell her possessions and donate the money raised to our branch.

“Her eight-year-old grandson Cameron is autistic and she saw firsthand the difference which the activities and support our branch offers makes to autistic people and their families in Dundee and Angus. The money raised by our pop-up charity shop will help us to keep these running.”

Research by the National Autistic Society Scotland found that although 99.5% of people in Scotland have heard of autism, just 16% of autistic people think it is understood in a meaningful way. About 58,000 people in Scotland are autistic.