A huge charity retail celebration

Charity Retail Conference and Exhibition

The event of the year for charity retailers, the charity shop world and its corporate partners.

Weโ€™re moving to ICC Wales, Newport 23-24 June 2026!

Over 64% of the UK population are within 2 hours travel time of Newport.

ICC Wales
ICC Wales

Charity retailers and corporate partners joined us at Harrogate Convention Centre, 25-26 June 2025 to network, learn and celebrate charity retail's resilience

Challenging times, Creative solutions

Our Headline Sponsors

We couldn't do this without our fantastic Headline Sponsors. Huge thanks to ...

Our keynote speakers were:


โญ Omer Soker, Chief Executive, Charitable Reuse Australia

โญ Charlotte Talbott, Chief Executive, Emmaus UK

โญ Bernie Hollywood OBE, Third Sector Leader

โญ Jacob Miller, 2024 Churchill Fellow

Speaker presentation slides

Aide memoires for your conference learning and development journey - now available to download for CRA members.

And hereโ€™s what happened, in pictures:

Sessions, delegates and speakers

Charity Retail Conference 2025: Sessions, delegates and speakers

The exhibition

Charity Retail Conference 2025: Exhibition

The Charity Retail Awards drinks reception and ceremony

Charity Retail Awards 2025, sponsored by 1st Waste Management

Who exhibited?

69 companies exhibited at the Charity Retail Conference this year.

Conference Bursaries are sponsored by

Kudos Software

Simply doing more

Charity Retail Conference bursary winners with the scheme sponsor, Kudos.
Bursary winners 2025, supported by Kudos

Delegate badges are sponsored by

Rosterfy

End-to-end Volunteer Management Software

Session room sponsor

Lodge Service

Retail loss prevention

Cloakroom facility sponsor

Plumpton Consulting

Advising occupiers and landlords on the smooth running of their estates.

Wifi sponsored by

Minimist

Giving superpowers to second-hand sellers!

Quiet Zone sponsored by

Infoo

Know your stuff