http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1848-tolula-adeyemi en-us 40 The latest news about celebrity good deeds and charity involvement Having spent 6 months working intensively with the charity sector, Mary Portas, Britain&#8217;s leading retail guru, came to a singular and focusing conclusion. Rather than taking advantage of the economic downturn to prosper, the vast majority of 5500 Britain&#8217;s charity shops had become smelly places products go to die.</p> <p>Through Saturday 27th June, Mary Portas with Grazia, helped by celebrities and many friends across the worlds of fashion and retail, will offer a new kind of second hand shop in the luxurious surroundings of the Village at Westfield London: A shop which sits at the heart of a community; a shop people want to be in &#8211; a living and giving shop. <p><a href="/news/2708-mary-portas-and-grazia-magazine-open-living-and-giving-shop-in-london">Read more</a></p> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:30:00 +0000 urn:uuid:http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2708 http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2708-mary-portas-and-grazia-magazine-open-living-and-giving-shop-in-london Savannah Miller Brix Smith-Start Save the Children Trees for Cities Mind Tara Palmer Tomkinson Lauren Laverne Meg Mathews Tolula Adeyemi Celebrity Charity Philanthropy Giving AIDS Children Poverty Education Disaster Relief Abuse Mental Challenges