A range of good causes will benefit from a pop-up charity Christmas card shop which has opened in Weymouth in the lead up to the festive season.

The Cards for Good Causes shop is situated in Weymouth Library.

In light of this year’s Armistice centenary commemorations, the shop was opened by Steve James, Chairman of the Abbotsbury and Portesham branch of The Royal British Legion.

Staffed by a team of local volunteers, the Weymouth pop-up shop is part of a network of more than 300 temporary shops run by Cards for Good Causes, a multi-charity Christmas card organisation. It represents more than 250 charities nationally including Cancer Research UK, Barnardo’s, NSPCC, Alzheimer’s Society and RNLI as well as a number of local charities such as Julia’s House Children’s Hospices and Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Military charities including SSAFA, ABF and Help for Heroes will also benefit.

Shoppers are able to choose from hundreds of different Christmas card designs, as well as traditional advent calendars and candles, wrapping paper, gift tags, napkins and stocking fillers.

Robert Smith, Shop Manager for Cards for Good Causes said: “Buying charity Christmas cards is one of the simplest ways to support good causes this festive season and we stock one of the widest ranges of Christmas cards anywhere.

"The proceeds from every card or product sold make a vital contribution to the work of the charities that we partner.

"Come and find us in the library and get ahead in your Christmas preparations by getting your cards early.”

In the past ten years, charities have received more than £40 million from Cards for Good Causes, representing at least 70p in every pound, out of which the charities pay for the production and distribution of their Christmas cards and any VAT.

The shop is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am-3.30pm and 9.30am-12.30pm on Wednesday and Saturday.