A SOCIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR RELIEF ORGANISATIONS IN TURKEY BY MODELING CHARITY SHOP INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND
Abstract
In the most general sense, a Charity Shop can be defined as a shop in which the donated goods are sold to make a profit. Albeit the increasing professionalization in the sector in the last few decades, the shops are still mostly based on voluntary staff. In the UK, the history of charity shopping goes back to the late 19th century; but in today’s context, the first charity shop was opened in 1947 in Oxford called Oxfam. Today the number of Charity Shops is around 10,500 in the UK and Ireland. Moreover, Charity shops are now noteworthy occupiers and retailers of the high streets in the USA, Canada, and Australia. Charity shops have a number of functions, such as providing cheap goods to the lower classes, supporting their parent charity by raising cash profit, recycling unwanted clothing and other household items, raising awareness of the charitable cause and providing people a social network. With a closer look at the society in Turkey in term of people’s needs and wants in modern times, it can be easily seen that there is an important necessity for such an institution. Hence, the aim of this paper is to offer a practical model for Turkish society by investigating the charity shop experience in England. The methodological approach taken in this study is a mixed methodology based on the investigation and observation of charity shops in England and a survey to evaluate Turkish people’s reaction, who lives in Turkey or England, to such an institution. As a conclusion of the study, the model, which has been developed with reference to the participants’ answers and understanding in the survey, was presented and possible outcomes of the model were discussed in detail.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Kasım 2018
Kabul Tarihi
30 Eylül 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 44