If you want to make sustainable shopping choices, you can’t do better than follow the new Pre-LOVEd Rainbow Trail round Wimborne’s second-hand and charity shops. Launching on 12 February, it’s the second in a series of themed walking trails being created by Planet Wimborne as a contribution to Wimborne Town of Culture 2026, and as a legacy for the future.
By buying second-hand, you’re reducing the use of resources to make something new and the disposal of throwaway items, often to landfill. And if it’s a charity shop purchase, you’re supporting a good cause too.
Wimborne’s pre-LOVEd shops featured on the trail are: Age UK, Black Pug Books, Debra, Friends of Victoria Hospital, Going for Bust, Julia’s House, Lewis Manning Hospice Care, Margaret Green Animal Rescue, MED Bookshop and Staffie & Stray Rescue. So, let’s give a shout-out to the staff and the army of volunteers who faithfully keep these shops open for us and who, in doing so, are helping people and planet.
To download the trail map, go to https://tinyurl.com/PWtrails
Happy shopping!