An “abandoned” charity shop is to be sold at auction – just days after it was confirmed it had been shut for good. Save the Children in Union Street, Maidstone, has been there since the 1980s but it closed during the pandemic and never reopened. Earlier this month, KentOnline reported concerns that “donations were gathering dust” after being contacted by Maidstone resident Julie Sibley. Other residents also voiced their outrage that the shop had apparently been abandoned. At the time, Kate Bishop, director of retail brand and strategy for the charity, said all sellable donations had been trans…
