{"id":415239,"date":"2025-09-11T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415239\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:39:15","slug":"gutted-edinburgh-charity-shop-staff-arrive-at-work-to-make-heartbreaking-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415239\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutted Edinburgh charity shop staff arrive at work to make heartbreaking discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Edinburgh charity shop staff have shared an update to locals after the store was broken into in an overnight raid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/shopping\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Four Square;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Four Square<\/a>, located on Gorgie Road, posted a message on social media after the incident on Tuesday evening, September 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Officers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Officers<\/a> were made aware around 11.25pm and raced to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/tragedy-edinburgh-cyclist-found-dead-152545203.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tragedy as Edinburgh cyclist found dead on busy cycle path as police investigate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tragedy as Edinburgh cyclist found dead on busy cycle path as police investigate<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/masked-edinburgh-youths-maraud-city-125029826.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Masked Edinburgh youths maraud city centre as &#039;baby gang rules Princes Street&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masked Edinburgh youths maraud city centre as &#8216;baby gang rules Princes Street&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shop was forced to stay closed on Wednesday morning while repairs were made and the interior was set back up. Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A message from the shop reads: &#8220;Good morning all, our shop has sadly been broken into last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Therefore we will be closed for the first few hours of the day until we set everything back up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The shop was broken into\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/23dbfac55a1ce15f5ac8c5274bc3d886.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The shop was broken into<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many shoppers shared their heartfelt thought with the owners after the break-in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One person said: &#8220;How low can some people go stealing from a charity?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A second wrote: &#8220;Absolutely shocking! How can people break into a charity shop!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Join<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b>Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b><\/a><b>and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So sorry to hear this, hope nobody was hurt&#8221;, a third commented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Police Scotland spokesperson said: &#8220;Around 11.25pm on Wednesday, 10 September, 2025, we received a report of a break-in at Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The charity said no money was taken\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/65313d968c4e4951dc894f3372c3370f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The charity said no money was taken -Credit:Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four Square is an Edinburgh charity supporting people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. They employ over 80 staff at seven locations across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesperson from Four Square said: &#8220;We\u2019re devastated with this break in \u2013 the second in the last two years. Although the thief did not get anything \u2013 we don\u2019t keep cash on the premises \u2013 they did cause a lot of damage. Our door and our tills have been smashed and we have lost a days trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Edinburgh Furniture Initiative exists to raise money for Four Square\u2019s homeless services. So that\u2019s less money for families facing homeless, less money for our women\u2019s refuge and less money for the young people we provide housing for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It\u2019s pretty senseless, but it won\u2019t hold us back. We\u2019ll be open tomorrow. Please come and shop and donate and get us back on track.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh charity shop staff have shared an update to locals after the store was broken into in an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,142565,1102,142566,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-415239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-charity-shop","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-four-square","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115184531250777916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}