East Anglia's Children's Hospices' (EACH) Retail Distribution Centre (RDC) is vital to the charity. Donations are sorted at the Thetford-based unit to distribute for sale. As it celebrates its third anniversary, here are nine facts about the RDC.

Eastern Daily Press: EACH's Retail Distribution Centre in Thetford. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYEACH's Retail Distribution Centre in Thetford. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Archant)

• The RDC processes around 400 bags and boxes of donations every week. That's 20,800 a year.

• It lists and sells 200 items on EACH's eBay store every week and also packages and posts 150 items.

Eastern Daily Press: Jason High, eBay manager at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH, with some of the donations that can be sold on eBay. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYJason High, eBay manager at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH, with some of the donations that can be sold on eBay. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

• Around 150 items require portable appliance testing or some other form of testing each week.

Eastern Daily Press: Some of the toy and games donations that can be sold on eBay at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYSome of the toy and games donations that can be sold on eBay at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

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• In preparation for the festive season, the RDC recently took receipt of 650 boxes of Christmas cards. Seasonal items including Christmas trees have been donated.

Eastern Daily Press: Volunteers Tony Godbold, left, and Roger Bevington in the PAT testing room testing electrical items as they come in at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYVolunteers Tony Godbold, left, and Roger Bevington in the PAT testing room testing electrical items as they come in at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

• Currently staff are taking around 200 Christmas card orders a week.

Eastern Daily Press: Unusual lamps waiting to be PAT tested at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYUnusual lamps waiting to be PAT tested at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

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• Thirteen tonnes of items and waste are recycled each month.

Eastern Daily Press: Dawn Bloom, right, staff, with Betty Collins, volunteer, sorting through clothes at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYDawn Bloom, right, staff, with Betty Collins, volunteer, sorting through clothes at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

• Four vans distribute items to EACH shops in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, covering 17 different routes and hundreds of miles every week.

Eastern Daily Press: Clothes sorted at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYClothes sorted at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

• All this work is carried out by just 10 members of staff, who are supported, crucially, by 19 volunteers.

Eastern Daily Press: The warehouse at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYThe warehouse at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

• The staff and volunteers drink 60 cups of well-deserved tea and coffee a week.

EACH support families and care for children and young people with life-threatening conditions.

For more information visit EACH

Eastern Daily Press: Christmas items are donated all year round at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYChristmas items are donated all year round at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A donated drum kit at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYA donated drum kit at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: Tony Robbins, volunteer, with donated items sorted for auction on the right, and for the shop on the left, at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYTony Robbins, volunteer, with donated items sorted for auction on the right, and for the shop on the left, at the Retail Distribution Centre for EACH. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2017)