WELCOMING SLOW SHOPPING HOURS
For anyone with visible, invisible or intellectual disabilities who may find shopping stressful or challenging
Time, compassion and service so you can take your time to shop
Slow Shopping is aimed at anyone who needs more time and presents a space in which it is safe to take time to think. This might include those who experience anxiety, those with communication or literacy difficulties, older people, those living with dementia as well as those with more visible disabilities.
Customer focused
Value oriented
Quality obsessed
People centric
What we do
Providing a welcoming and safe environment for shopping
Time
This is a safe dedicated shopping session just for you. You have plenty of time
Time
Slow Shopping is offered regularly, check times in store.
Compassion
The whole store team are geared up and have received training so they can take care of you
Compassion
The store has planned Slow Shopping with you in mind.
Service
A welcome into the store and an information point for customers who want to use it
Service
The service is for any customers who want to use it.
NOTES FROM THE FOUNDER
Katherine Vero: My mother was my inspiration
After my mum passed away I felt inspired to come up with the idea of Slow Shopping, providing a welcoming and safe environment for anyone who needed to take more time to do their shopping. Slow Shopping® is inclusive and caters for include those who experience anxiety or mental illness, those who struggle with communication or literacy, older people, those with dementia, and all those with more visible, invisible, or intellectual disabilities.
Passion is what drives us
Shopping is an essential part of our lives and involves social interaction, health, financial awareness.
Testimonials
Curious about what people say about us & our services?
‘The Slow Shopping service given by Katherine and the team at Sainsbury’s in Gosforth is amazing.
I have witnessed several people getting all they help they need ( and deserve to receive). Slow Shopping is an amazing concept and I personally believe it should be nationwide as service users adore the extra time and attention afforded to them during their time in the store’
ChrisA staff member
‘Slow Shopping is brilliant, great, fantastic.
The kind person who founded it thinks about people who can’t shop on their own. It’s nice having someone to care. It makes it a pleasure to come shopping’
Lesley A customer who uses Slow Shopping
‘It’s wonderful. We all want to do our own shopping. I appreciate it even if I am only out for an hour, it is an outing’
Doreen A customer who uses Slow Shopping
‘If I need anything while I am shopping I know that I can ask’
Anonymous
‘I think it is a marvellous idea and I wish it was in my supermarket’
Mary Who cares for her father who has dementia
‘It is really good if people need extra time and support. It is very friendly’
Alex Our Mission
Bringing a better shopping experience
Slow Shopping caters to include those who experience anxiety or mental illness, those who struggle with communication or literacy, older people, those with dementia, and all those with visible, invisible or intellectual disabilities.
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