OHMYGOSSIP — Kimberly Hart-Simpson volunteers at a charity shop.
The 35-year-old actress – who is known for her role as sex worker Nicky Wheatley on ‘Coronation Street’ – revealed that she has taken up a volunteering position at the British Heart Foundation and fits it in around her filming schedule.
She said: “I’ve gone to their shops near me for years, not just to shop but to chat with the staff because I became friends with them. The charity have done a big volunteering drive as the numbers of shop volunteers they had fell after lockdown, so I’ve been doing it around my schedule and it’s become a home from home to me.”
Kimberly explained that while she normally sticks to stockroom duties, on the occasion she has worked on the shop floor, she has met the “best people.”
She told The Mirror: “I often tend to stick downstairs in the stockroom where I can rummage through the donations and steam them to prep them for sale, but I have worked on the shop floor as well and it’s lovely chatting to customers coming in. You meet the best people.”
Kimberly – who is set to return to her role on the ITV soap in spring 2022 – previously spoke of how her sister Emma had been diagnosed with “life-altering” condition dilated cardiomyopathy, which affects how the well the heart can pump blood around the body.
She said: “A few years ago [my sister] Emma became poorly and after going back and forth to the doctors for a long time she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. The condition has been life-altering for her – she has a lot of different symptoms and has good and bad days but can’t predict when they will be, it can be frustrating when she feels fine one day but can’t do anything the next.
Because of Emma’s experience, it has pushed me to use my platform so everybody knows about the charity and it’s a definite driver for me to carry on shopping there.”
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