Santa Claus BANNED from Home Bargains because of ‘loophole’ in store’s rules as shoppers slam it as ‘pretty bad’

SANTA Claus has been turned distant from Home Bargains due to the fact that of a "loophole" successful the store's rules.

Charity volunteers were near shocked aft Grinch bosses astatine the Kent store waved them away.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is simply a foundation registered successful England and Wales that carries retired heroic rescues, having saved astir a 1000 lives since its founding.

RNLI's Santa was meant to sojourn the subdivision successful Whitfield, Dover to cod donations and manus retired goodie bags to children.

But Home Bargain's bosses recovered a loophole.

Since the sojourn wasn't booked via the assortment store's caput office, Santa and his pals were dismissed.

This is contempt the sojourn being organised with the store successful spring, RNLI says.

Shoppers person slammed the ordeal arsenic "unbelievable" and "awful", portion 1 councillor describing the bosses' actions arsenic "shocking".

The fundraiser organiser shared their disappointment with locals connected Facebook.

He said: "If you were expecting to spot the RNLI escaped Santa astatine Home Bargains Dover contiguous and tomorrow, sadly helium volition not beryllium there, arsenic the store manager arranged this with america successful the outpouring and their country manager implicit ruled him and told america to leave.

"Luckily Morrisons Dover bash enactment our escaped Santa and person precise Kindly allowed him to beryllium successful determination store time instead, truthful bash popular to Morrisons spot Santa get goody bags and sweets each for free."

All successful all, RNLI their clip with Morrisons and Tesco's turned retired to beryllium “a large time retired for galore section supporters”.

Kent County Council’s Dover West typical Councillor David Beaney told KentOnline: “It’s shocking Home Bargains wouldn’t usage communal sense.

“The fundraisers bash truthful overmuch for Dover and they shouldn’t person been stopped.”

District councillor Pamela Brivio described it arsenic a “strange decision”

She added: “There is plentifulness of country astatine Home Bargains. There person been a batch of antithetic organisations during the year.”

Reacting to the RNLI's post, 1 idiosyncratic said: "Pretty atrocious of location bargains, precise atrocious cognition for a precise worthy charity."

While a 2nd said: "Last clip I usage location bargains Dover."

And a 3rd said: "That's awful."

A Home Bargains spokesperson confirmed to The Sun: “At Home Bargains we would beryllium delighted to invited Santa.

"However connected this juncture lone a antheral and a postulation array were connected site, determination was nary Santa sighted connected this juncture and determination was nary notation of Santa made.

"Our Area Manager advised we request to person authorisation from caput bureau for foundation collections which the man didn’t have.

"The store has had nary interaction with RNLI requesting a postulation since the summer.

"We would invited immoderate further attack from RNLI to cod astatine our tract done our caput office.”

Santa and his pals managed to rise £500 crossed Dover supermarkets during their 2 time stint.

With nether 10,000 volunteers successful the UK and Ireland, 95% of its funds spell connected maintaining and moving the service.

Since its founding successful 1855, Dover lifeboats person launched connected work 2,694 times and saved 984 lives.

Last twelvemonth they launched 100 times, aided 1,364 radical and saved 5 lives.