North Walsham Community Shop

At our meeting in October, we awarded two new grants. That’s not unusual as our shop, which focuses on raising funds to support groups and projects in the NR28 area, makes grants every month. But this time it was rather special as the total of grants made since we opened in early 2018, is now just over £250,000, given in 256 separate grants over the last 8 years.
We have given funds to youth groups, sports teams, social groups and clubs, town events, meeting places, play areas, schools and nurseries, as well as contributions to town improvements.
Our philosophy has always been to support the community by selling items donated by the community from the two shops run by our team of 30 volunteers. We have always aimed to price realistically so that no one is excluded, whilst still raising funds for the wider community. People have been very supportive right from the start, donating lots of good quality items that we can sell, and we are really grateful for these and to everyone who has ever purchased anything from us.

North Walsham Community Shop’ (Registered Charity – No 1178958) is owned, managed and run by our 7 trustees and a team of 30 fantastic volunteers, including occasional work experience students.

In January 2018 we opened our shop at 1 Market Place. Its rapid success meant that we soon outgrew this and in 2020 we opened a second shop at 16b Church Street which focuses on toys, books, jigsaws, electrical, collectibles and bric a brac. The Market Place shop then became our clothes shop.

Staffed by a 100% voluntary team, the shop works with the community by selling unwanted items to fund a wide variety of North Walsham and NR28 based projects.

The Church Street shop is open Mon 0900-1400, Tue 1000-1400, Wed 0900-1400, Thu 0900-1400, Fri 0900-1400, Sat 0900-1400

The Community Clothes Shop in Market Place is open Mon 0900-1300, Tue 0900-1400, Wed closed, Thu 0900-1400, Fri 0900-1400, Sat 1000-1400

FOR the community, BY the community

NOT ‘Just Another Charity shop……’