Volunteer to help in a Norwood Charity Shop
We operate our shops by employing a manager, who is experienced in the retail sector and has a good knowledge of what our customers want. Volunteers help the managers with their various duties and we run shifts from 10.00am to 2.00pm in the mornings and 1.00pm to 5.00pm in the afternoons, Mondays to Fridays, and also on Sundays, where there is Sunday trading.
Donate some of your time to Norwood
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Many students come to us to work their allotted hours for schemes such as The Duke of Edinburgh Award, or for their school’s community service. We often place students from colleges who wish to better their English or who wish to do their work experience in our shops. Students find that this helps them with their UCAS applications as well as giving them all round retail experience, which they can use when applying for paid work.
Feedback we have received has been particularly high as students enjoy working in a warm and friendly environment, especially if they find the shop is ‘buzzy’. We often receive requests from students to return to their chosen shop during their school or university holidays.
Download our 'Volunteering in a Norwood charity shop' flyer...
One or two of our managers are university students themselves, working part-time whilst continuing their studies.
Stock
Unlike many of Norwood’s competitors, it is our policy to only sell donated stock. We do not buy in goods, so we are able to sell them at a lower price.
A large proportion of this stock is donated by the community and sold as ‘second-hand goods’, but we regularly receive donations of brand new goods from wholesalers, ranging from luggage, china, ceramics, trendy clothing, men’s West End designer shirts, shoes, high fashion belts and jewellery to swimwear.
These new goods are available far cheaper than their wholesale cost price. Vintage clothing, shoes and bags are currently very fashionable, and you will often find vintage items on our rails and shelves.
Support Norwood by shopping online
Norwood has recently started selling some of our higher value items on eBay including some brand-new electrical goods and some top quality jewellery. For those supporters of Norwood, who use eBay to sell their own items, you can donate money from your sales to our charity via Mission Fish.
MissionFish allows eBay sellers to give proceeds from their sales to their selected charity. Not only does Norwood benefit from your donation, but also we are able to claim Gift Aid on it, which is an added bonus!
Other ways of supporting our charity are by volunteering in one of our shops, and of course, by donating your unwanted high quality, fashionable goods and bric-a-brac. We have a van collection should you be unable to drop off your donations at one of our shops. This can be arranged by telephoning: Alison Rose on 020 8420 6872. We have a 24-hour answerphone service so if you leave us a meessage someone will call you back during normal working hours.
For further information contact:
Tel: 020 8809 8809
Email: info@norwood.org.uk
