Meet the Selby Charity Shops: Your Local Sustainable Superheroes
Selby is home to 13 brilliant charities, each fundraising for a vital and unique cause. With our Shop For the Future project well underway, what better time to introduce each charity?
Barnardo's supports children and young people to help them feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful
Their charity shop in Brayton takes clothing and accessories, books, CDs and DVDs, toys, and homewares
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9am to 4.45pm, Sunday 10am – 3.45pm.
Contact number: (01757) 290317
Barnardo’s
Martin House provides free family-led hospice care for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses
Their charity shop in Selby accepts clothing and accessories, books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl records, quality homeware (including cushions and crockery linens), and mobile phones, and sells everything for only £1
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm, and closed on Sunday
Contact number: (01757) 212900
Follow their Selby shop on Facebook and Instagram
St Leonard’s Hospice provides care and support for terminally ill people, and people with life-limiting illnesses
Their charity shop on Gowthorpe accepts books, homewares, and clothing and accessories
Their charity shop on Ousegate accepts homewares and furniture
Book a free furniture collection with them- please make sure that your items are in good condition and pass all relevant safety checks
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9am to 4pm, and closed on Sunday
Contact number: Gowthorpe- (01757) 290999 / Ousegate- (01757) 708578
St Leonard’s Hospice, Gowthorpe
The British Heart Foundation is the UK’s biggest independent funder of research into cardiovascular disease
Their charity shop in Selby takes second hand clothes, books, CDs and DVDs, toys and homewares
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm
Contact number: (01757) 210693
British Heart Foundation
Cancer Research UK funds cancer research by scientists, doctors and nurses, and provides public information about cancer
Their charity shop in Selby takes clothing and accessories, books, CDs and DVDs, toys and homewares.
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm
Contact number: (01757) 210827
Scope campaigns to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice, and inspire action through opportunities and provide information and support
Their charity shop in Selby accepts books, homewares, clothing and accessories, and CDs and DVDs
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm
Contact number: (01757) 290178
The Big Store is run by the charity The Big Communitea, which supports mental health and wellbeing in Selby through drop-ins, therapy, and practical help
Their charity shop in Selby accept donations of clothes, books, vinyl, toys, electricals, homewares, and furniture
They will collect furniture for free using their van
Opening times are Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 9am-4pm, and closed on Sunday
Contact number: (01757) 210061
Follow their shop on Facebook and Instagram
Mama Na Mtoto (The Mother and Baby Project) works to save the lives of mothers and babies in Kenya and the UK by using a holistic approach to healthcare in the community, including supporting local midwives and providing baby packs to young mums
Their charity emporium in Selby accepts clothing and accessories, books, CDs and DVDs, toys, working electricals, and homewares
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9.30am – 4.30pm, and closed on Tuesday and Sunday
Mama Na Mtoto
RSPCA York, Harrogate and District
A separately registered charity to the national RSPCA and a self-funded branch, all money raised in their Selby charity shop goes directly to helping the York Animal Home and local animals in need
They specialise in vintage and antiques, quirky items, and high-quality clothing at good prices
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9am to 4:30pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm
Contact number: (01757) 707100
Selby Hands of Hope provides assistance to the people who need it the most in the Selby District to alleviate financial hardship
Their shop in Selby accepts unwanted clothes and accessories, games, books, CDs and DVDs, appliances and furniture
They will collect furniture for free using their van
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm and closed on Sunday
Selby Hands of Hope
Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to finding new cancer cures and bringing them to people in Yorkshire, so people live longer, healthier lives free of cancer
The Selby store takes good quality women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, shoes, accessories, homewares, books, toys, jigsaws, and games
Opening times are Monday - Saturday 9.30am to 4:30pm and Sunday 10.30am - 4.30pm
Contact number: (01757) 462700
Selby SCRAP CIC aims to provide a low-cost source of materials for local groups and people
Their shop accepts useable leftover scrap craft materials
Opening times are Monday - Friday 10.30am to 3:30pm and closed on Saturday and Sunday (occasionally open on Saturdays for their craft fayres)
Contact number: (01757) 211214
Selby SCRAP CIC
Selby Community Furniture Store
Selby Community Furniture Store refurbishes and upcycles preloved furniture and sells it on to the local community
Their shop in Selby takes furniture
They will collect furniture for free using their van
Opening times are Monday – Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, Saturday 9am to 3pm and closed on Sundays
Contact number: (01757) 291444
The location of each charity shop can be found below on our trail map. Go to our page for a special video of the full map!
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