Support our Charity’s New Shop
AVCM Charity Shop
Exciting news! The team behind Avon Valley Community Matters - the charity which organises the Friendship Group, two thriving local Playgroups, Messy Church and outreach projects for children, youth and the elderly - have decided to open a charity shop on Fordingbridge High Street. An opportunity which seems too good to miss has arisen to take over the lease of the Maze shop next to the Coop, and after careful research and consideration, the team has decided to go for it.
The Dream
With the objective of ‘reaching out to all’, it has been a long-held dream of the charity’s Trustees to run a shop which will generate income to fund outreach projects within our Churches and the community. More than just a shop selling recycled goods, our vision is also to create a safe, warm and welcoming space for the cold and lonely, by serving free tea and coffee, and help nurture young people with Special Educational Needs, and others in need of support, by offering them valuable retail experience. With an increasing focus on the environment, and the need to care for others being so great in our community, the AVCM team feel, although it’s nerve-wracking, that the time is right, that perhaps God is calling us…
Will you help support us in this new venture?
How You Can Help
In order to make this dream a success, we need your help with the following:
- Financial donations, ideally a loan, to help fund the lease until the shop is self-sufficient
- Volunteers to help clear and re-stock the current shop ready for opening in February
- Volunteers to help work in the shop when it is up and running
- To spread the news to help recruit a full-time and part-time Manager
If you can spare donations or your valuable time to support this wonderful new opportunity, we would love to hear from you. Click here to Donate or please email avcommunitymatters@gmail.com or call 01425 540669.
Thank you.