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Charity Shops & eBay

Find pre-loved treasures in our charity shops or browse unique items on eBay – every purchase helps fund vital support for people living with cancer. Shopping never felt so good!

Our charity shops

We have charity shops operated by a fantastic team of volunteers but we are always looking for additional help.

Our shops are a hive of activity, with donations to sort, and our excellent regular customers to serve, but we love to see new faces so always feel free to pop in and meet our teams and have a browse. We are always receiving new stock so our shelves are regularly refreshed with different items.

Our charity shop locations

Burnham On Crouch

5 High Street
Burnham On Crouch
Essex, CM0 8AG

01621 785 339

Monday to Saturday 9am – 4pm

Burnham On Crouch

21 High Street
Burnham On Crouch
Essex, CM0 8AG

01621 785 339

Please phone us for opening hours of this smaller shop.

Sawbridgeworth

24 Bell Street
Sawbridgeworth
Hertfordshire, CM21 9AN

01279 306062

Monday to Saturday 9am – 4pm

South Woodham Ferrers

3 Warwick Parade
South Woodham Ferrers
Essex, CM3 5JT

01245 961658

Monday to Friday 9am – 4.30pm
Saturday 9am – 4pm
Donations are accepted between 9:00am – 1:30pm

Donations are accepted between 9:00am – 1:30pm

Wickford

8 High Street
Wickford
Essex, SS12 9AZ

01268 730423

Monday to Saturday 9am – 4.30pm

Witham

72 Newland Street
Witham
Essex, CM8 1AH

01376 503485

Monday to Saturday 9am – 4pm

Donations are accepted between 9:00am – 1:30pm

Donations

Do you have unwanted items at home that you want to give to our charity shops? Good news! We would love for you to donate them to us to sell raising vitals funds for the charity. We accept clothing, footwear, accessories, DVDs, CDs, books, homeware and toys.

Due to space restrictions in our shops, If you have any items you would like to donate to the shops, you must phone them beforehand to ensure they have sufficient room. 

For more information about donating items please email fundraising@helenrollason.org.uk or call 01245 380719.

Gift Aid at our Charity Shops

Gift Aid is a fantastic opportunity for us to raise extra funds via cash donations or gifts of unwanted items such as bric a brac, clothing, shoes, bags, books and toys.

The process is very simple and takes 30 seconds; if you are a tax payer there is the opportunity for the charity to claim back 25p for each £1.00 given in cash donations, or once we sell your donated goods we are able to claim 25p for £1.00 of these sales. This costs you nothing extra but we claim this back from HMRCC.

Our volunteers will invite you to fill out a gift aid declaration on your visit to our shop.

Donated items which have a Donor ID / numbered barcode on the price tag are being sold under the Gift Aid scheme. 

Helen Rollason Cancer Charity is acting as an agent in selling those goods on behalf of Gift Aid Donors.

For more information about our Charity Shops please contact our Head of Retail – Alison Matthews  on 07984 049 973 or email alison.matthews@helenrollason.org.uk

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We are always looking to grow our group of retail volunteers; whether you can help for a full day, for a couple of hours a week or even on an adhoc basis then we would love to hear from you.

There are a variety of roles which you could undertake and we have something for everybody. If you could spare a few hours, have a good sense of humour and enjoy meeting new people, we would love to have your help with volunteering in our shops.

- Alison Matthews, Head of Retail

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Alison Matthews

Head of Retail

0798 404 9973

alison.matthews@helenrollason.org.uk

Tom Carr

I worked as a urologist with a special interest in cancer until my retirement in 2016. The patient journey with a new cancer is now often long and complex. Many need help to live their best life after treatment. Simple survival and the absence of cancer is not enough, feeling well and whole again is the goal. Social and psychological support makes all the difference. I am happy to help Helen’s charity to deliver that.

Kully Byatt

I have retired following a career at a senior management level in a range of sectors specialising in Human Resources, Project Management, Coaching and Mentoring skills. In addition since 2000 I have undertaken a number of voluntary Trustee roles for a range of organisations.

Through my desire to give back to a Charity that my mother personally benefitted from by utilising Complementary Therapies, I have for a couple of years volunteered for Helen Rollason Cancer Charity in the Retail Team and more recently this has inspired me to take up the role of Trustee so that I can contribute to the governance of HRCC in continuing to deliver vital services that benefit the community.

Jacqui Goulbourn

I’m a qualified accountant with over 20 years experience working in the NHS in Essex and beyond.  I know how vital charities in the healthcare arena are, to fill in where government funding doesn’t reach.  As a volunteer Trustee, I am pleased to be able to offer my skills and experience to help HRCC deal with these challenges, allowing staff to have a greater focus on providing services to the clients.

Friederike Englund

I am a cancer nurse by background and have supported those affected by cancer for over thirty years. I have worked very closely with the team at Helen Rollason and have seen the tremendous benefit and improvement in wellbeing that patients and carers experience through the support they receive. I am very keen to ensure that Helen Rollason widens its reach across all communities in Essex and offers support services that are effective and based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence.

Dave Johnson

I have always wanted to give something back following a corporate career in business development for technical services within the automotive industry.

I joined HRCC as a trustee to offer support and guidance to the very capable management team. It is nice to share my experiences and It is rewarding to see the team grow and deliver such important services.

Ben Schneider

I have been involved with HRCC for 15 years, initially through providing corporate sponsorship for fundraising events and then as a member of the Board, acting as Chair between 2020 and 2024.

With over 25 years’ experience as a Company Director in the Tech sector, I aim to bring my expertise in strategy, governance and digital transformation to support the charity in striving towards Helen’s vision of making good quality of life while coping with cancer available to everyone.

Andy Higgs

I have worked in the IT industry for over 14 years and before that, was a long-term retail manager so I have a broad range of experience to contribute to my trustee role, across the operations and retail areas. I am a husband and father of two and having lived in Chelmsford for many years, I really appreciate the opportunity to work with an excellent local charity.

My family has a deep connection with the charity as my wife, Kerry works in the Hatfield Peverel Centre and one of the family, who previously used the services, now volunteers. We’ve also been known to jump on bikes and get involved as we’ve all taken part in the Ride For Helen event over the years.

I am one of the newer trustees but I’m looking forward to contributing to the Charity’s purpose and goals.