The Jewel In The Crown Of The League Of Friends Fundraising
The Green Shop
INFORMATION RE OPENING HOURS
NO DONATIONS PLEASE FROM
9TH TO 14 FEBRUARY 2026
ALSO WE CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE CARDS AS WRAP OUR DEMENTIA DAY CENTRE ARE OVERFLOWING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR DONATIONS
The opening times will be remaining the same when we reopen on 5th January 2026. These are: –
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Wed, Sat 9.30pm – 1pm
HAWKHURST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS
THE GREEN SHOP
Where do our profits go?
We run a dementia day centre in Hawkhurst we have just opened for an extra day which takes us to three days a week.
Hawkhurst House kindly let us have use of a lovely large room.
However, costs keep rising and our Green Shop is central to the fund raising. We need more items to sell. In addition to the normal donations, we also take items as listed below.
We support Food4Families, patients and staff at the hospital. We support much more and always listen to ideas.
Did You Know?
MOST OF OUR DONATIONS WE CAN SELL THROUGH THE SHOP – BUT SOME THINGS HAVE SEEN BETTER DAYS
HAVE YOU ANY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THAT ARE LURKING IN A CUPBOARD, WARDROBE OR DRAWER?
Rag Bag – We have an arrangement whereby we can recycle old clothes.
Handbags – We can recycle tatty or broken handbags.
Shoes – The same we recycle tatty and broken shoes.
Jewellery – Can be broken.
Mobiles – Old mobiles do not have to work.
Money – Old or foreign.
Brassieres – We can recycle.
Apart from normal donations we also have the facilities to take items for the Hygiene Bank – This includes sealed cleaning products, soap bars, shampoo, shower gel, toothbrushes, toothpaste etc. Container in the shop.
Batteries – we recycle these. Container in the shop.
Cards – Christmas and birthday cards or any cards and this is for our dementia day centre.
HELP US TO HELP
Our Volunteers
The Green Shop is very lucky to have staff committed to the cause of the League of Friends and their constitution.
The shop is run by Marianne Relf with the able assistance of Amy, Tracey and Sally plus many volunteers.
The Green Shop is also the home for the Community Fridge. This has proved to be of great importance to the village.
WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS
Click on the Volunteer link in the menu
Call 01580 752768
thegreenshophch@gmail.com
HELP US TO HELP
In 2010 two Trustees from the League of Friends decided to set up a shop to help support the work that we were doing. They were Carole Williamson and Sandra Buckle who would initially run it themselves with the help of other trustees. The shop grew very quickly, and it progressed to the shop you see today. Sadly, Carole Williamson died in 2020 but their legacy lives on.
The original shop started life in the Colonnade and then in 2020 moved across the road to what was an old garage which was built in 1903. It had been a number of shops in the interim a discount general household store and a furniture shop and now the Green Shop.
Contact Details
Please contact us – we are here to help with any query.
Email: thegreenshophch@gmail.com
Telephone: 01580 752768
Address: The Green Shop, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, TN18 4EP
Facebook: Find Us On Facebook
Vinted: You can also find many of our items for sale on Vinted
Below is all the information you need regarding items we can sell, opening hours and much more.
Booking Service
If you have a donation of four bags or boxes or more, please contact the shop to book them in at a mutually convenient time. This is to avoid large amounts of donations in the shop and causing a hazard. There are limited time slots per day.
We never want to turn anyone away and your gift is important to us.
Smaller donated items can be left in the large container at the front of the shop during opening hours.
Please do not leave items out of hours. If you leave your donation outside the shop, it may be tampered with or removed. Therefore not used for its intended purpose.
Loyalty Card
We launched our Green Shop Loyalty Card on 3rd January 2023. This will entitle you to £5 off your purchase once you have collected ten stamps on your card and receipts.
Please ask for more details in the shop.
Terms and conditions apply.
Recycing
Please check the list below for the items we can and cannot accept. Please be aware that time and money come into removing unwanted items from the shop and therefore its money that is not going to its intended cause.
WE ACCEPT: –
CLOTHES – Clean and Intact for resale and for recycling.
LINEN – Clean and intact for resale and recycling.
SHOES – Clean and intact for resale and recycling.
HANDBAGS – Clean and intact for resale and recycling.
BOOKS – Clean and intact for resale and recycling.
KITCHEN ITEMS – Clean and Intact for sale.
ELECTRICAL ITEMS – Clean, intact and working for resale.
HOME ITEMS – Clean, Intact and ready for resale.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT: –
TOYS – Broken or incomplete.
JIGSAWS – Incomplete.
VHS AND CASSETTE – In any form.
DUVETS AND PILLOWS – Unless they are brand new and in packaging.
FEATHERS – Anything containing feathers.
CHINA – Unsaleable due to being chipped or signs of wear and tear.
FURNITURE – Anything that is large and too big for the shop. (Please see charities that deal in furniture the nearest one is Tenterden.)
PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES – Broken or ruined unsaleable pictures. However an antique undamaged frame would be of interest.
ELECTRICAL – Items that do not work and that are incomplete, dirty or dusty.
VARIOUS CHILDRENS ITEMS – Toy knives, guns and swords even toy replicas. Car seats and children’s crash helmets and skateboards.
FINALLY – The coat hanger.
Some of the items come under health and hygiene and not suitable to be sold on.
RECYCLING
Please put any items on the NO list in the general waste wheelie bin. Borough councils take old electrical items, which usually go with the green wheelie in the TWBC area. Pop in a bag and place on top of bin. See the website for your council collection day and items they will collect.
If you feel it’s too large or not appropriate for the wheelie, we are lucky to have the recycling centre at Mountfield nr Battle where you do not have to book a slot, or you can go to Tunbridge Wells North Farm Industrial Estate and there you can book a slot on line.
Be A Volunteer
Please speak to Marianne in The Green Shop and ask for an application form. Please remember you do need to be over 14 to volunteer with us. We also welcome Duke of Edinburgh Volunteer Students.
The money that the League of Friends via the Green Shop has made has gone towards funding many projects within Hawkhurst and surrounding areas. The League has funded many projects through legacies, donations, membership, and The Green Shop. You can find under “What we Do.” the details of these projects.