Donate Your Things

Have a clearout and help your local community. Your donation will help bring about local change.

What and where to donate
Volunteer With Us

Join a friendly team of volunteers in one of our charity shops, make friends and get a sense of achievement.

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What we fund

Every month our charity shops give local grants.
Grant information here.

Where the money goes

Shared Space is Faith in Action

A growing Christian network of charity shops, transforming lives through volunteering, training and funding community initiatives. Each shops partners with a local church.

The story of Shared Space

Meet some of the Shared Space volunteers who are helping your local community

Chris – shop floor volunteer
Chris – shop floor volunteer

I was one of the volunteers who set up the original Shared Space in Westcliff and...

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Edina – shop floor volunteer
Edina – shop floor volunteer

I used to walk on Southchurch Road every day and I saw the advert  "Volunteers needed”...

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John – shop floor volunteer
John – shop floor volunteer

I slept rough for six months on the streets of Southend. Local people helped me and...

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We're making a difference

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Sacks saved from landfill in a year

Total Volunteers

Grants awarded in a year

Latest News

Southend Emergency Fund Impact Report front cover
07May

A year when Southend was super generous!

Here's the impact report we produced as we handed Southend Emergency Fund...

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Southend Emergency Fund mug
08Apr

£200,000+ raised for Southend Emergency Fund in response to COVID-19

Southend Emergency Fund ran under Shared Space for the first year of...

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Trustee Wanted
14Feb

We are recruiting trustees

New Trustee Opportunities We welcome expressions of interest and aim to make appointments...

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SOUTHEND!!
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SOUTHEND!! Some Shared Space people are part of this exciting new project to make the Kursaal part of our community once again! What would you like to see in the #KursaalComeback? an ice rink? a coffee shop? a meeting space? a theatre? a youth club? Submit your ideas with @concreteculturesx 🌟 Let's do this! #southend

SOUTHEND!!
Some Shared Space people are part of this exciting new project to make the Kursaal part of our community once again!
What would you like to see in the #KursaalComeback? an ice rink? a coffee shop? a meeting space? a theatre? a youth club? Submit your ideas with @concreteculturesx 🌟
Let's do this!
#southend ...

we're catching up with our volunteers every week on ...

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we're catching up with our volunteers every week on Zoom, it's lovely to be able to spend some time together at this strange time. are you a SS volunteer? get in touch for the details!

we're catching up with our volunteers every week on Zoom, it's lovely to be able to spend some time together at this strange time. are you a SS volunteer? get in touch for the details! ...

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sadly under tier 4 restrictions, our shops have had to close...

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sadly under tier 4 restrictions, our shops have had to close earlier than planned! we're still going ahead with our Christmas zoom party for our volunteers 🧡

sadly under tier 4 restrictions, our shops have had to close earlier than planned!
we're still going ahead with our Christmas zoom party for our volunteers 🧡 ...