Our Charity Shops

The Devon Air Ambulance Trust's charity shops are going from strength to strength, with 10 shops in total across the county.

These shops alone during 2007 took over £525,000 (gross)

Chrissie Peel, the charity's Retail Manager (left) said "We are committed to our shops, as they are an essential part of our fundraising. They Represent the charity in the community. It is important we keep the charity, service and work undertaken as high profile as possible. The shops sell good quality second-hand clothing, bric-a-brac, furniture and books, as well as the charity's own range of branded goods. There really is something for everyone!"

"Our charity shops cannot function without the much valued help and support of the shop volunteers and members of the public"

If you would like to become a volunteer why not pop into your local shop, or give them a ring.  Contact details below.

If you have a large number of items which you would like to donate to the charity's shops to raise funds, please ring Bob on 07944392664. 

Please note that we are unable to accept white goods such as fridges, freezers, cookers, nor televisions.  We are able to accept furniture but soft furnishings (ie sofas) need to have a fire retardant certificate/label.

If you have clothing that you feel is not good enough for us to sell, please don't bin it.  Put it in a bag marked 'rags' as we receive good money still for clothes that are ragged.

Other items we can accept include:-

books
cds
dvds
bric a brac
good quality clothing


You can find our shops at the following locations:-

Barnstaple - 4 Queen's House, Queen Street Tel: 01271 828161	Exeter - 41 Cowick Street, St Thomas Tel: 01392 248494
Exeter - 90 Fore Street, Heavitree Tel: 01392 248297	Exeter - Heavitree Hospital, Gladstone Road Note:  This shop is purely a refreshments and snacks kiosk
Exeter - 47 Fore Street, Topsham 01392 879285	Exeter - 40 Fore Street, Topsham Book Shop and Furniture Tel: 01392 879232
Exmouth - 1 Rolle Street Tel: 01395 548098	Honiton - 124 High Street Tel: 01404 598131
Newton Abbot - 89a Queen Street Tel: 01626 818090	Plymouth - 40 Mutley Plain Tel: 01752 547053

A few facts and figures for you:-

There are approximately 7,000 charity shops throughout the UK

There are more than 130,000 volunteers nationwide working in charity shops

93% of all goods sold in charity shops are donated by the public

Uk charity shops raise more than £110 million annually

Approximately 250,000 tonnes of textiles are recycled or re-used by charity shops each year - this equates to 30% of the total volume of textiles recycled in the UK

The charity is committed to their recycling initiatives and their charity shops are a great way to recycle and reuse goods, which may have otherwise ended up on a landfill site.