TFC Shop

Address:

11 West Road

Westcliff on Sea

Essex

SS0 9AU

Telephone:

01702 436228

Opening hours:

Tuesday 10am - 4pm

Wednesday 10am - 4pm

Thursday 10am - 4pm

Friday 10 am - 4pm

Saturday 11am - 2pm

Donations for the shop are welcome, we are always short of men's & boys' shoes and clothes

Trinity Family Centre Charity shop is able to offer work experience and training in retail through the employment of a training supervisor. The project ‘Focus On The Fringe’ offers training and confidence building for those people on the edge of moving forward. We work in partnership with the Prince’s Trust, Southend Care, Probation Service and Southend Adult Community College to support young people not in education or employment, adults with learning disabilities, ex- offenders and ethnic minorities needing to improve their communication skills.

The shop is run by a team of 14 volunteers, without whom we could not operate. During the past year, the focus of the shop has been:

• recruiting and training new volunteers
• improving displays
• looking at ways to increase the income, including selling on-line
• updating the volunteer handbook and donation processes
• working more closely with other organisations in Southend, eg Southend Adult Community College and Southend United Community & Educational Trust
• getting support from local businesses to improve the appearance of the shelves and display cabinets.

As well as always looking for donations, we are seeking financial support to:

• develop community links
• internet connection
• high quality security camera.

If you can help or know someone who might be interested, please let us know.