The Anglican Parish of Holy Trinity Lara with Christ Church Little River Opportunity Shop
In 2008 the parish opened a small Opportunity shop in the old Sunday School building. The shop had great success and in 2011 a purpose-built OpShop and FoodRelief area was built in response to the rapidly growing Lara community. The new building was commissioned and dedicatedby Bishop Philip Huggins on 27th.November 2013 and has been welcomed by the Lara community and continuously supported by locals through both donations of goods and sales.
The Op Shop has been blessed by many volunteers over the years. The shop is a Community-based Op Shop recognized by Centrelink as a volunteer organisation. This allows many of our volunteers to have the opportunity to give back to their local community while fulfilling Centrelink requirements.
Op Shop sales assist the church to provide services to the community. This includes low-cost/free use of the church facilities for community groups, the Lara Food Relief, weddings, baptism, and funerals, Little Treasures Playgroup, and to provide support for residents in St Laurence Park.
As a second hand outlet, we aim to recycle quality goods and provide support for community needs. We recognise that there is a need for inexpensive clothing and household goods and that the environment is served by useful items being diverted from waste. We strive to be sustainable wherever possible. Excess goods are offered to other local Op Shops,and any clothing that is not suitable for sale is collected by Melbourne Cleaning Clothes for a second life. Excess books are offered to the Lions or Rotary clubs for their regular book sales and used magazines are donated to the Seafarers.
The Op Shop has been blessed by many volunteers over the years. The shop is a Community-based Op Shop recognized by Centrelink as a volunteer organisation. This allows many of our volunteers to have the opportunity to give back to their local community while fulfilling Centrelink requirements.
Op Shop sales assist the church to provide services to the community. This includes low-cost/free use of the church facilities for community groups, the Lara Food Relief, weddings, baptism, and funerals, Little Treasures Playgroup, and to provide support for residents in St Laurence Park.
As a second hand outlet, we aim to recycle quality goods and provide support for community needs. We recognise that there is a need for inexpensive clothing and household goods and that the environment is served by useful items being diverted from waste. We strive to be sustainable wherever possible. Excess goods are offered to other local Op Shops,and any clothing that is not suitable for sale is collected by Melbourne Cleaning Clothes for a second life. Excess books are offered to the Lions or Rotary clubs for their regular book sales and used magazines are donated to the Seafarers.
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@ Holy Trinity Anglican Church Lara
Cnr Curletts Road and Flinders Avenue
Beside the Hall
LARA VIC 3212
Phone: (03) 5282 1273
Cnr Curletts Road and Flinders Avenue
Beside the Hall
LARA VIC 3212
Phone: (03) 5282 1273
Responsible Donating
Please note we are unable to take the following items:
Furniture
Electrical Goods
Prams
Baby Capsules
Children’s Car Booster Seats
Televisions
Prams & Strollers
Safety Helmets
Mattresses
Christmas Trees
While much of what is donated is able to be sold, tonnes of unusable items and rubbish are dumped outside op shops each year.
While all usable donations are gratefully received, if something is broken or unsellable this creates an expensive problem for the charity. This includes broken appliances; items with pieces missing; stained, torn or ripped clothing; single socks/gloves/shoes.
As we have to dispose of this material, paying expensive landfill fees and taking funds away from the community we are trying to help.
So please do the right thing and donate responsibly.
by Sally Creagh from DoSomething
Furniture
Electrical Goods
Prams
Baby Capsules
Children’s Car Booster Seats
Televisions
Prams & Strollers
Safety Helmets
Mattresses
Christmas Trees
While much of what is donated is able to be sold, tonnes of unusable items and rubbish are dumped outside op shops each year.
While all usable donations are gratefully received, if something is broken or unsellable this creates an expensive problem for the charity. This includes broken appliances; items with pieces missing; stained, torn or ripped clothing; single socks/gloves/shoes.
As we have to dispose of this material, paying expensive landfill fees and taking funds away from the community we are trying to help.
So please do the right thing and donate responsibly.
by Sally Creagh from DoSomething
Donating unusable junk amounts to illegal dumping at Op Shops.
Don't be part of the problem!
Don't be part of the problem!
Nominated Charity: Nungalinya College
This outlet also donates a percentage of their processed to Nungalinya College as their nominated charity.
Nungalinya College is the premier Combined Churches Training College for Indigenous Australians located in Casuarina, a northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory. Since 1974, Nungalinya College has been equipping men and women for leadership roles in churches and communities. Their training programs explore the Christian faith contextually through courses in Foundation Studies, Bible Overview, Media, Music and Discipleship, Christian Ministry and Theology, and Bible Translation. Each year, men and women from over 100 different communities across Australia come to study at Nungalinya College. Their students are from both remote and urban communities and their different cultural and language backgrounds are respected and included in campus life. Many students hold important positions of authority in their own communities.
Nungalinya College is the premier Combined Churches Training College for Indigenous Australians located in Casuarina, a northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory. Since 1974, Nungalinya College has been equipping men and women for leadership roles in churches and communities. Their training programs explore the Christian faith contextually through courses in Foundation Studies, Bible Overview, Media, Music and Discipleship, Christian Ministry and Theology, and Bible Translation. Each year, men and women from over 100 different communities across Australia come to study at Nungalinya College. Their students are from both remote and urban communities and their different cultural and language backgrounds are respected and included in campus life. Many students hold important positions of authority in their own communities.
OP TO YOU DROP!
Three reasons to start Op Shopping now: by Sally Creagh from DoSomething
Value for money
If you don’t have an unlimited budget for clothing, then you can’t beat op shopping for value for money. If you purchase everything new, you are limiting yourself to cheaply made clothes. Many of these items are made to last only one season, and after a handful of washes they begin to lose shape or fall apart.
Op shops are a place where you can still find well made, high quality items for a fraction of the price you would pay for new. Classic styles like cotton shirts, woollen knits, leather shoes and jeans are almost always available in op shops. Trench coats, blazers and plain t-shirts are commonly stocked too. Look out for quality fabrics like wool, silk, denim and 100% cotton in cuts that suit your body shape and you’ve got the foundations of a great wardrobe. Op shopping for kitchenware is another way to save a bundle. Many op shops have stacks of plain white plates, cups and bowls so you can get a co-ordinated set together even if they are not all exactly the same size. Same goes for glassware and serving platters. Most op shops will have pots, pans and kitchen appliances as well so this is a way to deck out your kitchen without spending an arm and a leg. |
Serendipity
Op shops take a lot of deceased estate items so you often see whole collections. If your interests happen to intersect with a collection that’s in store, then it can be your lucky day. It also means that these treasures go to a new home to be used and appreciated all over again instead of going to landfill. So if you like to browse, fossick and discover, op shops are for you.Op shops are full of treasures! You never know what downright fascinating things you’ll find there. |
Upcycling
Do you have a creative bent? Want to spruce up your home? Get down to your local op shop and see what furniture could be transformed with a lick of paint or even new upholstery. An old chest of drawers can become a TV console or a bench. Creative colour choices can turn a pine bedside table into a statement piece. That old footstool can be recovered with a new fabric and look like a million bucks. Check out ourPinterest page for amazing op shop furniture transformations and more upcycling inspiration.
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