St Helena Hospice welcomed its first customers to the newest charity shop in Clacton when the doors opened on Tuesday 14th February.

Abi Harris and Nicky Holland, both clinical nurse specialists who are part of the Hospice in the Home team visiting patients across Clacton and Jaywick, cut the ribbon to open the shop. Abi said:
We’re delighted to open our new Clacton shop today in the heart of the area where we visit patients in their homes and support their loved ones at a difficult time

There are so many things I love about being a Hospice nurse including seeing the generosity of our community as they buy from our shops, donate items for sale and volunteer their time to support us.



The shop is located at 188 Old Road, Clacton, CO15 3LR, and stocks clothes, shoes, accessories and general items kindly donated by the community in support of St Helena Hospice. The charity already has a popular shop on Station Road in Clacton and a clearance shop on North Road, Great Clacton.

Ian Daniels, head of retail at St Helena Hospice, said:
We have always received amazing support from the people of Clacton, so we’re thrilled to be able to give them another shop in a different part of the town.

Last financial year more than £4,000,000 was raised to support patients and families facing incurable illness and bereavement, through people buying items from our shops across north east Essex and shopping online via eBay, Amazon and Depop.

The new shop at 188 Old Road, Clacton will be open Monday to Saturday 9am - 5pm and is closed on Sundays.

We're looking for volunteers to do good and feel good

St Helena Hospice is calling for people to volunteer in the new shop or in its other shops across north east Essex.

Wendy Marcon, volunteer services manager, said:
Volunteering in one of our shops is a great opportunity for people to make new friends and develop their skills while supporting St Helena Hospice.

We would love to hear from people interested in volunteering regularly for a few hours in the new shop or any of our 21 shops across north east Essex. Our shops raise a huge income to help us support people living with incurable illness and bereavement and we couldn’t do it without the help of our amazing volunteers.