From Vintage to Rare: Tapping House opens new Charity Shop in Burnham Market.

Much-loved local charity, Tapping House is excited to announce another addition to its retail portfolio in Norfolk, opening their new charity shop in the community of Burnham Market.  

Tapping House’s new charity shop can be discovered on Overy Road and opens in September and will be trading 7 days a week. It will offer the same range of high-quality goods customers of Tapping House’s eight other shops the local area is used to. All sales will help fund the free care and support of people with life-limiting conditions and their families.  

Sally Chandler, Tapping House’s Regional Retail Manager, said: “As a charity serving families in and across West Norfolk and surrounding areas, we’re delighted to be opening in this beautiful village. Shoppers can expect a boutique shop, right here on their high street. Our focus will be on clothing accessories and bric-a-brac and we already have a great range of stock ready to go.”  
 
Tapping House have eight other shops in Hunstanton, Snettisham, Fakenham, Swaffham, Downham Market, Wisbech and two in Kings Lynn. The Hospice also trades to the wider UK via their eBay shop. 
  
So when you’re next out shopping in one of the Hospices’ shops, and something catches your eye, however small your donation through a purchase might be, it really does make a huge difference to the vital work Tapping House does. Here are some examples of what your donation could pay for:  

+ A tea set worth £10 could fund a mobile phone for a month for the Tapping House Rapid Response Team  
+ A nice wedding hat or jacket worth £25 could pay for the laundry for one day on our IPU  
+  An item of good-quality furniture or prom dress worth £39 could pay for our Hospice at Home fleet to operate, enabling visits and patient collection.  

In the past financial year, Tapping House shops generated an impressive profit of over £630,000, all of which went towards helping patients live life to the end and make the most of precious time with their families. The unique and exceptional services extend beyond our outstanding inpatient unit, with a dedicated outpatient unit (Tulip Centre) providing wonderful activities and individual support from Creative Arts, Wellbeing in Nature to the Men’s Woodwork groups. Equally, the brilliant outpatient hospice therapy team have a wide programme of symptom management groups such as breathlessness, fatigue management, energise fitness groups and so much more. Helping patients to live well and cope with any life limiting conditions.

The exceptional Hospice at Home service allows patients to receive care in the comfort of their own homes. We also offer compassionate and sensitive support to families, including remarkable bereavement care, helping them navigate the challenges of losing a loved one.  

The new shop would be delighted to receive donations of the following clean and good-quality goods to sell; clothing, bric-a-brac, toys, jewellery, DVDs/CDs/Vinyl, retro and vintage clothes and small electrical items. These can be dropped off anytime between 9am and 5pm Monday to Saturday and between 10 and 4pm Sunday.  

Tapping House also needs donations of good-quality furniture and can collect it free of charge if you are unable to transport it yourself. Contact the retail team on 01553 767752 for more information.  

This all really couldn’t be possible without the brilliant and unwavering support from all the fabulous Hospice Volunteers, who so kindly donate their time. If you’re interested in more information on volunteering at the Burnham Market shop the please email volunteers@tappinghouse.org.uk or call Becca Walls, Volunteer Services Manager on 01485 601 700