Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we shall be closed until it is safe for customers and volunteers to move around freely and with concern for the virus spreading through cross contamination on items in the shop.
Thank you so much for your support and understanding. In the meantime please do not leave donations outside the gates.
Donations can only be received when we open again.
In the meantime you may want to get involved below…
We have become aware that our info@rough…. email account is no longer functioning properly – Our sincere apologies if you have been trying to contact us.
We now have a new one shown in the image below. Thank you for your support.
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Several years ago, Jason walked into Zac’s Place during tough days and personal crisis. He recalls having breakfast and drying his gloves on the radiator. These simple acts of kindness made a difference in him beginning to turn things around.
A few years on life is very different. Jason has been volunteering two days a week at Rough Edges and is a valuable part of the team here.
Today he enrolled and begins a 34 week part time welding course at Gower College, which Rough Edges has been able to sponsor.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Rough Edges. We hope to be able to give more of our volunteers opportunities like this.
The volunteer crew at Rough Edges have been busy expanding the sales area and making some stylish modifications to the exterior too.
We are now able to collect particularly bulky items or a large collection of items, such as a shed contents clearance, from you home in the Swansea area.
Contact the shop via the contact page to make an arrangement for our volunteers to collect in the van.
Please also take a look at the list of items we require and also what isn’t suitable to avoid any confusion! Thanks for your support.
Things continue to go very well at Rough Edges. We estimate someone in the region of one hundred people each week call in during the two and a half days we are open, many of whom have become regular callers!
Volunteer numbers are also increasing and we therefore hope to be opening an additional day soon.
At the end of this year we shall be able to put a substantial amount of money into the ongoing work at Zac’s Place, which is part of the reason for this venture.
The recent acquisition of a van, (and a waste carriers licence), means that we are able to do selected shed clearances to keep stock coming in, so please do get in touch by phone or email.
We have also doubled the area we use, now having one unit for sales and the other for workshop, store and sorting. Plans are also being made for some heating!
Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter feeds for other news updates. In the meantime, here’s a snap of our Weds volunteer crew taken this week.
Open
Weds 10-4
Fri 10-4
Sat 9-12.30
Thank you for your support
Trade continues to be going well and we therefore continue to need ongoing donations of suitable items. Thanks for your support!
After a few months of operation we are beginning to get a good team of volunteers together – here are some of the faces you can expect to see at different times.
It continues to be developing and growing environment at Rough Edges. Stock is being generously donated at the same rate we are able to sell it, volunteer numbers are steadily increasing. We are taking our first volunteers from one of the hostels we have a close association with at Zac’s Place, so it’s great to see different aspects of our efforts crossing over. Along with volunteer support from older retired folk, it is creating a great environment – thanks for your support and interest.
We continue to be open on Weds, Fri 10-4 and Saturday 9-12.30
Here’s a few snap shots from the shop today….
It’s been a great February at Rough Edges! With growing interest and sales matching the volume of donations, stock turnover is good. Thank you!
Volunteer cover for the two and a half days we are open each week is good under Mike’s management. Our thanks to each of those getting involved, with everyone bringing different interests and gifts.
It was good to walk in today and feel a real buzz of activity and hear lots of conversation going on – a real sense of community is beginning to develop in this old workshop too.
Thanks for everyone’s interest so far – keep spreading the word! We hope to increase the days we are open soon.
