The Store

Scrappies is bursting with end-of-line and recycled resources for craft, art and household projects of all kinds.  Fabric, craft materials, stationery, haberdashery and a huge range of off-cuts from industries are just some of the items on offer. Scrappies is also an outlet for Tools for Self Reliance, where you can find pre-owned and refurbished tools to help with DIY projects. We’re open to the public, so do come and visit us in Church Stretton – the heart of the lovely Shropshire Hills.

Scrappies will re-cycle any of the items listed below when they are donated by local businesses or community members. Of course, we can’t guarantee all of these items will be in stock at any given time. It’s always best to come in and see for yourself as our offerings are always changing.

Donation of items for sale in the shop:

  • We welcome donations of clean, safe items for use in children’s education and creative arts on Saturday afternoons, between 2.00pm and 4.00pm. We cannot accept donations at any other time as we have to keep them for 72 hours before putting them out for sale and we don’t have very much storage space.
  • You are NO LONGER required to make an appointment to donate items to the store..
  • At this time we do not require the following items – yoghurt pots, butter tubs, egg boxes (please use your home recycling boxes for all these and anything else you can recycle easily) or lever arch files. A list of acceptable items can be found below .
  • Donations will be stored for at least 72 hours before we handle them or put them out in the shop.

Thank you for your understanding.

Here are lists of items that we collect and which we might have in stock

Card

White/coloured card
Boxes (shoe boxes)
Boxes (various others)
Brown
Corrugated
Textured
Folders
Tubes – all sizes

Paper

Artists paper
Cartridge paper
Textured papers
Tissue
Various crafting
Wallpaper

Seasonal

Christmas decorations
Easter baskets
Paper plates (unused)
Pine cones
Plastic eggs/Kinder eggs
Polystyrene eggs and balls

Fabrics

Cotton fabrics
Calico
Dress-making fabric
Embroidered fabrics
Fabric off-cuts
Fat quarters
Felt
Fleece
Imitation fur
Lining materials
Netting
Remnant rummage
Ripstop plastic
Upholstery fabric
Uphostery samples
Velvet
Vinyl
Waterproof fabric

Household/second-hand

Beer bottle tops
Cake and Biscuit tins
Children’s books
Corks
Cotton reels
Decorative/novelty glass jars
Plastic chocolate containers

Haberdashery

Braid
Buttons
Cord
Cotton
Elastic
Embroidery supplies
Felting tools
Interfacing
Knitting needles
Lace
Plastic sewing needles
Ribbon
Velcro
Wadding
Wooden/Metal curtain rings
Wool and other yarns
Zips

Miscellaneous

Any Arts/Crafts/Hobby materials
Acetate
Correx
Craft magazines
Document wallets
Foam
Foil
Lids (various sizes)
Perspex
Plastic rings
Poster/acrylic/oil paints
Sponge, large and small
Sticky-backed plastic
Various plastic containers
NO BUTTER/FOOD containers please
Wood offcuts, large and small
Wire
Yarn cones

Most goods are priced individually (and are incredibly cheap!), but in our inspiring ‘Scrap’ area, pricing is done by volume, so come and cram a basket or trolley with as many goodies as you like!

Hire Equipment

For your event, why not hire our Badge Maker or our Hand Press for lino prints and collagraphs?  Please phone (01694 328 508) or e-mail (info@scrappies.org) for further information.

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“… Well worth a visit. A regular Aladdin’s Cave !!! …”