Charity Bookstall

We have been running our monthly Charity Book Stall since September 2000. We have approximately 10,000 new, second hand, classic and collectors corner books in stock plus a variety of DVDs, CDs and vinyl, which have all been donated and sorted by category/author as it helps many of our loyal customers find what they’re looking for.

Our bookstall is open once a month, all day Friday and Saturday mornings, during most months of the year. Irrespective of the amount we raise, we commit to donating a fixed amount of £500 to our chosen local charity partner giving something back to the local community, who support us so well. The rest goes towards our current Church Fundraising Appeal.

For the second year running, we raised over £10,000 and in 2018 donated £5,000 to local charities and good causes. THANK YOU to everyone involved, whether a customer, volunteer or a charity partner, in helping keep this valuable community venture going.

Click here to see a summary of monies raised by the Bookstall in recent years.

OPENING TIMES:
FRIDAYS : 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
SATURDAYS : 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM

2019 DATES:

• • • JANUARY: NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 8 / Sat 9 Feb : £825 raised – £500 donated to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Old Windsor
    • Fri 8 / Sat 9 Mar : Surrey Air Ambulance
    • Fri 12 / Sat 13 Apr : Staines Shopmobility
    • Fri 17 / Sat 18 May : Samaritans (NW Surrey Branch)
    • Fri 28 / Sat 29 Jun : Next Steps Depression Support (CornerHouse)
    • Fri 19 / Sat 20 Jul : Shaw Trust (Egham Branch)
    • AUGUST: NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 06 / Sat 07 Sep : Runnymede Dementia Carers Support Group
    • Fri 18 / Sat 19 Oct : Runnymede Rentstart
    • Fri 15 / Sat 16 Nov : Runnymede Foodbank
    • DECEMBER: NO BOOKSTALL

2018 DATES:

• • • JANUARY: NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 23 / Sat 24 Feb : £1,380 raised – £500 donated to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Old Windsor
    • Fri 23 / Sat 24 Mar : £920 raised – £500 donated to Surrey Air Ambulance
    • Fri 20 / Sat 21 Apr : £750 raised – £500 donated to Staines Shopmobility
    • Fri 18 / Sat 19 May : £1,000 raised – £500 donated to Samaritans (NW Surrey Branch)
    • Fri 22 / Sat 23 Jun : £1,000 raised – £500 donated to Next Steps Depression Support (CornerHouse)
    • Fri 20 / Sat 21 Jul : £1,030 raised – £500 donated to Shaw Trust (Egham Branch)
    • AUGUST : NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 14 / Sat 15 Sep : £1,000 raised – £500 donated to Runnymede Dementia Carers Support Group
    • Fri 12 / Sat 13 Oct : £1,500 raised (a new record!) – £500 donated to CAB Runnymede Rentstart **PLUS additional £250 donated to Transform Housing – Runnymede Branch**
    • Fri 16 / Sat 17 Nov : £1,430 raised – £500 donated to Runnymede Foodbank **PLUS additional £250 donated to ME TRust – Old Windsor**
    • DECEMBER: NO BOOKSTALL

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• • Volunteering:
    Our charity bookstall is entirely reliant on volunteers who give up valuable free time to help make the bookstall such a success. If you are available to help set up, sort books and put them away again, for about 1-2 hours per month at any of the following times:
    • • Thursday evening (3:30 PM – 7 PM) : heavy work/set up
      • Friday morning (8 AM – 9:30 AM) : heavy work/set up
      • Friday daytime (10 AM – 7 PM) : light work/sorting books
      • Friday evening (7:30 PM – 8:30 PM) : heavy work/pack away
      • Saturday morning (8 AM – 9:30 AM) : heavy work/set up
      • Saturday morning (10 AM – 12 noon) : light work/sorting books
      • Saturday lunchtime (12:30 – 2:30 PM) : heavy work/pack away

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    …please get in touch. We will happily give you a discount or even some free books to thank you for your time.
    

• To register your interest as a volunteer, please email Graham Burrough, our bookstall co-ordinator, or come along during one of our bookstalls.