CHARITY BOOKSTALL

We have been running our monthly Charity Book Stall since September 2000, as Egham did not have a dedicated book shop for a number of years (until Woking & Sam Beare Hospices opened their bookshop just down the High Street in May 2011).

Our bookstall is open once a month, all day Friday and Saturday mornings, during most months of the year. We aim to raise at least £600 each month (roughly £5,000 per year) with the proceeds divided between a selection of local charities/good causes and our current Church Fundraising Appeal. Irrespective of the amount we raise, we always commit to donating a minimum £250 to our chosen local charity partner to give something back to the local community, who support us so well. Since the Bookstall opened we have raised nearly £50,000. Click here to see a summary of monies raised by the Bookstall in recent years.

We have over 5,000 new, second hand, classic and collectors corner books in stock plus a variety of DVDs, CDs, and vinyl, all lovingly donated and sorted by category/author as it helps many of our loyal customers find what they’re looking for.

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

2017 DATES (and our list of Charity Partners):

• • • JANUARY 2017: NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 03 / Sat 04 Feb : £1,470 raised – £550 to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Old Windsor (incl. £250 RBS Community Cashback Grant)
    • Fri 10 / Sat 11 Mar : £1,280 raised – £500 to Surrey Air Ambulance
    • Fri 21 / Sat 22 Apr : £1,080 raised – £500 to Staines Shopmobility
    • Fri 19 / Sat 20 May : £1,080 raised – £500 to Samaritans (NW Surrey Branch)
    • Fri 23 / Sat 24 Jun : £1,000 raised – £500 to Next Steps Depression Support (CornerHouse)
    • Fri 21 / Sat 22 Jul : £1,075 raised – £500 to Shaw Trust (Egham Branch)
    • AUGUST 2017: NO BOOKSTALL
    • Fri 15 / Sat 16 Sep : Runnymede Dementia Carers Support Group
    • Fri 13 / Sat 14 Oct : Runnymede Rentstart
    • Fri 17 / Sat 18 Nov : Runnymede Foodbank
    • DECEMBER 2017: NO BOOKSTALL

Volunteering:
Our charity bookstall is entirely reliant on volunteers who give up valuable free time to help make the bookstall such a success. Although we have a number of student volunteer helpers from Royal Holloway College University of London (RHUL) and work closely with the RHUL Community Action Volunteering team (we were accredited with the Community Action Partner of the Year 2013/14 Award), we could really do with some regular extra help, to help set up, sort books and put them away again, so if you can spare say 1-2 hours per month at any of the following times:

• • • • • • • • Thursday evening (4 PM – 7:30 PM) : heavy work/set up
              • Friday morning (8:30 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 (8:30 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

…we will happily give you a discount or even some free books to thank you for your time.
Contact us to register your interest or come along and speak to Graham Burrough, our bookstall co-ordinator, on one of the above dates.