– Unique items: Second-hand stores offer a wide selection of items, including one-of-a-kind vintage pieces or little-known brands.
– Support local communities: Many second-hand stores are small, locally-owned businesses that contribute to the local economy.
– Sustainability: Buying second-hand helps keep clothes out of landfills and reduces harmful emissions.
– Express individuality: Second-hand clothing can be mixed and matched to create a unique style.
– Rediscover trends: Second-hand shopping can help you explore fashion trends from different eras.
– Support a good cause: Buying second-hand can help raise money for worthwhile causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn Wellingborough we have lots of great places to buy anything from pre-loved toys and entertainment, to antique furniture and vintage clothes, here are some of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ace Reuse, Recycling Centre, 63 Park Rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
YMCA Shop, 260 Northampton Rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RSPCA Retro Rooms & Boutique, 1 Silver St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
British Heart Foundation, 9 Market St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Salvation Army, 28A Market St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CeX, Unit 9, Swansgate Shopping Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Old & Quirky Antique Shop, 22 Silver St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mercy in Action, 5 Grafton Cl<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Ambulance Charity Discount Store, 15 Market St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
YMCA Wellingborough Charity Shop 54-55 Cheese Lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barnardo’s, 106 Gold St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daylight Shop, 2 Cambridge St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
British Red Cross shop, 25 Silver St<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilfords Auctioneers, 74-76 Midland Rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wellingborough Eco Group also has Wellingborough Swap Shop<\/a> at ECO HUB<\/a>, Glamis Hall, where you can bring in your items you no longer need to swap them for items you want. Everything is also available for a small donation to the group and it now includes a school uniform bank and a new toy section for the children too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start saving money and reducing your impact on the environment, there are so many benefits to shopping second hand. You\u2019ll be taking a stand against the damaging impact of fast fashion, while hunting down unique treasures that show off your distinctive personal style. Do visit your local vintage, antique, recycling, swap and charity shops or auctioneers, and choose a fairer way to shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are many reasons to buy second-hand items, including: – Cost savings: Second-hand items can be just as good as new but at a fraction of the price.– Unique items: Second-hand stores offer a wide selection of items, including one-of-a-kind vintage pieces or little-known brands.– Support local communities: Many second-hand stores are small, locally-owned businesses … Continue reading ADVENT CALENDAR – Buy Second Hand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4027,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions\/4027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWAP-SHOP-GH-poster-A3s.jpg\")
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