The Rainbow Shop is the Village’s own
Charity Shop
The Rainbow Shop has been trading in Countesthorpe for almost 34
years and has recently benefitted from a complete refurbishment
and opened to customers again on May 5th. It is situated next to
St. Andrew’s Church and opposite the Co-op in Main Street
and was started by the then Vicar Brian Davis and his wife Sylvia
in 1984 following shock TV coverage of the desperately poor starving
people in Ethiopia. Since this more than £200,000 has been
sent to Christian Aid to help fund their many projects all over
the world.
The shop sells good-as-new clothing, wholefoods, Fairly
Traded products, cards, books, toys, CDs, DVDs, bric-a-brac and
other items, and stocks a broad range of information and leaflets
on local places and events.
Opening hours:
Monday: 10.00am to 12noon
Tuesday: 10.00am to 12noon and 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Wednesday: 10.00am to 12noon and 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Thursday: 10.00am to 12noon and 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Friday: 10.00am to 12noon
Saturday: 10.00am to 2.00pm
Sunday: closed
You will be made very welcome by the friendly staff
of volunteers, and you can sit and chat and enjoy a coffee, tea
or soft drink at your leisure.
The Rainbow Shop always needs donations of the various
items being sold and if you have any and need them to be collected
please contact Gail Mackley on 0116 2778982.
