How to Locate Cape Town Charity Shops
Finding Bargains in the Claremont /Kenilworth Area
Nov 19, 2008
Buying from charity shops is not only a good way to help the less fortunate. It is also a great way to save money, and can turn up unexpected treasures.
Oasis Association – Helping People with Intellectual Disabilities
Start at the corner of Lee and Lansdowne Roads in Claremont. Here you’ll find the Oasis Association, which helps people with intellectual disabilities. Their charity shop is spotlessly clean and ordered. Goods are sorted and carefully arranged. They have good quality books, some vintage clothing, interesting retro kitchenware and china, and only quality collectables. Prices are not as low as many charity shops, but goods still go at around one third of what you’d expect to pay in an antique shop. It’s open Mon. to Fri. 9 am – 4 pm, and first Saturday of the month from 9 am – 1 pm. Phone 021 674-5570
St. Luke’s Hospice – Helping the Terminally Ill
Continue down Lansdowne Rd and turn into Garfield Road. Immediately on your left, you’ll see the St. Luke’s Charity Shop. This is a good place to find cheap second hand clothing, some bric-a-brac, and furniture. You’ll also find some new clothing donated from large stores. It is open Monday to Friday from 9 - 3:45. Phone 021 671-9283
Continue along Garfield Road until you reach Doncaster Road and turn up towards the mountain. Turn left into Rosmead Avenue, and travel towards Wynberg until you reach Kenilworth Road. Cross the railway line and turn immediately right into Harfield Road. You’ll see the signs for St. Luke’s Hospice. Drive in and park in the parking lot.
On the right of the front door is a charity shop selling good quality second hand clothing and a few items of bric-a-brac. It is open from 10 - 4, Monday to Friday. Phone 021 797-5335
On the left of the front door is the charity bookstore. This is a superb bookshop, filled with only quality books, many of them new. They’re open from 12 - 4, Monday to Friday. Phone 021 797-5335
St. Luke’s also has an online auction where you can bid for bargains such as holidays, furniture, collectables, beauty treatments and household appliances.
Cafda Bookshops – Helping the Cape Flats Development Association
Turn back into Kenilworth Road and travel up towards the mountain until you reach Main Road. Turn back towards the city, and when you reach Claremont find parking and walk across Main Road to the Werdmuller Centre. Here you’ll find the Cafda Bookshop, a huge collection of every sort of book from textbooks to Africana to maps and novels. Money raised goes to aid the Cape Flats Development Association. It is open from 9-5 Monday to Friday and on Saturday mornings. Phone 021 6742230.
If you’re still in the mood for charity shopping, you could continue along Main Road until you reach the Mowbray Charity Shops. Happy Shopping!
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