Dublin Simon Community Shops

Welcome to the Dublin Simon Community Shops page where we ask our donors and supporters to donate quality items to our shops that we can re-use and re-cycle! We stock our shops with quality goods that can be reused and aim for giving in this way to become a more regular occurrence. Remember, not only are you getting value for money when you shop in Dublin Simon Charity Shops, but the money you pay goes directly to Dublin Simon Community Services, so we can continue our work with people experiencing homelessness in Dublin.

Shop locations

Dublin Simon Community Charity Shop
57 Lower Camden Street
Dublin 2

Ph: 01 475 7012
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10 - 5pm

Dublin Simon Community Charity Shop
119 Thomas Street
Dublin 8

Ph: 01 677 4857
Opening Hours: Tues - Sat 10 - 4pm

How You Can Help

“Your unwanted items may be someone else’s treasures”. Did you know that while 75% of women apparently have 14 items of clothing that never see the light of day – worth a collective €70bn – charity shops still report a lack of quality in the donations they receive! We need all of those clothes you bought on impulse and can’t return, the unwanted birthday and Christmas gift sets and the clocks, mirrors and other household items that no longer go with the décor of your home!

Benefits of Reuse, Recycle!

There are many environmental benefits of reuse, recycle. Shopping in and donating to Dublin Simon Community Charity Shops means customers have a low carbon footprint and no further energy or resources are required to create these goods. Reusing goods such as textiles and books prevents them from being sent to landfill: instead, they can be sold on to raise money for homeless services.

Did You Know?

“In 2005 Irish charity shops ensured that more than 10,000 tons of clothes, shoes and household textiles, which would otherwise have been dumped in landfill, were either reused or recycled. This is equivalent of 1000 40-foot containers. More than 80% of the items were reused; the balance was recycled either as re-carded wool or cotton or as insulation and padding in the motor industry.”

Waste Management Hierarchy

“It takes more than 7,000 litres of water to produce a kilo of cotton!
Whilst prevention and minimisation are the ideal, it is clear that given our Irish weather, we need clothes, shoes and bed linen. So what can you do?”

Everybody Wins!

Donors and supporters are able to help the people we work with everyday by donating and helping us raise money - feel good while you de-clutter your life! Dublin Simon Community gains both stock and the chance to take our message to a new audience, while being good to the environment! Plus, you also get to shop at recession busting prices for that something different…

So Please, Give an Item that Can Be Resold to Our Shops!

You Can Donate the Following Quality Items

men, women's and children's clothing:

• Suits, Shirts, Jackets and trousers
• Dresses, Skirts, Blouses and tops
• Jumpers, cardigans, and Coats
• Jeans, shorts, leggings and tracksuits
• Unused underwear
• Nightwear, shoes and runners

weddings:

• Wedding Dresses, Bridesmaid Dresses, Flower girl dresses/Pageboy suit
• Groomsmen suits
• Unwanted/unused wedding gifts, Wedding accessories – tiaras, veils, keepsakes

holiday shop:

• Sun dresses, hats and sunglasses
• Beach bags, beach towels and sandals, Bikinis, sarongs and wraps

accessories:

• Handbags, Jewellery, belts, hats, scarves, gloves

bric-a-brac:

• Crockery, pictures, ornaments, clocks, vases, frames, table wear, glasses
• Linen, Duvet covers, Pillow cases, sheets, throws, curtains
• Toys, books and more books

We Will NOT Accept the Following Items

• Clothes that are in extremely bad condition (Please leave these in your local clothing bank for rag collection)
• Duvets/Blankets/Pillows/mattresses
• Electrical Items i.e. TVs, radios, computers, irons, hairdryers etc (This is for health & safety reasons)
• Furniture – (Due to the size of our shops and lack of storage space we are unable to accept furniture)
• Cosmetics/Make-up/Body creams etc (For Health & Safety reasons)

Check your donations against the checklist before donating

We are extremely grateful to all of our donors for donating to our shop. However in order to keep costs of disposal down, if an item is deemed unsuitable for donation, we may refuse. Please do not take offence to this. Thank you for your support.

Charity Shop Volunteering

Volunteers to work in our shops are always welcome and training will be provided. If you are interested please contact Shop Manager Terry McGrath at 01 677 4857.

Irish Charity Shops Association ICSA

We are a member of the Irish Charity Shops Association whose aim is to pool expertise and join forces to promote common interests and to help members run their shops more effectively and efficiently. Please look out for the ICSA Logo which is displayed by all members in their shops and on their collection bags that you receive through your door. Be aware of Bogus Collectors and if in doubt ask to see the logo. For more information on Bogus Collectors please click here www.icsa.ie