# Oxfam opens its first charity superstore

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/03/oxfam-opens-its-first-charity-superstore/
- Published: 2019-09-03T09:15:29+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Oxfam opens its first ever superstore on 7 September, in Oxford.**

The charity, which was founded in the city, has transformed a 14,500 square foot
unit on the Oxford Business Park North in Cowley into a ‘destination shopping experience’,
which will double as a community space and include an on-site café, housed in an
[Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.uk) water tank.

The superstore will offer both donated items and those from the ‘Sourced By Oxfam’
range of new ethically sourced gifts and homewares.

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Community groups and social enterprises will be able to use the dedicated meeting
spaces, while the charity plans to hold regular in-store interactive workshops, 
activities and talks. The store will also offer free parking as well as a drive 
through donation point will make it as quick and easy for people to drop off their
pre-loved items.

The superstore will be open for trading four days a week but will be accepting donations
seven days a week. According to Oxfam, it will create 11 new jobs and numerous volunteering
opportunities, and will also support the charity’s [Future Skills project](https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/our-work/inequality/future-skills),
a volunteering, training and mentoring project for women in the UK facing barriers
to building a better life.

With over 600 shops across the country, this will be its first superstore.

Oxfam’s Trading Director, Andrew Horton, said:

>  “We’re so excited about opening our first ever superstore in Oxford – where the
> charity began over 75 years ago and where the first Oxfam shop opened its doors
> in 1948. The superstore will be more than a shop – it will be a place for the 
> community to get together, a café, as well as offering a huge choice of bargains
> and one-of-a-kind finds in a fantastic family friendly environment.”

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