The Hub is a sustainable community centre aimed at supporting our local community and surrounding area to live more sustainable day to day lives. Our goal is to facilitate people working together to create less waste and take up more recycling, reusing and repairing.
We weigh everything that gets recycled and reused so we can measure our community impact. Keep reading to find out more about what you can get involved in at The Hub.
NEW OPENING HOURS:
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9 am - 2pm
Children’s Clothing
Both the clothing exchange and the book swap work on an exchange or cash donation basis. You can donate your used books or clothes and swap for new, or if you don’t have anything to donate at the time, we ask for a donation that suits your budget to help us fund The Hub to stay open
Donations must be:
- Clean
- Damage free
- Stain free
We don’t have facilities to wash clothing, so please only donate good quality items and save any clothing that can no longer be used for the kerbside collection. (Put it in a tied carrier bag next to your green bin)
You can find out details about the council textile recycling here - White Horse District Council Waste Pages
Thrift Items
We accept small household items of all kinds.
Nothing large e.g. furniture.
No electrical items.
No CDs or DVDs
All items should be in pristine condition and you can choose to split the money 50/50 with us or donate 100% to our funds.
All items are marked with a suggested donation amount just like in most charity shops.
The Book Room
Drop, swap and read non-stop!
Come and swap your books and jigsaw puzzles at The Hub.
Don’t worry if you don’t have anything to swap though, you can pay a small donation to get you on your swapping journey.
Refill & Plastic Free
We offer a range of products (see below) from The Solid Bar Company, SESI refill and Splosh. These companies all aim to offer reduced or plastic free options.
Recycling Schemes
A few of our collection bins and containers.
Terracyle
We have a variety of Terracycle collections and charity collections that recycle things that can't be put in your kerbside collection. Some of what is collected can earn us donations of cash, so please collect and drop off as much as you can.
Many of the schemes collect all brands, so please click through on the list below to see the details of each programme.
We take the following:
Babybel® Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find out which Babybel® packaging we accept.
Carex® Free Recycling Programme - TERRACYCLE HAVE NOW ENDED THIS SCHEME
Hair Care Packaging Free Recycling Programme - TERRACYCLE HAVE NOW ENDED THIS SCHEME
Kinder Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE for details.
Flash Wipes, Cloths and Pads Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE for details.
Food Storage Container and Reusable Bottle Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find out what we accept.
Pringles® Tube Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE for details.
Cheese Packaging Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find which flexible plastic cheese packaging and nets we accept.
The Confectionery Free Recycling Programme - TERRACYCLE HAVE NOW ENDED THIS SCHEME
Fabreze Air, Home and Laundry Care Recycling Scheme - CLICK HERE for details.
Ferrero Pralines Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find which Ferrero packaging we accept.
Marigold® Gloves Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to see details of Marigold® recycling programme.
Philips Dental Care Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find which dental care products we accept.
Colgate Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE for details.
Pladis Biscuits and Snacks Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find which biscuit, cracker and cake wrappers we accept.
RB® Hygiene Home Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find our which dishwashing, cleaning and fragrance flexible packaging we accept.
Taylors of Harrogate Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find our which flexible coffee packaging we accept.
Warburtons Bakery Free Recycling Programme - CLICK HERE to find our which bakery plastic packaging we accept.
Warburtons Wax Wrap Free Recycling Programme - This programme is brand specific wax wrap only. CLICK HERE for details.
Plastic Milk Bottle Tops (milk bottle tops only please) - CLICK HERE for details - Charity collection for Friends of Water Search and Rescue Team
Stamps - CLICK HERE for details - Charity collection for Friends of Water Search and Rescue Team
Currency - CLICK HERE for details - Charity collection for Friends of Water Search and Rescue Team
Craft Scrap Store
A selection of some of the items in our craft scrap store
More items in our craft scrap store
Donate items that can be used for crafting and help yourself to materials for your next project.
We don't charge for anything in the scrap store, but we do ask for a donation that suits your budget to help us fund The Hub to stay open.
Repair Team
Once a month our fantastic volunteer repairers will do their best to fix your broken household items so they don't go in the bin.
We will accept and attempt to fix any small household items as well as offering minor bike repairs/servicing and minor clothing repairs.
We don't charge for repairs, but we do ask for a donation that suits your budget to help us fund the Hub to stay open. You will need to pay for any spare parts that may be required.
It will take place on the fourth Saturday of every month from 9.30am - 12.30pm. (last items taken at 12pm)
