{"id":39355,"date":"2022-02-10T12:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=39355"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:21:38","slug":"new-sheffield-charity-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/new-sheffield-charity-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sheffield charity shop helping those dependent on drugs and alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Sheffield charity shop is helping people who struggle with drug and alcohol dependency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benscentre.org\/bens-bazaar\">Ben&#8217;s Bazaar<\/a> on The Moor <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">includes an information hub for people seeking services and a shop selling\u00a0 donated and brand new items.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39337\" class=\"wp-image-39337 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220205_134352-01-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charity shop is full of bargains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The store owned by Ben\u2019s Centre, established 25 years ago, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which relies on donations, also aims to raise awareness of the work it does, and helps people who have been unemployed get back into work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project and outreach worker, D<\/span>anny Mcdonald, who has worked for the charity for eight years, is the manager in charge of the new information hub.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said: \u201cWhat we decided to do is to branch out, and just spread the word on \u2018Ben\u2019s Centre\u2019 and what we actually do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis information hub is basically a place <\/span>for people to come and access information about health and wellbeing regarding the area. We can refer people who come in suffering and don\u2019t know the correct agencies that might provide suitable help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shop also offers work experience to clients who are being supported. Mr Mcdonald said: &#8220;They can learn life and work skills that will help them to build confidence to return to society and work in the future.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39338\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39338\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220205_134321-01-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben&#8217;s Bazaar charity shop<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to a lack of funds and a shortage of staff, the store is currently only open three days a week, from Thursday to Saturday from 9am to 4pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicky Clark, manager of Ben&#8217;s Bazaar<\/span>, said: &#8220;We are still in our infancy, and need more items donated in order to raise more money, grow and help more vulnerable people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also hopes that more people will come down and have a look at t<\/span>he shop, which she has carefully decorated to look less like a charity shop, but instead like a vintage shop.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If you have anything you don&#8217;t n<\/span>eed, be it clothes, CDs, books, or some bric-a-brac &#8211; don&#8217;t throw them away, please donate them to us so they can be put to greater use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39336\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39336\" class=\"wp-image-39336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220205_134359-01-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of Ben&#8217;s Bazaar charity shop.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben&#8217;s Bazaar on The Moor includes an information hub for people seeking services and a shop selling\u00a0donated and brand new items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,415,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-community","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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