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Learning through reuse

One of our two founding charitable objects, alongside social welfare for people in hardship.

Reuse of materials as a way into making, creativity and skills, for people of all ages.

  • 1. Creative materials at prices that make experimenting easy

  • 2. Supporting schools, nurseries and families as well as individual makers

  • 3. A founding charitable object since 1988

A member decorating card tubes and craft materials at a table in the store

What we do

Affordable access to creative materials means more people get to learn by making. It’s one of the two reasons the Scrapstore exists.

Who it’s for

Anyone learning through making: children in schools and nurseries, families at home, and individual artists and makers.

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Boxes of rescued fabric rolls and materials stored in the Scrapstore

Rescuing materials

We rescue surplus and offcut materials that would otherwise go to landfill, and sell them on affordably for creative reuse.

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Two volunteers helping sort donated materials in the store

Supporting people in hardship

Social welfare for people in hardship is one of our two founding charitable objects.

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