Come and see for yourself. On Wakerley Road, just by the Village Hall, or just up from the Surgery on King's Lane. See the Welcome Page for details of opening times. Christmas Fayre. Just before Christmas, the Shop got together with others in the Village to offer a spectacular Christmas Fayre. In the Village Hall there were stalls mainly from suppliers not regularly available in Barrowden. Outside the Shop there was a hot-dog stall, a display from our regular wooden articles supplier, Barry , and Santa's Grotto. The photos below give a flavour of the day!  Santa was a great favourite with young and even not-so-young! Now read on and find out more about Barrowden's own Community Shop. As with any other enterprise, if you don't use it , you might just lose it! Read more about our activities and what we aim to do on the other pages of this Web-site. For detailed opening hours, please see WELCOME page. What else will you find on our Website? At the Welcome Page you will find news of some of our recent activities and visitors Shop News tells you about some of our current stock. Awards tells of our awards from the Rutland Community Council and also the Rutland County Council. Our garden is rather special. Look carefully at it and read about how it got there in Outside News. Getting involved is about more than volunteering to serve in the Shop. Background work and skills are called for too. Jobs is where we spell out any paid posts. None at the moment. In the media is a bit frustrating at the moment. Can you help? We are always open to hearing from potential suppliers. About us is, well, about us, some of the people involved in setting this up and seeing it keep going. Contact us includes a map of the area where the Shop is, tho' before we were built. Order forms are available for you to order online. Have fun exploring online, but best of all, come and see us, behind the Village Hall from Wakerley Road, opposite the Bungalow, or up from the Surgery on Kings Lane on the specially built footpath, wheel-friendly. We look forward to meeting you. |  The establishing and opening of our Community Shop is the biggest enterprise our villages have undertaken for a long time. Support your local Shop. Save fuel. Save carbon emissions and help the planet! As well helping to cut down on food miles, we are trying to be net contributors to our global well-being by having solar photo-voltaic panels on the roof. Had you noticed them? This means we can generate the electricity we use ourselves and also contribute to the nation's store of "green" electricity. No coal-burning power stations, no nuclear risks. Simply light. All part of our 21st Century Shop. Look high above the entrance door and a little to the left as you enter to see the screen displaying what we are generating at that moment, how much we have generated since we started and how many tonnes of CO2 we have saved so far. Do you know of other buildings that could do the same? All our volunteers work alongside another volunteer, and probably the Manager as well. Both long-standing residents and new-comers have been delighted to make new friends in this way. Anyone is welcome to join the list of volunteers. Simply mention it next time you are in the Shop. The rota for the next couple of weeks is circulated among volunteers and you can offer according to your other activities. Some have a regular spot, and some are happy to fill in a space. Happily, we have never yet needed to close the Shop for lack of volunteers...... The Barrowden and Wakerley Community Shop was set up as a result of the Parish Plan which urged the provision of a Shop once again. It is staffed entirely by volunteers alongside our full-time Manager, David Lewis. We have easy parking space. Our aim is to provide a first-class shopping experience with high-quality goods at competitive prices for residents of Barrowden and Wakerley and all our nearby villages. We also welcome those passing through our lovely village when walking the Jurassic Way or the Rutland Round or cycling in the area or simply visiting in the area. We are supplied by many small local businesses whose goods you will not find in many other places. We believe our prices are competitive with most other local stores at their regular prices. Come and see for yourself! Remember, you do not need to drive into a town, find a parking place or walk significant distances between car and store. AND here you can also meet up with neighbours, enjoy a cup of coffee, or tea or chocolate, in our friendly bistro, or take it outside to sit in the sunshine, admire our special garden and enjoy Barrowden's fresh air. More from the Christmas Fayre.   Meanwhile, other got on with the more serious business of shopping and re-stocking the shelves.  |
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