The Honesty Jar - Now Open Mon to Sat, near Sherborne, Dorset
Revised winter opening hours 10am-4pm
Like the The Honesty Jar facebook page to keep up to date &
find out about what treasure is coming into the swap:-
books, clothes, costume jewellery, hand tools, plants, produce,
plus craft workshops and special events
A new home for the SwapShop
somewhere we can do what we do in marquees in a field... all year round in the warm & dry, Yay!
A space to relax, meet people, make stuff, fix things, play music, learn skills, share coffee, find treasure...
On the A30 just outside Sherborne, Dorset, on a family run dairy farm
which is also home to the Toy Barn, the Maize Maze and the Black Shed Cut Flower Farm
We are super excited and need help, support, guidance, ideas and advice from all of you.
Profits from the SwapShop fund health and social care training for local family carers, community music events,
family craft workshop materials, transport, structures and insurances.
♻️ Keep up to date by liking the Facebook page - facebook.com/thehonestyjar ♻️
Volunteers : There is a Google calendar to coordinate who's available at what times at the bottom of this page below the pictures
Revised winter opening hours 10am-4pm
Like the The Honesty Jar facebook page to keep up to date &
find out about what treasure is coming into the swap:-
books, clothes, costume jewellery, hand tools, plants, produce,
plus craft workshops and special events
A new home for the SwapShop
somewhere we can do what we do in marquees in a field... all year round in the warm & dry, Yay!
A space to relax, meet people, make stuff, fix things, play music, learn skills, share coffee, find treasure...
On the A30 just outside Sherborne, Dorset, on a family run dairy farm
which is also home to the Toy Barn, the Maize Maze and the Black Shed Cut Flower Farm
We are super excited and need help, support, guidance, ideas and advice from all of you.
Profits from the SwapShop fund health and social care training for local family carers, community music events,
family craft workshop materials, transport, structures and insurances.
♻️ Keep up to date by liking the Facebook page - facebook.com/thehonestyjar ♻️
Volunteers : There is a Google calendar to coordinate who's available at what times at the bottom of this page below the pictures
The BearCat SwapShop originally started quite by chance
Sam put out a blanket of unwanted items with a 'Help Yourself' sign at the Sunrise Festival in Bruton,
things started to disappear, and also new things unexpectedly appeared on the blanket.
This continued throughout the weekend, with people popping back to see what new things might have arrived...
and so the SwapShop was born!
The first official outing was at the OffGrid Conference in the Mendips.
So far, contributions to the SwapShop have been stored in barns to stock the next pop-up swap,
this has meant that some items are damaged due to damp, especially over the winter months.
A new permanent home will mean that the SwapShop can continue all year round, Yay!
Sam put out a blanket of unwanted items with a 'Help Yourself' sign at the Sunrise Festival in Bruton,
things started to disappear, and also new things unexpectedly appeared on the blanket.
This continued throughout the weekend, with people popping back to see what new things might have arrived...
and so the SwapShop was born!
The first official outing was at the OffGrid Conference in the Mendips.
So far, contributions to the SwapShop have been stored in barns to stock the next pop-up swap,
this has meant that some items are damaged due to damp, especially over the winter months.
A new permanent home will mean that the SwapShop can continue all year round, Yay!
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Lovely words from one of our volunteers and musicians Kimberley Smith 😊💚♻️
"I've compiled these fabulous posters [below] advertising Bearcat Collective's new home! Can't wait to be in the space, if you want to be involved somehow, please have a lovely time perusing the posters, and you might find your way to the Facebook page to find out when it's opening, and when things will start happening 🤩 Since being a part of BearCat, I have often heard the same questions I had once asked; "how does this actually work? There seems to be no profit to be made, or anything, I find it hard to see how this works..." Well, the trick is: recycling, reusing, reducing, regifting, re-paring, and recovering. What comes in, and goes out, is the circulatory beauty of The Honesty Jar. It's power to the people, and it's being a part of those who have something to offer with zest and compassion, and thus breeds a new gift to be recycled into something else, be it a nice word, action, or an object. You never know what will happen at the end of the day, when a collective of people can put their minds together, only magic can be produced as part of such an activity. Please spread the word!" |
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Revised winter opening hours 10am-4pm
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New Winter Opening Hours 10am-4pm
Volunteers
We need people to be in the space to display SwapShop contributions that come in,
and be a welcoming presence.
Anything beyond this is up to the individual.
You may simply want to relax and drink tea, or mend things, or make signs,
or run a workshop, some people would like to play musical instruments.
We have started a google calendar to see who plans to be there when,
scroll down, to find it below the photos.
The idea is for this to be a wonderfully sociable venture
as well as a great way to de-clutter, learn skills and find bargains.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
It would be lovely to meet you,
if you are interested in volunteering, send an email or come and visit us.
We need people to be in the space to display SwapShop contributions that come in,
and be a welcoming presence.
Anything beyond this is up to the individual.
You may simply want to relax and drink tea, or mend things, or make signs,
or run a workshop, some people would like to play musical instruments.
We have started a google calendar to see who plans to be there when,
scroll down, to find it below the photos.
The idea is for this to be a wonderfully sociable venture
as well as a great way to de-clutter, learn skills and find bargains.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
It would be lovely to meet you,
if you are interested in volunteering, send an email or come and visit us.
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A trip down Memory Lane...
We're trawling the archives, please enjoy some pictures of
BearCat SwapShops & Crafts over the last 10 years,
at rural village halls, country fayres and festivals around Dorset & Somerset.
We're trawling the archives, please enjoy some pictures of
BearCat SwapShops & Crafts over the last 10 years,
at rural village halls, country fayres and festivals around Dorset & Somerset.
Volunteers : This is a Google calendar to coordinate who's available at what times to be in the space
The calendar is 'live', so if you are viewing it at 10pm, that will be the time that is centred in the display,
just use the scroll bar on the right to centre it on daytime, and use the blue arrows in the top left corner, to toggle between weeks
If you are interested in putting your name down for any shifts please email us
The more the merrier, so don't be put off if other names are already down for times you would like to volunteer
The calendar is 'live', so if you are viewing it at 10pm, that will be the time that is centred in the display,
just use the scroll bar on the right to centre it on daytime, and use the blue arrows in the top left corner, to toggle between weeks
If you are interested in putting your name down for any shifts please email us
The more the merrier, so don't be put off if other names are already down for times you would like to volunteer
