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Community stores

A volunteer at our Greensborough community store checks and prices second hand items for sale

About community stores

Better known as the Brotherhood’s op shops, our community stores sell donated furniture, clothing and other household items. As well as selling low-cost goods to families and bargain hunters, they also offer job opportunities and a place for community connection.

Our hunter gatherer stores offer vintage clothing while Brotherhood Books retails titles through its website. Our community stores also help furnish homes for refugees and newly arrived migrants under the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy (IHSS).

Store locations

The Brotherhood has 22 community stores. Check your nearest community store locations.

Volunteering

The Brotherhood’s community stores are supported by more than 600 dedicated volunteers. Find out more about individual volunteering.

Donating goods

All our Brotherhood stores are stocked with goods generously donated by the public and by businesses. You can donate directly at our community store locations.

Learn more about how to donate goods (including which goods we can’t accept) and arrange collection of furniture.

Supporters

We thank the following supporters of our community stores:

Pacific Brands

Help us improve

We welcome feedback about our community stores. Please use the online feedback form.

Contact us

Brotherhood of St Laurence
Donated goods collections
Phone: 1300 DONATE (1300 366 283)
Email: collections@nullbsl.org.au

$1 Book Sale!

Don’t miss your chance to grab some amazing books at just $1 each from Tuesday 1 May – Tuesday 15 May at our Bentleigh, Brunswick, City, Croydon, Deer Park, Fitzroy, Grovedale, Northcote, Moonee Ponds, Pakenham, St Kilda and Wantirna South stores.

For store details click here

The Brotherhood Books Website

If you love books we are giving you an even bigger and better reason to restock your shelves with a $6 flat rate of freight for all orders, big and small!

Brotherhood Books $6 freight

Brotherhood Books raises funds to support the work of the Brotherhood of St Laurence. There are thousands of books on our site, so there's bound to be something for everyone!

Our Moonee Ponds store has had a makeover!

Come along and check out the new look, which features fashion from our boutique vintage brand, hunter gatherer, a new, extensive book section from Brotherhood Books, a large range of reconditioned whitegoods from Phoenix Fridges, and a kids' corner! You'll find us at 24 Margaret Street, Moonee Ponds (opposite the train station). We're open 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Sunday.

Not just an op shop

Not just an op shop is a moving little film about life in our Brunswick Community Store.

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