St Albans

Emmaus St Albans
Hill End Lane
St Albans
Herts
AL4 OFE

Contact: David Bex, Community Leader

Phone: 01727 817294

Shop Address:

ST ALBANS SHOP: Hill End Lane, St Albans, AL4 0FE
BATFORD FURNITURE STORE: Unit A, Lea Industrial Est, Lower Luton Road, Batford, AL5 5EQ


Shop Opening Hours:
  • St Albans Shop: Monday to Saturday 9am - 5pm.
  • Batford Shop: Currently closed for refurbishment. Please phone: 01727 817 297 for information.

Telephone St Albans 01727 817297; Batford 01582 469564

We are a community We have a shop

Welcome to Emmaus St Albans

Emmaus St.Albans first opened at the beginning of 2002. The building used to be the nurses home for the old Cell Barnes Hospital on Hill End Lane.

At Emmaus St.Albans we have two shops. One shop is joined to the Community building and the other shop is in Batford (Harpenden). Both shops accept donations of household furniture, some electrical goods, toys and books, bric-a-brac, bicycles, collectables and antiques.

Many of the furniture donations pass through our in-house workshop where they will be sympathetically restored. Work done will range from a simple scratch removal to complete strip down and re-finishing with French Polishing in the traditional manner by hand. The workshop will also design and build a variety of items from scratch with a particular focus on using recycled materials.

Our Emmaus St.Albans eBay, known as emmaus_charity_shop has been doing well, and was awarded the coveted 'Powerseller' status last month, as a reward for its efforts. Entirely run by Companions, it has become recognised as a site with an excellent reputation and the perfect place for Antiques and Collectables at bargain prices. Our way of selling is simple; start everything at 99p and watch the furious bidding that follows. You can see our current eBay items page on our Shops page. For Shop enquires by email address: emmausfs@btconnect.com

Wood Recycling
Emmaus St Albans launched a wood recycling business in October 2008 and is now carrying out frequent collections of wood and selling good wood from these collections to the public. For more information, contact Geoff 07880 528407 or 01727817294.

Companions

At Emmaus St.Albans we currently have 23 Companions and have the capacity to house 24. We have 3 Companions doing part time college courses in Writing, English and Electrics.

As of 2009 we have entered into a partnership with St.Albans City & District Council whereby we are able to move Companions on into 3 Council flats per year with a possibility of managing a council halfway house for 4 Companions later on this year.

Trustees Required

Emmaus St.Albans are looking for Trustees with a work history within the law, so Lawyers & Solicitors are welcome.

For further information please contact: communityleader@emmausstalbans.org.uk