- Announcement May 26
- Recent Newsletters
- Bird news in Headley
- Carol Singing
- Christmas Product Launch
- Remembrance Day
- Halloween
- Macmillan Cancer Support
Birds in Headley – a Success Story
The annual ‘Big Garden Bird Watch’ was organised in late January’26 by the RSPB and revealed the UK bird population has continued to decline by 4% since 2019 (Source DEFRA)
Your Headley Store has products to support the local bird population.
Items include:
– Bird food and seed;
– Garden bird feeders;
– Nest boxes
(Handmade and kindly donated
(Subject to availability)
As reported in Newbury Weekly News (21 May’26) the in-store streaming of Headley Shop’s own bird box revealed a Great Tit who made her nest and laid eight eggs, just before Easter. You can find details of the Great Tits on Page 3!
Update 7 May 08.35am: Five hatchlings successfully fledged, when no one was looking! A number of customers who acquired some of the donated bird boxes have reported they are also in use, mainly by Blue Tits. We are aiming at increasing our customer base but in the meantime happy to contribute to the local bird population!
Carol Singing
The former Baptist Chapel was filled with the sound of carols on 11 December’25 accompanied by Mary our in-house organist.
Mulled wine and mince pies helped to clear the throats!
A Taste of Christmas
Headley Shop launched its Christmas product range on 22 Nov’25 in the community room including food, drink, gifts and decorations.
Hand crafted jewellery, wooden products and wreaths were also available on the day.
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Halloween
A local supply of pumpkins were kindly donated to the shop last October, each pumpkin produced a donation to the shop fund.
No trick, just a treat for the community store and pumpkin owners!
Macmillan Cancer Support
The annual coffee morning in support of Macmillan in September’25 raised several hundred pounds.
The community room attached to the shop is available for hire at only £7.50 +vat per hour.
Enquiries welcomed in-store.
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Shop Newsletter July 2026
We have a pressing need for additional volunteers in the Shop. No specific qualifications or experience are required as we will provide the necessary training. Help from any source is welcome and if you have time on your hands for any reason and would like to become involved, you are assured a warm welcome from our permanent staff and other volunteers. We also need additional members of the management committee which carries out the duties of running the Shop as a not for profit business and supervises its operation. The committee is elected annually. Again no specific qualifications are required but amongst the committee members various responsibilities are assigned.
If you would like to become a shareholder in Headley with Ashford Hill Community Shop Association Limited, the cost is £10. There is a supply of subscription forms available in the Shop. There are no financial obligations attaching to membership.
As last month’s newsletter was not widely distributed, just a plug for summer time products and activities – holidays, barbecues, ice cream, beer and wine.
- You will find sausages and burgers (including veggie ones) in our freezer.
- Our Post Office can supply you with foreign exchange; currency ordered before 13.00 will be available for collection on the next working day. Euros and multi-currency cards are kept in stock. Buy back of Euros and US Dollar is also available (subject to conditions).
- Our ice cream freezer has been back in action for a while and is full of Magnums, Cornettos and Feasts to mention just a few in addition to our Judes range available all year round.
- We carry a selection of beers brewed by the local Renegade and Flower Pots establishments and a range of Laithwaites wines including prosecco and rose.
- From the start of June, Play It Again records have displayed in the Shop selling their records. If you are interested in vinyl records, come and view their stock of Pop/Rock, Folk and Classical records, the majority of which are on sale for £5 or less.
- The Parish council have generously awarded a grant to the Shop. We intend using part of it to purchase an external metal shed to store some of the chairs and other items which currently make the community room a less attractive space so we can increase its use and hiring potential. We are also in the process of changing our hot drinks machine for one which is simpler and easier to use than its predecessor.
The Management Committee
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