- 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.
11/11
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.
______________________________
Shop Newsletter September 2026
An essential part of our service is the Post Office, providing click and collect services for Parceforce and Amazon, in addition to the usual Royal Mail and banking service, gift cards and foreign exchange. Debs has been our Post Office supervisor for the last five and half years but we need to recruit a part time assistant. This is a paid position for 2/2 1/2 days per week. Full training will be provided but existing PO experience would be an advantage. If you are interested or know anyone who might be, please contact us using the link on the home page.
The Summer may almost be over and the end to the continuous sunshine/drought is in sight but we have all the foodstuffs required for a late season barbecue such as sausages (frozen or fresh) and burgers, including the vegetarian variety.
One of the product lines available in the Shop is the wide range of greeting cards for all occasions including some by local artists and charities. In addition, we sell stationery, including envelopes and adhesive tapes, for packaging and otherwise, sellotape, string, biros, wrapping paper and gift bags.
We also have a stand alone printer from which you can print labels using a wifi
connection in addition to screen top printing in colour or black/white.
Following the success and popularity of the last event, we intend holding another Quiz Night on 10 October in Headley Village Hall starting at 7pm. Tickets will be on sale shortly and further details will be advertised in the Shop including the ticket price and food offering.
Whilst mentioned in recent newsletters, we still need more volunteers to help run the Shop. If you have a few hours to spare, your help in assisting the supervisors Kerina and Sandra carry out a variety of tasks will be appreciated. No previous experience is necessary as there will always be one of them in the Shop to provide assistance. If you can help, please contact us.
In addition, we still need another committee member to help with administrative and secretarial duties. If you can help, please contact Carol-anne via our contact form.
The Management Committee