Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is opening a new House Clearance Shop on Christchurch Road, Boscombe East. The shop will be officially opened by Casualty actor, Matt Bardock at 10am on Wednesday 4th March.
The Boscombe site becomes Lewis-Manning’s fifth House Clearance Shop and forms part of the charity’s growing retail network. Unlike a traditional charity shop that relies primarily on bagged donations, the shop is stocked directly through Lewis-Manning’s professional house clearance and recycling service.
Susan Newcombe, Commercial Director at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care, said: “We’re really pleased to open our latest House Clearance Shop in Boscombe. When someone asks us to clear a property, we carefully sort and prepare quality items for resale. Those items then go straight back into the community through our shops, preventing good furniture and homeware from going to landfill. We hope that the shop becomes an essential part of the local community, with every purchase directly supporting families facing life-limiting illness.”
Families often contact the service during major life changes, including bereavement or moving into care. The team provides a practical, compassionate solution, offering free valuations and ensuring items are reused, recycled or responsibly disposed of. Lewis-Manning carries out partial and full property clearances across Dorset, including houses, rental homes, garages, storage units, gardens and outbuildings. High-quality furniture, lighting, ornaments, kitchenware and decorative pieces are cleaned, prepared, and brought into either the new Boscombe East shop, or one of the other sites for resale.
The new Boscombe East shop stocks a wide range of pre-loved homeware, from artificial flowers and statement lighting to sofas, tables, and unique interior pieces. The modern space has been designed to reflect Lewis-Manning’s approach to combine sustainable shopping, affordability, and environmental responsibility.
Within the shop’s locality in Boscombe, Lewis-Manning has supported 36 patients since 2023, providing 89 counselling sessions, 32 lymphoedema appointments, and 16 creative art sessions. The charity supports more than 1,200 local residents and their loved ones each year, with only 12% of its funding coming from the NHS.