Grassboots

03/09/2025

Our Grassboots area at Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend is running short of good quality new and pre-loved football boots, trainers and sportswear. If you are a local club or individual who is able to help, please take any donations directly down to Tyneside Community Store, 73-75 High Street West, Wallsend NE28 8JD. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-2.30pm and Saturdays 9.30am-11.30am

Please only consider donations that are in good clean condition and without any personal names on them.

Thank you! ⚽️ 👟 🏃

13/05/2025

Some really encouraging figures from the first few months (Jan-March 2025) following our transition to the new physical shop based at Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend. Lots more people now able to access the project and lots of great items heading out of the door that will no doubt help many people engage in sport or physical activity. 👏

The address:
73-75 High Street West
Wallsend
NE28 8JD

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday - 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday - 9:30am to 11:30am

27/03/2025

Our 'click and collect' website will be winding down over the next few weeks as we transfer the last of our stock over to Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend. Working with our partner, Northumberland FA, this amazing, accessible shop will continue to provide access to low cost items of new and pre-loved football boots, trainers and school shoes along with a range of sportswear. They will also support referrals from other key partners and organisations. If you or someone you know needs help with any of these items, please pop down to the store and see what they have to offer. ⚽️ 👟 👕 🧤 🏃‍♂️ 👞 🩳

You'll find the store here:
73-75 High Street West
Wallsend
NE28 8JD

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday - 9:30am to 2:30pm
Saturday - 9:30am to 11:30am

12/03/2025

Fantastic to see the Grassboots shop taking shape at the Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend. We’ve transported another load of sports clothes and footwear down there today and that will be making its way into the store very shortly. We’re already seeing lots more people having access to very affordable footwear and clothing which makes us very happy! If you need help, pop down to the store to see what they have available. 👟👞⚽️ 🏃🏻‍♂️

05/03/2025

We wanted to let you know about some important and exciting changes taking place with the Grassboots project. Over the last few years we've been struggling to have the capacity to run Grassboots on our own with limited time, resources and space for storage.

So, we're delighted that the Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend is going to help us deliver a Grassboots shop as part of their store in Wallsend. They are an amazing community focussed organisation who share a lot of the same passions and values as we do. It will mean that people will have access to free and low cost footwear and sports clothing 6 days a week and be able to try them on in store. This helps the project to be far more accessible and sustainable going forward and the store will continue to be supported by our partner Northumberland FA with donations of kit and footwear.

So, please be patient as we transfer stock over to the store over the next few weeks. Our click and collect website www.grassboots.uk will continue to operate until things are fully transferred and we are working with other partners to explore how that may continue to operate.

If you are outside of the Tyneside area, we have been supporting an amazing project called the The Harvey McWilliams Foundation who offer a similar service to Grassboots from their base in and around the Darlington area so please check them out.

Grassboots is a project aimed to help people who are struggling financially to have access to grassroots sport and outdoor activities by providing low-cost new and pre-loved footwear and sports clothing to people in the North East of England. How does it work?Our website uses a click and collect sys...

09/01/2025

A fantastic selection of pre-loved and new items of footwear and sports clothing have been added to our website this week. Check out our online 'click and collect' shop here: www.grassboots.uk ⚽️ 👟 👕 🩳

08/01/2025

Are you or your family looking to get more active this year? The cost of sports shoes and clothing can be a real barrier to many people who want to get active or join a club or group. Grassboots can offer support by providing low cost pre-loved and new items of sports footwear and clothing to those who really need them. Check out our 'click and collect' website at www.grassboots.uk We also have lots more girls, women's, boys and men's sports clothes and shoes available to view at our Wallsend base so if you can't see what you're looking for please get in touch. ⚽️ 👟 🏃‍♀️

04/12/2024

Always a joy to see the orders packed and ready to go out to the people who need them! 👟 👞 👕

27/11/2024

Great to have two fantastic volunteers from SLR Consulting working with us today. Between them they have cleaned and sorted an incredible amount of boots and trainers. We are very thankful for their hard work! 👏

20/11/2024

Today we’ve been sorting through, organising and cleaning some of the items that have been donated via the Northumberland FA partnership donation points. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. Some of these items will go on our website and others will go directly to families and individuals who need support.

13/11/2024

Another pair of pre-loved boots cleaned and ready to go to a new home ⚽️ 👟