It’ll cost you… nothing! High street shop opens offering clothes, pillows, handbags and other items for nothing to help the most vulnerable

• Maya’s Free Shop runs on donations and has enough ‘clothes to dress all of Kent’
• In one day they received more than 100 bags worth of donations 

A high street shop has opened offering clothes, handbags, pillows, candles and paintings without charge.

Maya’s Free Shop, in the centre of Herne Bay, Kent, allows customers to take whatever they wish from the donated goods because they ‘have enough clothes to dress the entire county’.  

In one day the shop, funded entirely through donations and cash from community interest companies, received more than 100 bags worth of donations to help the most vulnerable, amid rising costs of food and energy.

Owner Maya Amangeldiyeva aims to support those struggling financially and reuse unwanted items.

The mother-of-three pays the space’s rent and energy cost using donated cash.

Maya’s free shop in Herne Bay is open and offering the best bargain in Kent as their shop is run entirely on donation

In one day the shop received over 100 bags of donations to help the most vulnerable as the rising cost of food and energy are leaving people stressed

Ms Amangeldiyeva said: ‘I don’t ask any questions and we don’t care about your income – anybody can use our free shop.

‘We receive donations all the time. We have had over 100 bags today. Honestly, we have enough clothes to dress all of Kent.

‘I don’t care – if you need help, I will help you. There are no other shops like this.’

Ms Amangeldiyeva, who moved to England from Turkmenistan 15 years ago, has over 150 volunteers helping out between the free store and café.

She said: ‘It started off with me putting up a clothes rail in our community café for 20 items or so.

‘People started bringing so much stuff that we had to open the shop. We don’t want anyone to be ashamed of dressing up from a charity shop.

Owner Maya Amangeldiyeva from Turkmenistan 15 years ago and has another project alongside her community café for the low-waged and homeless that she has run since 2015

She aims to support those struggling financially and re-use unwanted items and today people are reportedly flocking from across the county to shop for free

‘All money that is donated to the shop goes towards our food bank.’

Previously the building was a hairdressing firm, today people are reportedly flocking from across the county to shop for free.

It is another project alongside her community café for the low-waged and homeless, that she has run since 2015.

Ms Amangeldiyeva originally started the store after receiving a mass of donations to help families fleeing Ukraine.

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