About Us
The Toorak Op Shop is operated by the three Toorak Ecumenical Churches: The
Toorak Uniting Church, St John’s Anglican Church, and St Peter’s Catholic Church.
Members representing each of the three churches are on the board of our
committee.
The Toorak Op Shop was established in 1980, and through the selling of donated
merchandise, we support charities nominated by the three churches.
A team of volunteers runs the daily operation of the Toorak Op-Shop, where
merchandise is expertly sorted, cleaned, and priced to ensure the best of quality at
an exceptional value. We proudly carry some of the leading luxury brands in the world.
Over our years of trading, and through the hard work of our team of volunteers, the
Toorak Op Shop has gained a broad reputation as one of the best opportunity shops
in Victoria.
The reward for our volunteers is the joy of providing quality merchandise at great
prices, and the knowledge that the money raised is going directly to charities
nominated by three local churches.
Revenue raised through sales, fewer outgoings, are donated to the nominated
charities bi-annually.
The current committee members (in alphabetical order) are:
Molly Bull
Carrlo Jack
Linda Marett (Secretary)
Julie Osborne
Richard Summersgill
Phillip Thomas (Chairman and Treasurer)
We are proud to support the following charities in our first bi-annual donation in 2023:
Toorak Op Shop Donations May 2023
Richmond Churches Food Centre
Christ Church Anglican Church Community Centre, St Kilda’s Little Mission
St Mark’s Anglican Church Community Centre, Fitzroy
Anglicare, Dixon House
St Martin’s Anglican Church Hawksburn Food Distribution Ministry
St John’s Church Discretionary Fund
Brotherhood of St Laurence, After School Care Program
E-Qubed Australia
St Silas & St Anselm Anglican Church, Albert Park, Sunday Suppers
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Refugee Child Outreach
Anglicare, Anglican Criminal Justice Ministry
The Lazarus Centre, St Peter’s Eastern Hill
The Order of St Lazarus Victorian Commandery Foundation
The Mission to Seafarers Victoria
McAuley Community Services for Women
MacKillop Family Services
Corpus Christi Community
Sacred Heart Mission
CatholicCare
Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes Foundation
ACRATH
St Joseph’s Priory
John Pierce Centre for Deaf Ministry
St Peter’s Church Discretionary Fund
Asylum Centre Resource Centre
Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Avalon Centre
BlazeAid
Frontier Services
The Volunteers and Committee wish to thank our donors of clothing
etc. and our customers for their part in helping us support the above
charities.
The Toorak Ecumenical Churches Opportunity Shop is supported by St.
John’s Anglican Church, St. Peter’s Catholic Church and the Toorak
Uniting Church.
