Lutheran Care and Elcies

Op Shops

Op Shops That Support Your Local Community

Lutheran Care op shops provide quality clothing, toys, homewares, accessories, linen, handbags and other household items. Click below for contact details and open hours.

Our three ’boutique-style’ Elcies stores stock handpicked, higher-end goods. 100 per cent of proceeds from our sales flow to vulnerable people by funding Lutheran Care programs such as Emergency Relief. Our three Lutheran Care Op Shops are more traditional opportunity shops, offering affordable, good quality items for families on lower incomes, Emergency Relief clients in receipt of op shop vouchers, and bargain hunters alike.

By supporting our op shops by shopping with us, donating your preloved goods, or both, you become a key partner in our mission to build strong, caring communities. Thank you!

Elcies Norwood

43-45 The Parade, Norwood SA, 5067

Elcies

N O R W O O D

Elcies Tanunda

Shop 4, 46 Murray Street, Tanunda SA, 5352

Elcies

T A N U N D A

Elcies Semaphore

231 Military Rd, Semaphore SA 5019

Elcies

S E M A P H O R E

Smithfield

Smithfield Plains Shopping Centre
Shop 10, 240 Peachey Rd, SA 5114

Lutheran Care

S M I T H F I E L D

Blair Athol

307 Prospect Rd, SA 5084

Lutheran Care

B L A I R _ A T H O L

Precinct on Coventry

112 Coventry Road, Smithfield Plains SA, 5114

Lutheran Care

P R E C I N C T

Op Shops

Volunteer opportunities now available

If you are interested in volunteering in an op shop or have a specific skill set you can offer, please contact us and we can discuss opportunities.

Click here for more information about volunteering or contact our Volunteer Coordinator (volunteer@lutherancare.org.au or 0437 836 134).

Looking for a corporate volunteering opportunity?

We have those too! Let us know how many people are in your team and the amount of time you’re able to give and we can discuss opportunities that will build your teamwork and serve the community at the same time!

Op Shops

Where To Donate

Will you declutter for a good cause? This Winter, we are running desperately low on donations, and are urgently seeking donations of good quality preloved goods. If you can help, please bring donations to:

Lutheran Care Blair Athol Op Shop and Donation Distribution Centre (307 Prospect Road)
Elcies Norwood (43-45 The Parade)
Elcies Semaphore (231 Military Road) or;
Elcies Tanunda (Shop 4, 46 Murray Street).

However, if you are unable to donate directly to the above locations, we also have collection skips located at:

Concordia College, Highgate
Blackwood Lutheran Church, Blackwood
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Para Vista
Glynde Lutheran Church, Glynde

Op Shops

Op Shop Donations Guide

We gratefully accept the donation of quality preloved goods from our supporters. Each year our volunteers sort, pack and move thousands of bags of clothing and bric-a-brac items to stock up our six op shops across Adelaide and the Barossa.

Unfortunately we are not able to accept some items because of compliance or safety reasons, lack of storage space or lack of floor space in our stores. Thank you for your understanding.

We appreciate donors ensuring all items are in a good, clean, usable condition.

Donations we can accept

Clothing of all sizes for men, women and children which is clean and presentable
Children’s toys which are clean and unbroken
Dinnerware and crockery which is presentable and unbroken
Clean shoes
Unbroken picture frames
Jewellery (including clip-on earrings)
Hats, fascinators, scarves, belts and ties
Clean linen (bed sheets, pillow cases, curtains)
Crystal/vases/teapots/glasses
Handbags, tote bags/shoppers, evening bags, beach bags/baskets
Baking and cooking equipment and utensils
Small kitchen appliances in good working order (eg. toasters, kettles, electric frypans/woks, slow cookers, rice cookers)
Saucepans
Chopping boards
Plastic cooking/freezing items and containers with lids
Electronic games and consoles
Vintage and retro cameras
Sporting equipment including golf equipment (must be clean)
Buttons, beads and wool
Personal appliances, including hair dryers, straighteners etc.

Donations we cannot accept

Beds and mattresses
Wardrobes
Washing machines
Dryers
Microwaves
Specific school uniforms for children
Computer monitors and printers
Broken, incomplete or unclean children’s toys
VHS cassettes or cassette players
Used stationery (including old personal diaries and calendars)
Illegitimate DVDs, computer games or audio CDs – it is against the law in Australia to retail unofficial copies e.g. ‘burnt CDs’
Any type of restraint baby items (e.g. cots, bouncers).