Give back to the community all while buying a pre-loved fashion item, or cup of coffee! Find out about Wayside’s social enterprise projects.

Heart Cafe

Meet up, sit, eat, relax and enjoy beautiful fresh food and coffee served from the heart, in the heart of Bondi. Our food is fresh, wholesome and locally sourced with each dish reflecting the unique flavours, colours and lifestyle of Bondi. Our single estate, premium coffee is brought to you by local Eastern Suburbs coffee purveyors, Gypsy Espresso.

Heart Cafe is Bondi’s first social enterprise cafe, where diners can enjoy delicious, local dishes while helping to bridge the gap from unemployment to mainstream employment for some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged young people. Heart Cafe is a place for everyone.

Open daily, 7am – 3pm

In 2019, Wayside Chapel in partnership with UTS released the Managing Hybrid Releases Guidebook, using examing Heart Cafe as a social enterprise. You can download the guidebook here. 

Check out Heart Cafe at www.heartcafe.com.au.

Check out the heart cafe website

Contact

Address: 95 Roscoe Street, Bondi Beach
Website: www.heartcafe.com.au
Telephone: 0450 119 404

Lovely coffee, friendly staff, delish food and a great social enterprise. What more could you ask for? It IS a cafe with heart. Thanks for the yummy breakfast – I’ll definitely be back to try some of the gorgeous sounding lunch menu.
Roger, Heart Cafe customer.

Op Shop

Looking for some eclectic fashion bargains? Or just want to shop more ethically?

Wayside Chapel Op Shop is your favourite place! Shop in store or online. 

Look good, Do good, and Feel good knowing that every dollar spent goes back to support people experiencing homelessness. 

We are still accepting donations of good quality, clean clothing, shoes and accessories. Staff will sort items between emergency clothing and those for sale with all proceeds going back to help people in need. Please see donation requirements below.

Op Shop Kings Cross: 29 Hughes St, Potts Point

Mon – Fri: 9am – 4:00pm 
Sat: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Sun: closed 

Op Shop Bondi: 40-42 Warners Ave, North Bondi 

Opening Hours:
Tues – Fri: 9am – 4pm
Sat: 9am – 2pm
Sun – Wed: closed

Telephone: (02) 9581 9127

Op Shop Online: https://thewaysidechapelopshop.com

Donations

Wayside Chapel Op Shops will accept:

  • Clean clothing and shoes
  • Towels
  • Blankets
  • SMALL amounts of kitchenware and bric-a-brac
  • Jewellery/handbags
  • Good condition books (no self-help or textbooks)


Wayside Chapel Op Shops can’t accept

  • Electrical items
  • Kids’ clothing or toys
  • Furniture

Please keep these tips in mind when planning to make a donation:

  • Please donate good quality, clean items to Wayside – as you would give to a friend or wear yourself
  • Deliver items to the front door of the open Op Shop – anything left on the ground becomes contaminated and unusable
  • Do not donate broken, soiled or stained goods.

If you would like to donate clothing to Wayside Chapel, find our Donation Bins in the following places:

Wayside Chapel Kings Cross – 29 Hughes St Potts Point: drop off in after-hours chute in Orwell Lane (open Thursday 4pm – Tuesday 9am every week). 

Wayside Chapel Op Shop Bondi Beach – 40-42 Warners Ave, North Bondi or drop off in the Donation Bin at Cnr Warners Ave & Niblick Street, North Bondi

CLICK HERE TO SHOP AT OUR ONLINE OP SHOP

Contact

Telephone: 02 9581 9127
Email: [email protected]

I come here to admire the beautiful clothes, it’s like an art gallery. I’ve bought lots of clothes from here and I get some great advice about washing and sewing from the staff and volunteers. It’s such a pleasant place.
Sue, Op Shop customer