Assortment & collaboration
With 5.050 m2, the thrift store in The Hague is the largest thrift store in the Netherlands. Since 30 March 2017, the store has been opened at Laan van Waalhaven 213a. The store is spacious and completely in RataPlan 2.0 style furnished and consists of the ground floor and two floors, which can be reached by both the stairs and the elevator. In addition to the sale of items, workshops and demonstrations are also offered in the store.
RataPlan The Hague offers a complete range of clothing, books, small items and furniture. Furthermore, there is enough space for the presentation of various articles so that creative ideas can be gained. The items you can find in the stores of RataPlan found are brought in on a daily basis. This provides a wide range and makes it extra fun to hunt for thrift bargains. Didn't find what you were looking for one day? It may be in the store in a few days. The treasure hunt in RataPlan So The Hague can start. When are you coming?
Bicycle department & repair
In The Hague you will find a training center in the bicycle department in addition to the fixed range. The training center, set up by the Op-Nieuw foundation, has moved to RataPlan The Hague. Op-Nieuw provides services in the field of social activation, practical training courses and guidance with the main objective of training as a bicycle repairman. In addition to selling and repairing second-hand bicycles, people are also trained here to become bicycle repair shops. This allows us to offer people with and without a distance to the labor market the opportunity to follow training and to offer a paid job. Customers can also contact our bicycle repair shops for repairs to their bicycles. Do you want to have a bicycle repaired? Then mail to: repair@op-nieuw.nl
Eat Drink
RataPlan In addition to a large shopping area, The Hague also has a spacious coffee corner to take a nice break while shopping. The coffee corner is open daily and, in addition to delicious drinks, also offers the possibility to have lunch. The employees of the coffee corner are happy to serve you a cup of coffee with a delicious apple pie. Will you settle down soon in our cozy coffee corner on the Laan van Waalhaven?
Partnerships
At RataPlan people with a distance to the labor market work. They are seconded from the Haeghe Group and the Employers Service Point of the municipality of The Hague. By working in the thrift store, they gain work experience and thus have a better chance of a regular job. Just like in many other branches of RataPlan there are also people working at the thrift store via Reclassering Nederland and Inwerking.
When books and/or cardboard no longer go through RataPlan can be used, this will be brought to Renes The Hague. Renes handles it all with the utmost care. They ensure that it is recycled in an environmentally friendly way. We also separate the remaining metals and this is handed in to Krommenhoek Metals BV. They ensure that the metals are recycled.
The Hague Quality Mark for Voluntary Organizations
In 2019 RataPlan The Hague received the coveted Hague Quality Mark for Volunteer Organizations. This quality mark is intended for voluntary organizations that do their work without or with a small number of paid employees. Within very RataPlan many volunteers are active. In total there are more than 340. Volunteers are very important for a Foundation like RataPlan. The volunteers, together with other employees, form the beating heart of the cycle.
Gemiva-SVG Group
RataPlan The Hague has been collaborating with 2018 since the beginning Cygnus activity center, part of the Gemiva-SVG Group. Cygnus provides care for people with physical disabilities and / or non-congenital brain injuries. From various clients came the question to be more meaningful. For most clients, turning in society is something that is more difficult because of their disability. In the thrift store they have the opportunity to get back to work and clients of Cygnus support the toy department. They look at the toys that are returned to the thrift store, repair toys that are broken and finally clean everything before it goes into the store. Various people experience a meaningful day spending here and in addition, the thrift shop takes work off your hands again.