About

There are currently four trustees but we will be actively looking to find additional trustees with the required skill levels in the near future.

We are working hard behind the scenes to keep The Drop In as a valuable resource for our local community.

There are two community spaces for hire, perfect for local events, meetings, and gatherings. 

Whether you're planning a celebration or a workshop, find the perfect venue with us.

The numerous extensions added to the building over the years means that now only small parts of the original façade can be seen. Originally, it was a small charity school founded in the early 1600’s by Thomas Wilson and Edward Goodwin, it was designated to be used only for education or the community. 

There were in fact two charities named; Goodwin Almshouse Charity & Charity of Edward Goodwin. As part of the charitable work six almshouses were also built, just up the road from here (demolished in 1963). The stipulated condition to be able to apply for the almshouses was that you needed to be a poor widow who was resident in the area of Rawmarsh. The income from the properties was to be used for the benefit of elderly people or people with disabilities and provide buildings/facilities/open spaces. 

Later records of 1743, show the income from Edward Goodwin’s charity, paid for: A schoolmaster of Rawmarsh, for educating twenty boys in reading, writing, and accounts, and finding them books, paper, pens, and ink. 

A schoolmistress, for teaching fifteen girls belonging to Rawmarsh, to read, write, and spin. And for putting out three apprentices in Rawmarsh, at £5 each. The remaining money, after keeping the buildings in repair, is laid out in bread-corn, and distributed to the poor of Rawmarsh. 

In the early 1900’s the school was a Quaker school. The building later became Haugh Council School and continued during the 1940’s and 1950’s. 

The Drop in Centre, as it has now become, still exists to be of benefit to our community.