Dorset Reclaim recycles and re-uses furniture and electrical goods in Bournemouth and Poole. It boasts a 21,500 strong donor base, with over 55,000 items of furniture being donated to date. The principle aim of Dorset Reclaim is to provide furniture and household items to those in need within the local community and has so far helped some 9,500 people in this way.

Dorset Reclaim provides opportunities for members of the local community to help in the day-to-day running of the organisation. It is dependant on a voluntary workforce, with a variety of jobs on offer, ranging from warehouse, collection and delivery team, administration, carpentry and electricians.

Education/Awareness Raising

Evolving Systems
Litton Lane, Litton Cheney, Dorchester
Dorset, DT2 9DH
Pat Foxwell
01308 482455

Evolving Systems is an edible garden based on permaculture principles using a holistic approach to increasing the biodiversity and sustainability of the garden by creative design.

West Dorset Food and Land Trust
Centre for Local Food, Unit 17
St Michael’s Trading Estate, Bridport
Dorset DT6 3RR
Keith Hatch
01308 420269 F: 01308 428928
keith@learnwest.co.uk
www.foodandland.org

The West Dorset Food and Land Trust is a community development organisation based in Bridport. The Trust has played a key role in developing the local food sector in the West Dorset area.


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Furniture and Electrical

Dorset Reclaim
85 Stanley Road, Springbourne
Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 4SD
Ray Tovey
01202 773384 F: 01202 772091
rtovey@dorsetreclaim.org.uk
www.dorsetreclaim .org.uk

Dorset Reclaim operates out of two depots in Dorset. The principal aim is to provide furniture and household items to those in need within the local community as well as providing volunteering opportunities for people to help in the day to day running of the organisation.

June Strawson Payne Trust
3 Twynham Avenue, Christchurch
Dorset BH23 1QU
Lillian Jeffries
01202 485978

Second Chance Furniture
Unit G, 83 Lynch Lane, Weymouth
Dorset DT4 9DN
Howard Lester
01305 766621
scfurniture@tiscali.co.uk

Your Choice
Unit 9 Richmar Trading, Butts Pond
Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1AZ
Jeeves Johal
01258 471665
jeeves@yourchoiceplus.co.uk

Your Choice is a unique furniture recycling service in rural North Dorset. It carries out both collection and delivery of goods in its own locality as well as SW Wilthsire, SE Somerset, West and East Dorset. It offers a valuable service to people on low incomes and benefits, and to pensioners, in villages and the towns of Blandford, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster Newton.

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Scrapstore

Dorset Scrapstore
Three Lanes End, Puddletown
Dorchester, Dorset DT2 3RR
Viv Endecott
01305 849444
keith.dear@talk21.com
www.dorsetscrapstore.org.uk

An Aladdin’s cave where waste from industry beomes a community resource.