Essex
Bicycles
Re-Cycle East
Unit A, Global Park, Moorside, Eastgates, Colchester, Essex,CO1 2TJ
www.re-cycle.org
Collect and ship second hand bicycles and parts from Essex to Africa. Local partners teach local people the skills of how to repair and maintain them, to improve their lives in a sustainable manner.
Composting
South East Essex Organic Gardeners
19 Folly Lane, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4SE
www.seeog.org.uk
Promotes the principles of organic gardening by,Composting organic waste;Protecting wildlife;Reducing pollution;Encouraging species diversity.
Furniture and electricals
Colchester Shake Trust
Unit 2 Bloomfield Place, 25 St. Botolphs Street, Colchester, CO2 7EA
Provision of furniture and other household effects, free of charge, to disadvantaged families and individuals who would not otherwise be able to afford these items.
Emmaus Colchester
4a Arthur Street off Osbourne Street ,Colchester,CO2 7DT
www.emmaus.org.uk
Emmaus in Colchester provides low cost furniture and delivery for people in need and raises funds towards building an Emmaus community. The community will offer homeless people a home and work refurbishing donated furniture and houshold goods to be sold in the community shop.
Hamelin Trust
33 Laindon Centre, Basildon,Essex, SS15 5TQ
www.hamelintrust.org.uk
Collects furniture, clothing and IT equipment, refurbishes items and provides them at a low price back into the community. Hamelin also operates a chain of charity shops.
Lighthouse Furniture Project Ltd.
Unit 27 Tallon Road, Hutton Industrial Estate, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1TE
www.lighthousefurniture.org.uk
Collects and provides good quality furniture, electrical appliances, and household items to all those that wish to use the scheme. A social enterprise working with a range of agencies to help those in need.
Rainbow Services Reuse Project
Units 2 & 6,Latton Bush Centre, Southern Way, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7BL
www.rainbowservices.org.uk
Reuse donated items of furniture, clothing, household linens to families and individuals living on a low income in Harlow They operate a shop called the Furniture Reuse Project. Also collect large working electrical items.
Second Generation Reuse Project
Unit 34 , Thames Industrial Park, Princess Margret Road, East Tilbury, Essex, RM18 8RH
http://www.trup.org.uk/
The furniture store takes donations of quality pre-owned furniture, toys, bikes, computers, electrical appliances, DIY and homemaking items in good condition and passes items on for a small charge to people in need.
Southend Association of Volutary Services Furniture Recycling
212 Westborough Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend, Essex, SS0 9PR
Reuses furniture and electrical goods and bric-a-brac to help those who cannot afford to furnish their homes at normal prices.
Tendring Reuse Employment Enterprise (TREE)
Unit 2 Oakwood Plough Corner, Little Clacton, CO16 9ND
www.tree1.org.uk
Collects white goods and furniture and refurbishes goods for sale. The project provides employment and training for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market.
TREE 2, Chelmsford
Synergy Centre,Hoffmans Way,Chelmsford,CM1 1GU
www.tree1.org.uk
Take electricals and furniture . They are also a drop-off point for IT equipment.
The Tendring Furniture Scheme
Rocket House, 43 Stephenson Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 4XA
www.tendringfurniture.org.uk
To subside our charitable work for individuals and families on low income we are also now open to the general public. We offer a substantial discount to people in receipt of benefits.
IT equipment
Hand In Hand
3c The Granaries,Reeds Farm Estate,Roxwell Road,Chelmsford,CM1 3ST
www.hihand.org
Hand In Hand collect mobile phones for recycling
Millrace IT
Units 9 & 10 Briarsford Ind. Estate, Perry Road,Witham , CM8 3UU
www.millraceit.co.uk
MillRace IT is a social firm. It resuses and recycles computers.It also offers training to all its students..
Local Charity Shops
Farleigh Hospice
North Court Rd,Chelmsford,CM1 7FH
www.farleigh.org
Collects and sells clothing, bric-a-brac, records, small electrical items and furniture to raise funds for Farleigh who provide care for people with cancer, and other life threatening illnesses.
Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity
Woodside,Broomfield Hospital,Court Road, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
www.helenrollason.org.uk
Operates six charity shops in Essex and drop off centres for mobile phones.
Little Havens
Stuart House, 47 Second Avenue, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 8HX
www.littlehavens.org.uk
Offers respite and end of life care for children suffering from life-threatening and life limiting illnesses.Their charity shops sell good quality items of clothing, bric-a-brac, electrical items or furniture
St Clare's Hospice
Hastingwood Road, Hastingwood, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9JX
www.stclare-hospice.co.uk
St Clare Hospice charity shops raise money for St Clare Hospice by reusing saleable furniture, clothes, bric-a-brac and books.
St Helena Hospice
Myland Hall, Barncroft Close, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9JU
www.sthelenahospice.org.uk/fundraising.htm
Operates a chain of charity shops to fund hospice.
Paint
RePaint Colchester
15 Church Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NS
www.repaintessex.org.uk
Collects and re-distributes paint free of charge from households and companies to charities, community groups, schools and individuals in genuine need
Recyclables
Roundwood Garden & Visitors Centre
Church Street, Bocking Churchstreet, Essex, CM7 5LJ
Provides employment and training for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market. Recycling is a part of the training programme.
Scrapstore
Bright Ideas Scrap Scheme
The Old Buoys Store, Hythe Quay, Colchester, CO2 8JF
www.brighti-deas-scrap-scheme.co.uk
Bright Ideas reuses art and craft materials. Participating members pay an annual fee and get the materials for free.
Thurrock Play Network
The Pyramid Resource Centre , Heath Road, Chadwell St Mary,Grays, Essex, RM16 4KH
Collects scrap materials from business and households and reuses it for children's education and play activities.
Textiles
ECCO/Tex-Bac
Harlow District Council Depot, Bush Fair, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6LX
www.ecco.org.uk
Provides a high quality kerbside collection of textiles and bric-a-brac from 80,000 households in Harlow and Epping Forest. The project works with partners to offer therapeutic work to people experiencing social disadvantage.
Moses Basket Group
46 Covenbrook, Hutton, Brentwood, Essex
www.pilgrimsbaptist.co.uk
Support families and single parents in the Brentwood, Essex area with their practical needs in looking
after babies and young children.
Tools
Essex Tools With A Mission
55 High Road ,Leavenheath,Colchester, Essex CO6 4PB
www.twam.co.uk
Collects tools and items such as sewing machines, typewriters, and duplicators and sends them to selected development projects, training centres and schools in developing countries.
Wood Recycling
Woods Forever
51 Queens Road, North Weald, Essex, M16 6JE
www.woodsforever.co.uk
Miscellaneous
En-Form
15 Church Walk, Colchester, CO1 1NS
www.en-form.org.uk
En-form is an environment centre providing information and advise to the general public, businesses, community groups and schools. The organisation also collects paint,toner cartridges as a re-use and recycling service
Essex Materials Exchange
A free online information service where organisations can access information about redundant stock or surplus raw materials available from other organisations.
Essex Community Reuse and Recycling Network (ECORRN)
15 Church Walk,
Colchester,
Essex,
CO1 1NS
01206 367776
www.reuseessex.org.uk
The Essex Community Reuse and Recycling Network (ECORRN) exists to support and promote all the reuse and recycling projects in Essex, including Southend and Thurrock. They can provide signposting on reusing and recycling most items."
Essex Friends of the Earth (FoE)
paula.essexfoe@btopenworld.com
Studio 3 Art
Rainham Hall, The Broadway, Rainham, Havering, Essex RM13 9YN
www.studio3arts.org.uk
Creates and runs environment projects and schemes with local groups and partner organisations.
Give Or Take
www.giveortake.org
Essex version in association with en-form, Essex
County Council, CEP, and ECORRN.
Give or Take is a way of getting rid of things you don't need or looking for things you do. You can give away something, look at what others have to give away, or place an ad for something you need.