Tyne & Wear
Oxfam Bookshop
7 St Mary's Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7PG
0191 2322476
Sandy Cadwin
www.multimap.com/clients/places.cgi?client=oxfam4
Composting
Comfrey Project
St Cuthberts House, 391 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 7PY
Mandy Jetter
0191 274 5588 F: 0191 272 114
The project promotes health and well being among refugees and asylum seekers through group based activities on allotments, which including composting. Project users come through referral and are welcome to attend weekly sessions throughout the year. Activities such as garden design and planning, willow work and trips take place when gardening tails of in winter.
REACT project -Durham Wildlife Trust
Julie Fulton
0191 5843112 F: 0191 5843934
jfulton@durhamwt.co.uk
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/durham
The REACT project is a partnership project run by Durham Wildlife Trust, with the support of North of England Refugee Service and Commercial Road Youth Project to establish various different types of garden around East Community Centre in Hendon. Within this project we aim to include an organic garden with scope to grow fruit and vegetables, as well as sensory, wildlife, cultural and peace gardens. The project will also be establishing composting facilities.
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Pattinson,Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 8LE
Jane Ramshaw
0191 4165454 x223F: 0191 4165801
jane.ramshaw@wwt.org.uk
www.wwt.org.uk
Open Summer 930-5.30, Winter 9:30-4.30
Furniture and Electricals
Community Furniture Service (East Newcastle)
Heaton Terrace, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 1JR
Henry Aitchison
0191 265 6433 F: 0191 276 5042
henryaitchison@communitytransport.org
We provide a furniture and electrical reuse and recycling project. We provide training and development for disadvantaged people within the East of Newcastle resulting in a reduction in landfill, supporting people to gain long-term jobs and providing wide range of furniture, electrical appliances and general household items (curtains, crockery etc) at affordable prices from our showroom. The organisation is hoping to expand its training opportunities to include furniture renovation.
Community Furniture Service (West Newcastle)
Unit 5, Mill Lane North, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 1QA
Allan Woodhead
0191 256 8377
newcastlewest@communitytransport.org
We provide a furniture and electrical reuse and recycling project. We provide training and development for disadvantaged people within the West of Newcastle resulting in a reduction in landfill, supporting people to gain long-term jobs and providing wide range of furniture, electrical equipment at affordable prices from our showroom. The organisation is hoping to expand its training opportunities to include furniture renovation.
Longbenton Youth Project
98b Stoneleigh Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8NT
Becky Rowe
0191 2662271
lypyouthwork@ukonline.co.uk
Newcastle Education Business Partnership
The Newcastle Springfield Centre, off Blakelaw Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE5 3HU
Tom Bittle
0191 277 4444 F: 0191 277 4453
tom.bittle@newcastle.gov.uk
www.newcastle-ebp.org.uk/resources.htm
This scheme provides the means to recycle surplus items from businesses into education, giving the resources a new lease of life and assisting schools by supplementing the school budget. Newcastle EBP co-ordinates the requests from schools with those offered by businesses. Usual types of resources available are:
Office equipment - desks, chairs, filing cabinets, typewriters, computers, printers, photocopiers, fax machines, etc.
Paper products - paper, cardboard, packaging, stationery, display materials, catalogues, brochures, folders, wallpaper, etc.
Fabrics - roll ends of material, threads, wool, etc.
Food operation equipment - plastic containers, cups, plates, utensils, etc.
Electrical components, mechanical components, etc.
Plants, gardening materials, tools, etc.
Building materials, tools, paints, models, etc.
Oxfam North Shields Shop
11b Saville St., North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 6QU
Yvonne Lyall
0191 2570145
yvonnelyall@hotmail.com
Shop Finder at www.multimap.com/clients/places.cgi?client=oxfam3
Oxfam's specialist furniture store is full of good quality second hand furniture at affordable prices. We also sell books, home wares and some electrical items as well.
Renew North East
1-7 Baltic Road, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE10 OSB
Paul Keast
0191 469 7068 F: 0191 495 2183
enquiries@renewnortheast.com
www.renewnortheast.com
Open Mon to Thurs 8-430; Friday 8-3; Sat 9-2.
Renew North East is a non profit organisation based in Gateshead which provides vocational training for the unemployed through the refurbishment and recycling of used domestic appliances for resale in the local community at prices accessible to all. Renew North East provide collections of white goods in Gateshead and South Tyneside; provides training and development for disadvantaged people in Tyne and Wear resulting in a reduction in landfill; supports people to gain long-term jobs and provides appliances at affordable prices. Renew North East also aim to educate the local community to consider the benefits of reuse, through the development of a resource centre and better communication of the reuse message.
St. Oswald's Hospice, Head Office
Regent Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE3 1EE
Giles Dickenson
0191 285 0063, F: 0191 284 8004
enquiries@stoswaldsuk.org
www.st-oswalds.org/showsection.php?cat=4 to find shop details.
St Oswald’s values the life of a person and is committed to excellence in specialist palliative care. It has several charity shops that receive and sell donations to support this aim.
St. Oswald's Hospice, Benwell Shop
97-99 Adelaide Terrace, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE4 8BB
Alan Hunt
0191 272 5098
We sell furniture, electrical items and a selection of gifts.
St. Oswald's Hospice, Byker Shop
175/181 Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE6 1DP
Billy Knaggs
0191 276 3455
We sell furniture, electrical items and a selection of gifts.
St. Oswald's Hospice, Whitley Bay Shop
245, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 3RL
Esther Watson
0191 297 1043
We sell furniture, clothing, shoes, accessories, books, videos, children's toys and electrical items.
St. Oswald's Hospice, Wallsend Shop
44-50 High Street West, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE28 9HX
0191 209 4078
We sell furniture, clothing, shoes, accessories, books, videos, children's toys and electrical items.
Sunderland Community Furniture Service
Unit 13C, Southwick Ind. Estate, North Hylton Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3TX
Tony Lawson, Ken Whitfield
0191 549 9554 F: 0191 548 8681
scfs@btconnect.com
Open Mon to Fri 8.30-4.30
The project provides services where people actually live; reuses unwanted household furnishings and white goods; redistributes these to people who need them; and thereby reduces use of landfill and flytipping. The project also provides environmental education to local children, aluminium can recycling and an office paper collection service.
IT Reuse, and Recycling
Printer Cartridge Recycling (PCR) Scheme
55 Bewick Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4BU
Mark McNichol
0191 423 1030
mark@ukrecycling.net
www.ukrecycling.net
Opening times vary as the scheme is run on voluntary basis so call mobile/email for more information
UK Recycling was designed to help reduce waste. The scheme solely supports UK children's charities through the recycling of donated mobile phones and printer cartridges. 100% of our profit is donated to charity as all staff are voluntary.
Newcastle Education Business Partnership
The Newcastle Springfield Centre, off Blakelaw Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE5 3HU
Tom Bittle
0191 277 4444 F: 0191 277 4453
tom.bittle@newcastle.gov.uk
www.newcastle-ebp.org.uk/resources.htm
This scheme provides the means to recycle surplus items from businesses into education, giving the resources a new lease of life and assisting schools by supplementing the school budget. Newcastle EBP co-ordinates the requests from schools with those offered by businesses. A large and fast moving set of resource available are:
Office equipment - desks, chairs, filing cabinets, typewriters, computers, printers, photocopiers, fax machines, etc.
Food operation equipment - plastic containers, cups, plates, utensils, etc.
Electrical components, mechanical components, etc.
Recyclable: Kerbside
BOB Recycles
2 Southfield Road, Benton,Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8BJ
Steve Manchee
0191 266 2510 F: 0871 661259
steve@smanchee.wanadoo.co.uk
BOB Recycles Ltd, a community business, is in the process of starting up having undergone a thorough feasibility study. BOB aims to deliver a high quality kerbside recycling scheme in the Byker, Ouseburn and Battlefield areas of Newcastle. The company was only formed in January 2006. It is hoped to start the kerbside scheme with glass, plastics, paper, tins in late Summer, adding cardboard and textiles and then kitchen waste in the autumn.
Kerb-it, Groundwork South Tyneside
The Eco Centre, Windmill Way, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE31 1SR
Laura Atkinson
0191 4281144
laura.davies@groundwork.org.uk
www.southtyneside.info/kerb-it/ and www.kerb-it.com/
Open Mon to Fri 8.30-5
The Kerb-it Recycling scheme is run as a partnership between, South Tyneside Council, Premier Waste Management and Groundwork. A recycling team, funded by Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), work with the community to raise awareness through leaflets, canvassing, road shows, radio, bus advertising and education.
Don’t Bin It,Win It! (Little Wasters /BAN Waste)
Newcastle Healthy City Project, 14 Great North Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4PS
Phil Crocker
0191 2304217 0191 2323917
phil.capon@googlemail.com
Members of BAN Waste have set up their own Little Wasters company is working in partnership with Newcastle City Council and North Tyneside Council on their “Don’t Bin It, Win it” kerbside incentive scheme. This involves raising media attention, public awareness of the prizes available through continues use of the council’s kerbside collection scheme. It is hoped to extend the project through coordination and co-opting of sponsors to continue to raise the profile of the recycling.
S.C.R.A.P. (Schools and Community Recycing Awareness Project)
First floor, Sunco House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 6UF
Louise Mitchinson
0191 2421609 F: 0191 2421608
scrap@childrens-warehouse.org.uk
Open Monday to Friday 9-5
SCRAP (previously Newcastle Schools and Community Recycling Project) has been working with schools in Newcastle since 1993. Their current Paperchase project has introduced and coordinated office paper recycling, the biggest single type of school waste, to over 75 (78 per cent) of all Newcastle primary, middle and secondary schools. It also provides curriculum linked activities for schools to increase participation, and with community groups to raise awareness and participation in the councils kerbside collections. It particularly targets the 46% of Newcastle wards that have substantially deprived communities.
Sunderland Community Furniture Service
Unit 13C, Southwick Ind. Estate, North Hylton Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3TX
Tony Lawson, Ken Whitfield
0191 549 9554 F: 0191 548 8681
scfs@btconnect.com
Open Mon to Fri 0830-1630
In addition to its furniture and electrical reuse scheme, Sunderland Community Furniture Service also provide environmental education to local children, aluminium can recycling and an office paper collection service.
Reusable Nappies
Newcastle Real Nappies Network
24 Kyle Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Jo Dale
0191 422 6391
jodeconstruction@hotmail.com
Run by a local resident, for local residents, Newcastle Real Nappy Network can help by providing free advice and support to anyone considering using or already using Real Nappies. Free talks and demonstrations at various events around Tyneside are provided to allow the choice of the best nappy system. Please call for details.
Grow up Green
17 Denmark Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 5XF
Elspeth Clayson
0191 276 2400
info@growupgreen.co.uk
www.growupgreen.co.uk/
Please call and remember we may be out on laundry deliveries or home consultations - please leave a message and we will get back to you within 24 hours.
Grow up Green gives an easy-to-use practical alternative to the disposable nappy. After changing countless nappies, the environmental and financial impact of disposables is hard to ignore. Real nappies come in many different shapes and sizes. At Grow up Green we offer a personal home consultation, with trial options, so that you can make the right choice for your baby. We also offer a laundry service that has a weekly drop off and pick up, swapping clean, freshly laundered nappies for soiled ones, the job of washing and drying nappies is removed while household waste that goes to landfill is substantially reduced. We also work with local nurseries, hospitals and councils with the aim of reducing their clinical waste bills.
Megababe Maternity
151 Park View, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 3RF
0191 280 2522
info@megababematernity.co.uk
www.washables.co.uk/
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am - 5 pm. Out of hours appointments can be made by calling and arrange a time to suit yourself.
Due to overwhelming interest in washable nappies in our maternity clothes shop, we set up a website to provide information and washable nappies online as well as a means to buy them. It has a wide variety of different types and sizes and lots of information.
Scrapstore
The Children's Warehouse
First floor, Sunco House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 6UF
Lynn McCarthy
0191 242 1612 F: 0192 242 1608
lmccarthy@childrens-warehouse.org.uk
Mon CLOSED, Tuesday-Friday 9.30-4.30, Saturday 10-4
The Childrens Warehouse has been established to provide, assist or support the provision of quality creative play and environmental facilities for children and young people resident in the North of England, particularly but not exclusively in the Tyneside area, to promote the development of such children and young persons, in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential. The scrapstore provides an Alandin’s cave of resources from material’s collected from a variety of public and private sector sources that no longer want it – i.e. its their rubbish that would most likely be land filled but once returned to the scrap store it can made available for re-use.
Tools
Tyneside Tool Aid
19/20 Ravenburn Gardens, Denton Burn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 7HU
Jim Snowdon
0191 274 9144
We refurbish hand tools for use wherever there is a need, be this to supply to local community group or to send to the third world.
Miscellaneous
Sport Recycler
c/o STRIDE, Wyvestow Lodge, 2 Sunderland Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4UR
Linda Rutter
07984405724
enquiries@sportsrecycler.co.uk
This is a new social enterprise about to launch for the summer 2006. It is open and welcomes donations of unwanted sports equipment such as bikes and rowing machines which will be made available to those who wish or need to use them. We will be working in partnership with South Tyneside council, local health professionals and welcome community partnerships.
Green Team Edward Lloyd Trust
1 Rosedon Court, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12
Pam Harrison
0191 2664524
elt1@rosedon.wanadoo.co.uk
We meet at Byker Community Centre on a Monday at 11am through till 12noon for recycling morning which is known as the green team and then we have a "Drop in" afternoon. Once a month we hold committee meetings. Activities so far consists of shredding cardboard and paper and crushing tin cans, and are then taken to the Recycling Banks. We hope to expand and carry out new activities and welcome new members.
Waste Awareness and Education
BAN Waste
Newcastle Healthy City Project, 14 Great North Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4PS
Paul Roberts
0191 2304217 F: 0191 2323917
info@banwaste.org.uk
www.banwaste.org.uk
Monday and Tuesdays are best time to call, although an answer phone operates and is checked at other times.
BAN Waste works in partnership in the promotion of recycling for events through education and activities, such as The Tall Ships, and Newcastle Green Festival. BAN Waste is working on media relations and marketing consultancy work around waste policies and strategies, with the aim to raise the profile of waste minimisation and Zero Waste issues within the region. BAN Waste also continues to work on developing and implementing community recycling schemes in Newcastle.
Durham Wildlife Trust
Rainton Meadows, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6PU
Julie Fulton
0191 5843112 F: 0191 5843934
jfulton@durhamwt.co.uk
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/durham
The Durham Wildlife Trust overall aims are to protect wildlife and promote nature conservation. It has a membership scheme with over 8,500 members, runs events, manages 26 nature reserves and 4 visitor centres, provides environmental education, and has a variety of species and habitat recovery projects. Several events, courses and projects focusing on the reuse, recycle and composting themes are provided on an ongoing basis.
ENCAMS
Cruddas Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Linus Morton
0191 260 3167
linus.morton@encams.org
Open Mon to Fri 9-5
A local survey found that the main environmental issues identified by more than a third of West end residents were back lane rubbish dumping, dog fouling and general litter. This project aims to raise awareness about how we can all take responsibility in looking after our environment and as part of this it aims to make films to look rubbish and litter in the West End of Newcastle and more general environmental issues in our streets for delivery to schools, possibly as part of the eco-schools project.
Friends of the Earth North Tyneside
11 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 1AW
Les Price
0191 259 6409
Campaign on environmental issues in North Tyneside and beyond. Aim to promote a more environmentally, caring, sustainable and equitable way of life for the people of North Tyneside.
Friends of the Earth South Shields
Brian Paget
stfoe@negg.org
Friends of the Earth Tynebridge
1 Salisbury House, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 1AG
John Broderick
0781 299 1290
tynebridge_foe@yahoo.co.uk
www.foe.co.uk/tynebridge
Friends of the Earth Tyne Bridge campaigns for a sustainable society in central Newcastle and Gateshead.
Kerb-it, Groundwork South Tyneside
The Eco Centre, Windmill Way, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear NE31 1SR
Laura Atkinson
0191 4281144
laura.davies@groundwork.org.uk
www.southtyneside.info/kerb-it/ & www.kerb-it.com/
Open Mon to Fri 8.30-5
The Kerb-it Recycling scheme is run as a partnership between, South Tyneside Council, Premier Waste Management and Groundwork. A recycling team, funded by Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), work with the community to raise awareness through leaflets, canvassing, road shows, radio, bus advertising and education.
Little Wasters Ltd
Newcastle Healthy City Project, 14 Great North Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4PS
Phil Capon
0191 230 4217 or 07986 758 931
phil.capon@googlemail.com
This newly formed Community Interest Company is relocating in April 06 but contact can be made through given details.
Little Wasters carry out community consultation on waste, specialising in communication work such media liaison, arrangement and facilitation of events, and writing up and distribution of relevant reports.
Newcastle Environment Forum
www.newcastle.gov.uk/environmentforum
Paul Roberts
Newcastle Healthy City Project, 14 Great North Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4PS
0191 230 4217
Adrian McLoughlin
Enterprise, Environment & Culture Directorate, Newcastle City Council, Room 701, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8PH
agenda_21_team@newcastle.gov.uk
0191 211 6146
Newcastle Environment Forum exists to inform and promote debate on all environment issues. We are an independent body with the support of a few key organisations and welcome any suggestion for topics and speakers that may be of interest to those people in our region that wish to be kept informed about and participate in initiatives that have a broadly environmental and sustainable dimensions or aims. You can subscribe to the mailing list by calling, emailing or through the website.
Ouseburn Farm
Ouseburn Farm, Ouseburn Road (off Lime Street), Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 2PA
Jan Shimming
0191 232 3698
jan.shimmin@newcastle.gov.uk
The building is not currently fully open to the public so please phone before hand. Facilities are available for rental.
The Ouseburn Farm provides and facilitate environmental training, activities, events and education; this will include horticulture and composting. Demonstrate best practice in sustainable construction and management and providing information about renewable energy themes.
Scotswood Natural Community Garden
John Marley Centre, Whickham View, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 6TT
William Mortada
0191 200 4706 F: 0191 3200 4729
office@sncg.org.uk
www.sncg.org.uk/
The philosophy behind the project is based on Permaculture, which is a way of developing land that uses organic and biodynamic techniques to develop self-sustaining ecosystems. It holds that there can be no permanent / sustainable food-producing system without a flourishing community to support it and so it is concerned with building skills and confidence within communities to achieve that long-term sustainability. We've run a variety of events and courses, so please contact us to be added to our mailing list for our newsletter.
Sunderland Community Furniture Service
Unit 13C, Southwick Ind. Estate, North Hylton Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3TX
Tony Lawson, Ken Whitfield
0191 549 9554 F: 0191 548 8681
scfs@btconnect.com
Open Mon to Fri 0830-1630
In addition to providing a variety of reuse and recycling schemes, Sunderland Community Furniture Service also provide environmental education to local children and aim to raise awareness of significance of environmental issues.