Cheshire
Network support
Cheshire Furniture Re-use Forum
ian@crn.org.uk
www.cfrf.org.uk
The forum exists to promote and support re-use of furniture through projects operating in Cheshire, also working in partnership with Local Authorities in the county.
Recycling/Education
Environment Together
23 Littlebourne, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 6EX
A charity involved in recycling & education in Halton. Organisation is setting up a ” horse & cart” recycling/education project in the borough collecting recyclables from an area within the borough. Provides education by visiting schools and other communities using the horse and cart to advertise. Young vulnerable/disadvantaged youngsters are involved in the project.
Education
Groundwork Macclesfield and Vale Royal
Yarwoods Arm, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BEFurniture, White Goods and Electrical
Changing Lives in Cheshire
Bridge Building, Road 2, Winsford Industrial Estate, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 3QL
Cheshire
www.cfrf.org.uk
Wythenshawe Development Trust
27 Park Crescent, Wilmslow, Stockport, Cheshire SK9 4BR
www.cfrf.org.uk
The WDT addresses the need for recycling and supports people to help each other. Collects furniture to assist with the housing of homeless families and gives support to unemployed and low-paid people in East Cheshire and South Manchester. The Trust exports furniture to Eastern Europe and Africa.
Salvation Army Ellesmere Port
Whitby Road, Cavell Drive, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 7BZ
St Vincent de Paul: Chester & Ellesmere Port
St Vincent de Paul: Chester and Ellesmere Port District Furniture Unit
St Vincents Depot
Unit 29 Westminster Industrial Estate
Rossmore Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 3DU
Collects and supplies second-hand donated furniture at affordable prices to disadvantaged people in Ellesmere Port and Neston. Also provides furniture free of charge to families in need via official bodies such as the Council Housing Dept., the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and Social Services.
North Staffordshire Furniture Mine
Unit 2 Carlton House Estate, Registry Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1PU
www.cfrf.org.uk
The Furniture Mine, through a variety of methods, re-distributes good quality furniture from those who have and no longer need it to those who need it but don’t have it in North Staffordshire and East Cheshire.
Wesley Community Furniture Project
56-58 Lloyd Street South, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 7HT
www.thewesley.org.uk
Operating in Manchester and North East Cheshire, the project’s aim is to work in partnership with others to provide furniture and other household items at the lowest prices to those in need, to further relieve poverty by providing jobs, volunteering and training opportunities, and to re-cycle and re-use as much of the material received as possible.
Blacon Furniture Project
16 The Parade
Blacon
Chester CH1 5HW
www.blacon.org.uk
The Blacon Furniture Project, part of the Blacon Community Trust, aims to provide affordable second-hand furniture and other household items to local residents and low income families in the Chester area. It also helps in the re-use of these items by diverting them from landfill sites.
Tree of Life Centre
St Mark’s URC, Oatlands Rd., Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 1AH
Cheshire
www.treeoflifecentre.org.uk
The Tree of Life Centre at Wythenshawe aims to reduce and overcome social, economic and health barriers experienced in our community by developing community service provision focused around health and well being.
Tree of Life collects and re-distributes used furniture, white goods and clothes as a way of improving quality of life and creating opportunities for all in our community.
Furniture
Finders of Winsford
is a new-look furniture re-use project in Winsford,
Cheshire, covering Vale Royal and surrounding area. The main aims are to:
- Improve access to furniture and appliances to those on low incomes
- Provide work based training opportunities to improve employment prospects.
- Reduce the amount of items going into landfill.
- Provide services that our community needs.
- Make a difference.
Furnaround
Allmeadows Cottage, Wincle, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 0QJ
Furnaround operates in Macclesfield District supplying good second-hand furniture to local people free of charge. Most customers are referred by local social agencies, but people may self-refer.
Christian Concern Crewe
St Paul’s Centre, Hightown, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 3BY
www.christianconcerncrewe.org
Christian Concern Crewe works in central and East Cheshire and collects, restores and redistributes items of furniture donated by folk who have no further need of it. These are then passed on to needy people in the community, referred by professionals from other services. At the same time, training opportunities and supported employment are offered to young people and adults who would otherwise be difficult to place, including some with special needs. The vision is to support the poor and marginalised in order to restore their self worth and encourage them to believe they can make a positive contribution to their community.
Miscellaneous
Halton FoE
93 Highfield Rd, Widnes, WA8 7DH
Deni Newman
deni.igloo@fish.co.uk
Promotes waste minimisation and recycling as part of a sustainable environmental policy.