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Reg. Charity Number 801287 RE-USING FURNITURE AND WHITE GOODS FOR IPSWICH * RECYCLING NON REUSABLE WHITE GOODS * PROVIDING FURNITURE TO LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS * PROVIDING TRAINING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND DISADVANTAGED * PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com

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Reg. Charity Number

801287

RE-USING FURNITURE AND WHITE GOODS FOR IPSWICH

* RECYCLING NON

REUSABLE WHITE GOODS

* PROVIDING

FURNITURE TO LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS

* PROVIDING

TRAINING FOR THE

UNEMPLOYED AND

DISADVANTAGED *

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Ipswich Furniture Project has been operational as a registered charity since 1989. It is staffed by five full-time and five part-time employee’s, plus volunteers and New Deal placements, whose help is crucial to the smooth running of the project.

The aim of the project is to provide an accessible source of furniture and white goods to any persons on a low income who lives in the Borough of Ipswich or surrounding area.

The project is here to assist people of any age, whose needs may vary from a single item, to a complete house full of furniture.

Eligibility to Membership of the project is via a referral system operated by designated agencies throughout the town or by providing proof you’re receiving a means tested benefit.

At the Shop, Members receive a discount off the items they select and this furniture is then delivered to their homes in the project’s vans. Discount is not given at our Hogarth Road Depot. Prices here reflect that this venue is not open to the public, but only to those eligible and in receipt of an acceptable benefit. Some new items, such as beds, are also available, however discounts are not available on these items.

We generally collect donated furniture and household items within Ipswich and a 15-mile radius free of charge. Delivery outside of Ipswich is chargeable unless we are collecting from an area at the same time.

The New Furniture Initiative is available to social landlords and other agencies providing housing support. We supply new furniture, cookers etc., so the landlord can provide furnished accommodation to those in need in East Anglia.

Ipswich Furniture Project

(Reg. No. 801287)

Hogarth Rd

Ipswich

IP3 0EY

Tel: (01473) 404004

Fax: (01473) 408005

[email protected]

Shop at 4-6 St Matthew’s Street

Ipswich

Tel: 01473 221220

Email: [email protected]

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Committee Members/Trustees:

Mick Allison- Chair

Fiona Harris- Treasurer

Hilary Offord

Liz Harsant

Staff:

Bob Whitehead - Chief Executive

Gerald Ward - Project Supervisor

Anne Thrower -Customer Service

Natalie Murton -Customer Service

Lorna Gull -Customer Service

Hailey Sendall—Customer Service

Mick Game—Driver Loader

Kelvin Cotton - Driver Loader

Paul Gould - Electrical Repair Technician

Derek Clarke -Electrical Repair Technician

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those organisations and individuals who have given substantial support, donated funds, goods or services as follows:

Mrs L D Rope Third Charitable Settlement, Hereward H.Assoc, Lord Belstead Charitable Trust, Annie Tranmer Charitable

Trust, Alchemy Foundation, Coutts & Co Charitable Trust, 29 May 1961 Charitable Trust, Robert Kiln Charitable Trust, Fitton Trust, N Smith Charitable Trust, FRN, Lady Hind Trust, Suffolk Community Foundation, Jane Hodge Foundation, Pennycress Trust and other smaller Charitable, personal and corporate donors. Many of these contributions to our work have been

successfully secured by Sarah Grieveson and Karen Turner, our Fundraising team—our thanks to them. The cost of Fundraising

is shown accordingly in our accounts.

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As of March31,

2010

As of March31,

2009 ASSETS

Fixed Assets Motor Vehicles 12,000.00 16,000.00 Total Fixed Assets 12,000.00 16,000.00 Current Assets Other Current Assets Rent Deposit 4,406.25 4,406.25 Stock 3,330.66 3,258.90 Total Other Current

Assets 7,736.91 7,665.15

Accounts Receivable Accounts

Receivable 5,372.60 129.00

Total Accounts Receivable

13,109.51 7,794.15

Current/Savings Current Account 9,675.87 238.37 N F I 22.92 90.35 Renewals Fund 111.83 18,000.00 Takings/Petty

Cash 7,002.64 3,411.37

Total Current/Savings 2,059.88 21,740.09 Total Current Assets

18,873.14 45,534.24

Current Liabilities Accounts Payable 10,444.01 8,886.94 Attachment Deductions 305.10 7.01 Other Current Liabilities

Payroll Liabilities 618.22 618.22

VAT Control -1,073.38 -1,203.65 Total Other Current Liabilities

-150.06 -578.42

Total Current Liabilities

10,293.95 8,308.52

Net Current Assets 17,282.45 16,819.47

TOTAL ASSETS Less Current Liabilities

33,688.70

37,225.72

NET ASSETS

33,688.70

37,225.72

Equity

Opening Bal Equity 37,225.72 41,868.74

Retained Earnings -9,882.89 Net Income -3,537.02 5,239.87

Total Equity

33,688.70 37,225.72

Ipswich Furniture Project Balance Sheet As at March 31, 2010

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Ipswich Furniture Project Income and Expenditure

As at March 31, 2003

April 2009 through

April 2008 through March

Ordinary Income/Expense Grants 22,176.00 55,800.00 Income Donations 191.12 0.00 IFP Membership/Friends 0.00 0.00 Furniture Receipts 86,272.10 69,662.07 Electrical Sales 47,221.28 49,868.96 Scrap Receipts 59,340.30 52,642.96 Recycling Credits 0.00 0.00 Misc. Income 1,544.92 0.00 Removals 265.87 239.57 Delivery 353.47 781.76 N F I Sales 28,676.87 17,462.77 Total Income 246,041.93 246,458.09 Cost of Goods Sold FRNE/WEEE Purchases 1,498.08 1,250.39 N F I Furniture 6,359.59 1,548.93 N F I White Goods 10,755.80 7,966.36 N F I Other Purchases 0.00 0.00 Total COGS 18,613.47 10,765.68 Gross Profit 227,428.46 235,692.41 Expense Admin, Storage, Delivery, Sortation 7,338.70 3,088.70 Advert/Marketing & Recruitment 3,351.00 5,842.00 A G M Expenses 65.38 92.65 Bank Service Charges 810.29 463.24 Cost of Fundraising 1,837.11 2,909.90 Cleaning Materials etc 457.96 511.69 Depreciation 4,000.00 5,385.07 Dues and Subscriptions 609.08 808.83 Electrical Parts/Service 2,793.73 3,962.43 Hogarth Road Expenses 1,600.40 1,768.78 Insurance 4,820.63 4,549.45 Miscellaneous 169.45 998.08 Motor/Transport Expenses 18,325.01 25,227.06 Rent 19,669.94 17,613.31 Office, Printing & Copying Costs 1,454.42 1,287.73 Provisions 471.87 606.82 Payroll Expenses 132,013.17 122,295.31 Postage and Delivery 167.21 145.10 Programme Expense-Fridges/ 0.00 7,362.76 Professional Fees 475.00 305.00 Repairs and Renewals 3,532.99 2,175.71 Rates 3,052.02 1,538.46 Stock Control Development 0.00 4005.00 Telephone/Internet 3,772.33 3,840.48 Tools and Equipment 3,781.70 2,393.29 Training Expenses 467.90 751.99 Travel Expenses - Staff/Vols 1,964.50 1,881.34 Utilities 9,784.46 5,774.47 Volunteer Expenses 3,181.92 2,579.02 Waste Disposal 1,010.34 1,658.07 Total Expense 230,978.51 231,821.74 -3,550.05 3,870.67 Other Income 0.00 820.00 Interest Income 13.03 549.20 Reimbursed Expenses I B 0.00 0.00 Total Other Income 13.03 1,369.20 Net Surplus/Deficit -3,537.02 5,239.87

Ipswich Furniture Project Income and Expenditure

As at March 31, 2010

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Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees ofIpswich Furniture Project

I have examined the financial statements of Ipswich Furniture Project for the year ended 31statements have been prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements for charities under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out therein. My responsibility is to examine the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements without the carrying out of an audit. I report to you my opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance with legal requirements. I also report to you if, in my opinion, the Report of the Treasurer is not consistent with the financial statements, if the charity has not kept proper accounting records, if I have not received all the information and explanations I require for my examination, or if information specified by law regarding any employee's remuneration and transactions with the charity is not disclosed.

I have read the Report of the Treasurer and consider the implications for my report if I become aware of any apparent misstatements within it.

Basis of examination opinion I conducted my examination based upon the books, records and verbal statements given. My examination includes, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by the Treasurer in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charity's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed. I planned and performed my examination so as to obtain all the information and explanations which I considered necessary in order to provide me with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming my opinion I also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements. Opinion In my opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Statutory requirements.

Ipswich Furniture Project Treasurer and Hon. Independent Examiner’s

Statement

April 2009 through March 2010

We the undersigned, have examined the accounting records of the Ipswich Furniture Project and hereby certify that in our opinion, the accounts contained herein represent a true and fair reflection of the organisation’s state of affairs.

Signed:

………………………………….. Fiona Harris – Hon. Treasurer

…………………………………. John R Stenhouse – Hon. Independent Examiner

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Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of Ipswich Furniture Project

I have examined the financial statements of Ipswich Furniture Project for the year ended 31 March 2010 prepared by the Treasurer. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements for charities under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out therein.

My responsibility is to examine the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements without the carrying out of an

I report to you my opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance with legal requirements. I also report to you if, in my opinion, the Report of the Treasurer is not consistent with the financial statements, if the charity has not kept proper accounting records, if I have not received all the information and explanations I require for my examination, or if information specified by law regarding any employee's remuneration and transactions with the charity is not disclosed.

I have read the Report of the Treasurer and consider the implications for my report if I become aware of any apparent misstatements within it.

Basis of examination opinion I conducted my examination based upon the books, records and verbal statements given. My examination includes, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by the Treasurer in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charity's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

I planned and performed my examination so as to obtain all the information and explanations which I considered necessary in order to provide me with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming my opinion I also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial

In my opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2010 and of its deficit for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Statutory requirements.

John R Stenhouse Dated: 17th August 2010

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TRUSTEEES REPORT This has been another year of relative stability even though the Project’s finances have remained very tight on occasions. It does focus the mind on how we operate and the service we provide. Our shop continues to be our main outlet backed up by our warehouse at Hogarth Road which still has a good customer base. The Project is still much needed in our community. The vast majority of customers to the shop, which is open to all, are in receipt of benefits. The Project is never far away from its financial margins, however we must brace ourselves for the effects of the approaching spending review which will inevitably compound the growing difficulties of fundraising, but yet probably produce more customers for our service. Trustees We have carried on as a committee, although rather depleted in number with just 4 trustees. However, Jacqui Worbey has offered to return, after some time away and we have recently recruited Nick Burfield, who brings considerable management and financial experience. Both Jacqui and Nick will be proposed as Trustees at the coming AGM. This increase in trustees should improve our effectiveness and we appreciate both of them making the commitment to the Project.

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Finance The Trustees have kept a close eye on the cash flow in the Project this year, mindful that our grants have reduced significantly as many organisations face the same economic pressures. However, our turnover has increased to fill the gap, due as always to

the hard work of our Chief Executive, Bob and the staff and volunteers. We are investing in our stock management systems and hope by the new year to have a process which enables us to receive gift aid donations, so potentially increasing our income further. Different income streams are increasingly important as grant-making trusts and public bodies find it harder to support the voluntary sector with cash grants, although we continue to develop partnership working with trusts with similar objectives and are grateful for the ongoing support of Ipswich Borough Council.

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Workers and Volunteers The Project’s staff and volunteers make it what it is. We are always encouraged with the amount of volunteers we attract and without them and the work placement trainees we have on board from time to time, our employed workers would have a huge challenge to keep the goods flowing in and out. Our staff turnover is low and commitment to the Project high despite everyone knowing job security has not been certain in the past. We greatly value their contribution, and the high morale that endures within the staff group. They are ably led by our Chief Executive, Bob Whitehead, who keeps the Project on course. He has extensive experience of furniture re-use and the recycling and waste industry, which is critical to our survival. I believe we have the resilience to withstand the deepening recession ahead of us.

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The Project The Project continues to provide an essential service to Ipswich. The donation of furniture and household items consistently comes in and we are always grateful to our many donors. We have a broad client group who never seem to decrease in numbers. We are now well established locally and recognised for the help we provide. Our shop is well known and has increased our profile. We are always looking to improve and we have upgraded the shop this year and want to do more to it in the future. Our long cherished idea of having our own website seems to be coming to fruition too. Our future plans necessarily will be determined by our financial prospects. Our success in the future will be dependent on how we develop and adapt to a new economic landscape. We will persist with our fundraising and look at the opportunities which may arrive through local authorities contracting out services. I think it will interesting to see how things might have changed next year. . Mick Allison Chair of Trustees

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Giving Choice!! It may seem contradictory for a re-use Charity to be supplying new items, but we believe customers should have a choice. Unfortunately we do not have sufficient quantities of good quality used items to pass on. This is especially true of electrical items and beds. For this reason we stock a limited range of new items. Single and Double Cavity Cookers, Fridges, Fridge Freezers and Washing Machines, to name a few. We try and price these items competitively. Indeed compared to some large national discount retailers, we are still cheaper when you add their delivery and fitting costs to their base prices. We also have small selection of new beds and mattresses . These are again competitively priced, with a complete new Double Bed costing only £128 including

VAT. The Rope Trust, who assist many o f ou r customers with Grants to purchase items, award new mattresses on all their bed grants. They still wish us to supply a second-hand base, where possible, to promote the benefits of re-use, but felt a new mattress was preferred as the first choice for those they’re

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supporting. Customers are however always at liberty to choose a re-used alternative if they wish. This can often get them a better quality item by opting this way. The Rope’s also supply an increasing number of new appliances, where a lack of re-used ones are available. We are able to source most items new if required, so please ask if your customers require something bespoke.

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Ministerial Visit During the recent election campaign, ex Government Minister responsible for the environment, Joan Ruddock, visited the Project at Hogarth Road with the Labour Candidate for Ipswich, Chris Mole. Joan, who was a Minister in the Department for Energy and Climate Change accompanied Chris Mole to see how the Furniture Project is collecting reusable furniture from Ipswich and the surrounding area and then making it available to low income households across the Ipswich area.

Such households may not otherwise have access to credit, which means that purchasing furniture through more conventional outlets may not be possible. This is particularly important given that many low-cost housing lets come unfurnished. The re-use of furniture is particularly good for the environment as it stops goods going to landfill, which generates damaging methane gases.

During the visit, Chris Mole commented: “The Ipswich Furniture Project is a fantastic example of a third sector company in Ipswich making a real difference to people’s lives. I have given furniture to the project in the past so I know first hand that they provide an excellent service.

“This is a very practical kind of recycling at work. Reusing old furniture so that new furniture doesn’t have to be produced. It is good for the environment, and good for local people.”

Minister for Recycling, Joan Ruddock commented: “The Ipswich Furniture Project is a win win situation for Ipswich. One of the most important sectors for reduction is waste. Landfill sites produce methane gas, one of the most potent gases that there is. Keeping products out of landfill is a major aim of Government. Projects like the Ipswich Furniture Project make a huge contribution.

“The more we can reuse household appliances and furniture, the less we need to send to landfill and the more we can reduce our greenhouse gases.”

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Restoration Project One disadvantage the Project currently has, is lack of space. We are often offered furniture from members of the public or from the Household Waste Recycling Centre’s, which require some repair or refurbishment. Unfortunately, we do not currently have the space or facilities to do this renovation work. Earlier this year however, in conjunction with SCC’s Social Care Department, we were approached by Simone, who is 17 years of age and her support worker,

an artist called Leanne, They had come up with the idea to redesign furniture from scrap yards that no body wanted. They had approached the Household Waste Recycling Centre at Foxhall to gain access to potentially re-usable items, but were directed to Ipswich Furniture Project, who have a special licence to salvage items, because they are a registered Charity and sell them not for profit to assist low income families and to support training of the long term unemployed. We arranged to meet at the Foxhall Household Waste Recycling Centre and discussed with Site staff from the Waste Recycling Group, who manage the Site for Suffolk County Council, which furniture was eligible for us to work on, deciding to only take items with minor damage that had potential but couldn’t be sold at IFP’s Charity Shop in their current state, as no one would want them.

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Simone and Leanne managed to select a few items which IFP would not normally have taken off site and which would have been sent for recycling or landfill They spent many hours work and effort renovating the furniture using basic DIY skills to show what anyone can do with pieces of furniture instead of throwing it away just because you don’t like it anymore! They returned to the shops in St Matthews Street some weeks later with the completed items. You can see on display …a child's toy chest covered in cut out and glued on Simpson’s magazines, …a hand painted chest of drawers made to look like denim jeans, …an occasional marble table with hand painted marble looking drawer fronts …a Childs chair wrapped in varnished fabric.

The items of furniture, are on display so that it can demonstrate to others what could be achieved with a little imagination and effort, to encourage the public to come inside , to give them some inspiration. Many tonnes of furniture is discarded annually. Simone,

who is only 17, has shown what can be achieved. With a little hard work and imagination, much of this furniture could be saved and given a new lease of life. We hope to follow this through and expand this side of what the Charity does, further helping the environment and making Suffolk the Greenest County!

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Hanging on by our fingernails !! As highlighted in the Trustee’s Report and the accounts, our Grant income is substantially down from the previous year. A reduction of £33,000. Luckily we were able to increase our earned income to cover some of this. Our Gross Income was however down by over £8K and with overall expenses remaining within £1K of the previous year, we ended the year with a £3,537 deficit. Having said that, we are still here and looking at avenues to close the gap on Grant dependency. Over the past year we have persuaded PalaceIT to continue development of our Stock Management System, although we have been unable to pay them! We have now got our technology to the point of introducing what is know as Retail Gift Aid, whereby instead of the public donating an item and us selling it to cover our costs, they ask us to sell the item on their behalf and once sold, they will Gift Aid the money we’ve received for the item, back to us. This will have the effect of turning every £100 into £128 for the Charity. As with anything to do with getting something back from the taxman, there are very strict procedures to follow, which must be fully traceable and auditable. I’m happy to say that we have been given approval from HMRC and will be introducing this at the start of 2011. We will need an administrator to oversee the scheme and correct data entry, but the additional revenue will hopefully cover the cost of administering the scheme and provide us with a surplus to support our endeavours. Sales of re-used, and new electrical goods and furniture, grew from £137K to £162K this year. This equates to 886 items weighing 38.5 tonnes of reused electrical appliances, 74 new electrical items, 216 new furniture items and 2,795 re-used furniture items weighing 122.9 tonnes. This was distributed to 2773 customers, an increase of 19.6% over the previous year. 84.6% of our customers are on low income and received a

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discount on the full price of items for sale. This discount amounted to a massive £87,807 this year, an average of £37.43 for each low income customer. We strive to keep our prices at an affordable level and discounting to those on benefits is one of the ways we do this. I hope we will not be forced to increase our prices or reduce the discount percentage to keep us afloat, as it will be contrary to our Charitable objective of relieving poverty. It is disheartening that even after IFP providing this level of financial support to the local community, IBC does not consider us deserving of full Rate Relief on our Town Centre Shop and reduced our support grant from them by £2,500. As I said last year though, I do believe we have a good working relationship with the Borough and trust they will continue to support us in our work and the local community, who truly rely upon our service. We continue with our Contract to collect electrical bulky goods for the Borough. Of a total of 7,130 second hand electrical items (276 tonnes), our vans collected in the year, 4,963 items (173 Tonnes) were scrap appliances collected for Ipswich Borough Council. We wait to see what the Government cuts may bring, as we have noticed a steady decline in reusable appliances coming from the scrap collections, indicating that people are hanging on to things longer before disposal. We can only hope that the supply of donations does not decrease, whilst the numbers needing our help, due to job losses or financial hardship, increases! During this year we recommenced taking re-usable items from the County’s Household Waste Recycling Centre’s. We started with

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Foxhall in November 2009 and followed with Hadleigh and Felixstowe. We collected 319 items weighing 5.16 tonnes. We have expanded this year to include Stowmarket, Bramford, Chelmondiston and Portman Walk and have already collected 738 items so far, in the first six months. This also led us to test the water with the Restoration Project, which is mentioned separately. We hope to get funding to develop this further. Our staff team, once again, remained fairly stable, and we continue to offer training and volunteer placements to those disadvantaged in the work place. We have had a few regular volunteers this year, without whose help, we would be unable to provide our services. During the year, we were sad to lose Lou, who reached retirement age and decided she’d done her bit! She was greatly missed and was praised and presented with a small gift at last year’s AGM.

For those who come to us on a placement, it provides both work experience and gets them used to turning up for work daily, interacting with work colleagues and members of the public. We are then able to provide a future employer with a meaningful reference to enable them to become more employable in the future. One of our volunteers has just started a full time job only last week. Our thanks goes, as always to the Grant making Trusts who have

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supported us this year, many thanks to Sarah and Karen our two external fundraisers, for generating much of this income. Once

again a huge special thanks to the Rope’s. I thought last year that they were exceptional in the many Grants they provided to individuals who require furniture and household effects from us, through various agencies in the County. This financial year they have surpassed last years total and provided assistance to 262 clients with Grants to finance their purchases. A BIG THANK YOU. Finally our thanks goes as always to Ipswich Borough Council for their continued support and the provision of

our premises at Hogarth Road and the leasing of two of our vans. Bob Whitehead Chief Executive

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Choose2reuse We wished to get across the joint message of encouraging individuals and businesses to donate reusable items for the benefit of the local community. In addition we wanted to promote that it was cool to buy pre-owned goods. Most people are content to live in a second-hand house or drive a second-hand car. Antiques are sought after, then why not other items. We try to only collect good quality items for re-use. The standard of goods on offer is astoundingly good. No one should feel ashamed or inferior buying goods that have been previously owned. If they are still useable and presentable, then why not utilise their lifespan and diminish the draw on the planets resources in manufacturing new. The carbon footprint of recycling or buying new, far exceeds reusing an item. 1 tonne of Furniture saves 15 Tonnes of Carbon. We hope more members of the public, statutory organisations and businesses will consider reusable items as their first choice in any procurement policy. Please support us where and when you can.

Remember we’re providing local benefits

for the local community ...You!!

not just raising money locally for the benefit of a national organisation!

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BREAKDOWN OF TOTAL ITEM S COLLECTED

I TEM S RE - U S ED 2 7 9 5 FURN ITURE

Tonne s 115 .8 0 7

RE - US ED WEEE 8 8 6Tonne s 3 8 . 5

NEW ELECTR IC AL 7 4Tonne s 3 . 0 3 4

S C RA P WEEE 4 9 6 3Tonne s 17 3

NEW FURN ITURE 2 16Tonne s 10 .14 2

LA ND FILLEDFU RN ITU RE 6 7 1Tonne s 19 .3 3 7

0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 12 0 0 0

I TEM S

581

10047

150 40 18

3 264

2652 78 46

83

17 29 212

146 223

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100

200

300

400

500

600

1

OTHER FURNITURE SMALL ITEMS PICTURES ETC OTHER ELECTRICAL

COOKERS WASHING MACHINES TUMBLE DRYERS

FREEZERS DESKS BABY EQUIPMENT

BEDSIDE CABINETS WARDROBES DOUBLE BEDS

DINING TABLES DINING CHAIRS X4 WALL UNITS

CHAIRS BOOKCASES

RE-USED FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES

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CURRENT ACCOMMODATION OF PROJECT USERS

OTHER HOUSINGOWNER OCCUPIED

LOCAL AUTHORITY

HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS

PRIVATE RENTED

173 47

150

113

139

284

36

162

102

HI-FI

FRIDGES FRIDGE FREEZERS

DRESSING TABLES CHESTS OF DRAWERS

SINGLE BEDS BUNK BEDS

SUITES/ARMCHAIRS CARPETS/RUGS

USED FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES

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COLLECT DELIVER

IFP COLLECTIONS & DELIVERIES BY AREA

IP1 IP2 IP3 IP4 IP5 IP6

IP7 IP8 IP9 IP10 IP11 IP12

IP13 IP14 UNKNOWN CO

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