Anybody know of charities that accept furniture?

[Tricey]

Anybody know of charities that accept furniture? Thanks.

Some of our local charity shops accept furniture if thats what you mean. Sue Ryder is hte main local one that takes furniture.

We also have a sofa recycling scheme locally called "the sofa prject" which takes decent 3 pieces and sells them at reasonable price to those who can't afford to buy new. I think there are similar schemes in other areas. Where are you?

are you in north london by any chance? if so morph (google them) are fab.

Does it need to be a charity? Freecycling is a good way to get rid of stuff, and people collect it from the house and then say Thank you! Works for me

Contact your local social services office or the local library. They can give you the tel no for the relevant local organisation. Most towns have a scheme to provide furniture for truly disadvantaged families.

Yes, would second the Freecycling suggestion. There's always someone in need of things you no longer have use for.

Only a few of our local charity shops accept furniture, and then only if they haven't already got too many of whatever it is you're offering (wardrobes, in our case).

a page from a localish website - mighthelp you to google in your area

Wow, that was fast. Thanks! It's in the Regents Park area.

Is Freecycling a program, or is it just offering the stuff up free on a website for anyone that wants it? Rather give to people that could really otherwise not afford it, etc..

What's Morph? A charity? (will google but bedtime for baby first. ; )

Spider - Thanks for that website for Hinckley; not sure where that area is, but if it's close and the orgs there are interested, we'll try that too. Thank you.

It won't do for you - Hinkley is leicesterhire. I thought it might give you some keywords to google for your local area (I didn't know you were London at the time).

No worries. I'll Google more. Cheers.

Sorry if it's been mentioned already but charities only accept sofas if they still have the fire tags still attached. Apparantly there are two lables that still need to be on the sofa for a charity to accept them.

morph is a charity which helps people with nothing set up home when they get accomodation.

British Heart Foundation in S.London
Might be worth calling them or local waste/recycling team at council to see if they know of anyone

This is Freecycle. There will probably be a group local to you. Many people who have registered with Freecycle cannot otherwise easily afford the things which are offered. It was set up with the idea of that things that would otherwise go to landfill sites could be used by people who need them. I have offered lots of things, all of which were gratefully received by people in genuine need. You can choose who you give your items to and people will often give a reason for wanting the items. There are, of course people who abuse the system, but they're few and far between and can usually be easily spotted. So, if you are not able to find a charity who will accept your items, it's always an idea to think about. HTH

This is out of your area but you might find something similar near you. We have a Community Furniture Project where I live, North Hampshire. They collect electricals too, test them and clean them and sell them on to people on benefits. Not sure if many towns have one though.

The Sally Army are very fussy!

Besom is a good charity that provides furniture to the needy

emmaus are a homeless half way place kinda charity.

I don't know if there is a branch near you, but they usually have a workshop to fix up furniture that is donated and often will collect as well.

The workshop is one way that they provide a job and training to their residents.

There is a charity called Emmaus, which helps homeless people, which will collect furniture and sells it on with any profits going to the charity. They also provide work (collecting and renovating the furniture) and housing - a very good cause if there's one near you.

www.emmaus.org.uk/

oops Judgy types faster than me!