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snookey

Hi everyone just thought Id make people aware of a freebie site we have in Liverpool on facebook . Im sure there is one in your area too.
If people have something they want to donate ie furniture,clothing ,books ect, its a fantastic way of doing so. There are so many people on there in genuine need .
I know from donating stuff to charity that they wont always take the things offered even in good condition . At least this way less goes into the tip.:)

I know there are other sites such as freecycle as someone mentioned.

We have the added advantage of being able to point people in the right direction for any other help they may be able to access.

warwicktiger

There is one here, its called freecycle

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Pollycat

snookey wrote: »

Hi everyone just thought Id make people aware of a freebie site we have in Liverpool on facebook . Im sure there is one in your area too.
If people have something they want to donate ie furniture,clothing ,books ect, its a fantastic way of doing so. There are so many people on there in genuine need .
I know from donating stuff to charity that they wont always take the things offered even in good condition . At least this way less goes into the tip.:)

The charity shop I take my stuff to are always very pleased for the donation.

Georgiegirl256

Pollycat wrote: »

The charity shop I take my stuff to are always very pleased for the donation.

You'd be surprised, a lot of charity shops won't take some older furniture for example. My parents and my MIL both tried to donate some furniture to two different big name charities and they just weren't interested. Even though the furniture was immaculate, because it is older in style, they are reluctant to take it I case they can't sell it.

I can understand in a way, they don't want any old tatt that won't sell, but for items in excellent condition, you'd think they'd be grateful.

Pollycat

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

You'd be surprised, a lot of charity shops won't take some older furniture for example. My parents and my MIL both tried to donate some furniture to two different big name charities and they just weren't interested. Even though the furniture was immaculate, because it is older in style, they are reluctant to take it I case they can't sell it.

I can understand in a way, they don't want any old tatt that won't sell, but for items in excellent condition, you'd think they'd be grateful.

Our local Hospice ship has never refused to take any of our donations.

In the last few weeks, they've collected a computer desk and bed that my friend no longer wanted.

esmerelda98

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

You'd be surprised, a lot of charity shops won't take some older furniture for example. My parents and my MIL both tried to donate some furniture to two different big name charities and they just weren't interested. Even though the furniture was immaculate, because it is older in style, they are reluctant to take it I case they can't sell it.

I can understand in a way, they don't want any old tatt that won't sell, but for items in excellent condition, you'd think they'd be grateful.

If their experience is that these items are very difficult to sell then I'm not sure why they should be grateful to be providing a rubbish disposal service. If even older people are updating their decor, then the potential market for dated furniture is probably quite small, immaculate or not. Also these are sizeable items which take up space that could be used for other items which sell much more easily.

Georgiegirl256

esmerelda98 wrote: »

If their experience is that these items are very difficult to sell then I'm not sure why they should be grateful to be providing a rubbish disposal service. If even older people are updating their decor, then the potential market for dated furniture is probably quite small, immaculate or not. Also these are sizeable items which take up space that could be used for other items which sell much more easily.

I agree, they shouldn't take tatt, but items of furniture etc that is immaculate condition? They're always putting flyers through the door asking for those very pieces, ie sideboards etc (which are getting more popular again), so IMO, they really can't be that desperate for stock. As Pollycat says, Hospice always seem very grateful for anything you offer whereas IMO some of the other big name charities are getting increasingly fussy. I know this from experience from when I used to volunteer at one of them.

Pollycat

Georgiegirl
some of the national charity shops have specific furniture shops.

I know there's a couple of BHF ones in towns near us.

TBH, if I took stuff to a shop and they said they weren't accepting say, books, I'd take the whole lot away and take it to a charity shop that would accept it all.

Georgiegirl256

Pollycat wrote: »

Georgiegirl
some of the national charity shops have specific furniture shops.

I know there's a couple of BHF ones in towns near us.

TBH, if I took stuff to a shop and they said they weren't accepting say, books, I'd take the whole lot away and take it to a charity shop that would accept it all.

Yeah, that's what I meant, we gave one of those too. We actually got our 3 piece suite from there, almost as new.

snookey

I know about freecycle but its just another site for people to be aware of. Some charity shops wont take things if they have a glut of them say childrens toys .
Anyway of stopping things being wasted is a good thing.x