Donate Furniture

Donate Furniture

If you have furniture and other items that need a good home, we know just what to do with them. Here at St Paul’s Centre, we urgently need your reusable but unwanted furniture, bedding and kitchenware and that’s just for starters. To make it as simple as possible we’ll come and collect it for free.

Arranging a collection

If you wish to donate furniture or cycles and you wish to arrange a collection, this can be done in the following ways:

• Call us on 01270 586186
• Email us: admin@stpaulscentre.org.uk

Our free furniture collection service runs between the hours of 9.00 am until 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.

If you need to check what items we can accept and which we can’t before contacting us, please see the list below

If you are calling or emailing, it would be helpful to know what goods you wish us to collect, where you are located and what days and times would be most convenient to you. We do need there to be someone present when we attend a property.

Although we offer a free collection service, many people choose to make a donation to cover our running costs and to ensure that we can keep our vans on the road. If you would like to make a financial donation, you can do so online here or you can ask our collections driver for a St Paul’s Centre donation envelope.

What happens to the furniture?

At St Paul’s Centre we firmly believe in the philosophy of re-use. What may be old and unwanted to you will bring normality to families and individuals in the local community, who without our support would be struggling without what you consider to be the basics.

What would you do if you found yourself alone, or worse still, with your children trying to set up a new home after escaping from a violent relationship?

Where do you turn when you’ve just been released from prison and want to get your life back on track?

We believe in creating hope and restoring dignity to people’s lives and by donating your unwanted furniture you are supporting this philosophy by giving someone a fresh start. 30% of furniture donated finds its way into the home of someone who really needs it. We help distribute it to individuals and families on very low incomes who need furniture quickly and at a minimal cost. In an average year, 240 local hard pressed families received much needed furniture at low cost or for free. To access this help, those in need are referred to us from reputable and responsible community organisations. Surely this environmentally friendly reuse of your discarded items has to be a better option than the local tip.

And what about the other 70% I hear you asking? These items are put into our weekly Friday furniture sale and the money generated contributes to the cost of collecting and delivering furniture to those in need and to the employment costs of our delivery drivers, some of whom were unemployed before they took a job at St Paul’s Centre. You too can take advantage of the Furniture Sale – we get some great items which are available to you at a very reasonable prices.

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