County Durham furniture reuse schemes

Your old furniture can have a new lease of life in someone elses home.

Rather than taking it to the tip, talk to the County Durham Furniture Forum. This forum has just been set up to bring together the county's Furniture Reuse Schemes - some of which have been operating for around 30 years. Durham County Council now pay these reuse schemes a reuse credit which means instead of paying for the furniture to go to landfill sites the money can be given to help furniture reuse schemes run instead.

The forum can arrange to take away your old household furniture and household items that are in good condition. They then give or resell these items to people who are experiencing hardship or poverty. Your items can be taken away for free (or a small handling charge).

The Furniture Forum can take away your:

Furniture
Beds and mattresses
Furnishings
Carpets
Curtains
Ornaments/bric a brac
Electrical appliances (in some cases)
Gas appliances (in some cases)

So if your household goods are in good condition and reusable, give them a call.

District of Easington: East Durham Furniture Reuse; 0191 518 4394/0191 586 8493
Borough of Sedgefield: ACTS Furniture project; 0138 842 0345
Chester le Street and North Durham: Furniture and Fabric; 0191 389 0888
County Durham; County Durham Furniture Scheme; 0138 872 1509
Consett YMCA Derwentside and County Durham; 0120 750 2680

These organisations can only accept upholstery that is fire retardant, please check first.

National Furniture Reuse Network (FRN)

If you are not in County Durham you can use the national FRN site to find your nearest reuse site. The FRN is the national body which supports, assists and develops charitable re-use organisations across the UK. http://www.frn.org.uk/