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Upcycling project to help fund West Coast Furniture Bank SCIO

fiona.s.mcmahon No comments Community Wealth Building PB
potential to be upcycled
potential to be upcycled

Summary

We would like to start recycling / upcycling some donated items so that we can sell them to raise funds for out charity. We hope eventually to be self-sustainable and hope this project will help us on our way to do that.

Description

We pickup household items and pass them on to those in greatest need Sometimes we take items that could be upcycled and sold to help support the expences of the charity.

We shall be employing a local person through the PEP scheme to carry out the work, we shall be decreasing the amount of waste that goes to landfill, we shall be helping to ensure the sustainability of the charity and therefore this will help us to continue supporting the 4000 individuals that we currently support. The benifits themselves justify why the project should be supported. This might also lead to more emplyability.

upholstery dyes £500,  furniture Paint 10 *£15 = £150  Work benches 2 *£70 = £140,

books £50 sanding tools £30*3 = £90, scrapers 5*£8 = £40 wood furniture repair kit 4*£29 = £116,

Paint removing bundle 3*£19 = £57 nitromors £36, ppe gloves 10@£4 = £40, goggles £3*6 =£18

safety glasses£16*5 = £80 furniture polish 4*£11 =£44 filling wax = £10  leather apron = £60 sugar soap £7*2 = £14 TSP (trisodium phosphate) = £39 Screwdrivers = £10 hammers = £10

electric tools (drills & sanders) = £150 + £100  

£1754

Information

  • Published 2026-10-15

    Status changed to
    Project complete

    4 people benefitted from the funding. The funding enabled us to upcycle items that would otherwise go to the skip. We shall be able to sell them to support the charity.