Some of those clever people at Freegle are setting up a new project to increase the reuse of goods and materials around the UK and want to make it easy for people to NOT throw out usable stuff.
Currently in prototype stage for the Brighton & Hove area, Give it for Good offers an easy-to-use search facility showing all reuse options for any item, connecting members of the public with local facilities, including Freegle, social enterprises, charity shops, council sites, community projects, licensed recyclers, businesses. Once youve entered your item, you can decide if you want to give to a charity, to an individual, join a group, pay a collector and so on. Give it for Good will do the research, so you can do the giving.
This isnt a replacement for Freegle or other online groups - its an opportunity to attract new members. Neither is it in competition for reuse organisations – its a chance to drive more people to them all, all helping to encourage people who currently just throw things away to re-home them instead by other means. And if youve been watching Kirstie Allsopps Fill Your House for Free recently, youll know theres a growing appetite for reuse.
I think its a fantastic idea but to get the project off the ground Give it for Good needs your help, in the form of a little bit of crowdfunding. Ive dug behind my sofa and scrabbled together some coinage and if youre able to help too, that would be great. They are trying to raise £15,000 by 30th August so they can run a pilot, which they will then expand more widely around the UK. More info is available on their crowdfunding page: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/give-it-for-good
Please do have a look at the short video below and check out their prototype page at http://giveitforgood.com/
The project team can also be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GiveItForGood and Twitter as @GiveItForGood
For more info, email Cat Fletcher at GiveItForGood@gmail.com.
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