There are lots of other places where people can access low cost and sometimes free furniture, we would always encourage people to try all of the options below. The Furniture Recycling Project cannot furnish a whole house, it can provide up to three essential items only.

• Family and friends – do they have items they no longer need that are gathering dust in a garage?
• Facebook Marketplace
• Gumtree
• Freecycle
• Renewal NW - Stockport: http://www.renewal-nw.com/
• British Heart Foundation – Stockport: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/find-bhf-near-you/stockport-furniture-electrical-store
• Stockport Credit Union – https://www.stockportcu.com/ They can provide immediate low cost loans for essential items such as white goods.
• Clean Start - Trafford: https://www.cleanstart.uk.com/
• Tree of Life – Wythenshawe: http://www.treeoflifecentre.org.uk/wordpress/furniture-re-use/
• The Mustard Tree – Manchester: https://mustardtree.org.uk
• Buttle Trust - https://www.buttleuk.org/need-support/families/kinship-care#help
• Children in Need – COVID 19 Grants - https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/covid-19-funding-streams/
• Glasspool Trust grants for young people in crisis - https://www.glasspool.org.uk/