Furniture Recycling Scheme Shortlisted For Award
05 May 2011 by Hamst
North Lincolnshire Homes'(NLH) Choose-To-Reuse Furniture Store in Enderby Road has been short listed for an award in the 'What We Are Proud Of' Awards 2011.
Choose-To-Reuse on Enderby Road
The What We Are Proud Of Awards celebrate outstanding projects run by housing associations across the country and is organised by The National Housing Federation. The awards are sponsored by supermarket chain Morrisons and there will be regional events will be advertised shortly and are open for anyone to attend. Attendess at the event will vote to decide the regional winner who will then go forward to the national judging event. Judges meet in July to announce The National Winner and a Highly Commended entrant who will win �1000 and �500 respectively to reinvest back in to their projects.
The centre of Enderby Road, which opened at the end of last year, takes in unwanted goods from people and sells it, at low cost, to those who are struggling to set up home. They take in anything from sofas, beds, chairs, desks, curtains to linen, ornaments and kitchenware. They do ask that items are clean, re-usable and in good order, with all fixtures and fittings.
The Choose-To-Reuse centre is open to NLH tenants who are on housing benefits where they can get a 20 per cent discount in store. There is also a scheme by which people who are referred from housing officers with absolutely nothing can get a support pack providing �50 worth of furniture.
Choose-To-Reuse on Enderby Road
The What We Are Proud Of Awards celebrate outstanding projects run by housing associations across the country and is organised by The National Housing Federation. The awards are sponsored by supermarket chain Morrisons and there will be regional events will be advertised shortly and are open for anyone to attend. Attendess at the event will vote to decide the regional winner who will then go forward to the national judging event. Judges meet in July to announce The National Winner and a Highly Commended entrant who will win �1000 and �500 respectively to reinvest back in to their projects.
The centre of Enderby Road, which opened at the end of last year, takes in unwanted goods from people and sells it, at low cost, to those who are struggling to set up home. They take in anything from sofas, beds, chairs, desks, curtains to linen, ornaments and kitchenware. They do ask that items are clean, re-usable and in good order, with all fixtures and fittings.
The Choose-To-Reuse centre is open to NLH tenants who are on housing benefits where they can get a 20 per cent discount in store. There is also a scheme by which people who are referred from housing officers with absolutely nothing can get a support pack providing �50 worth of furniture.
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