Bank Holiday

Here's an admin message you could send to encourage your community to freegle over a bank holiday weekend.

ADMIN: Avoid the tip this bank holiday weekend

With an extra day off, it's tempting to gather up a car boot's worth of stuff and dump it at the tip. It all looks like rubbish, doesn't it? Maybe - but take a closer look and think about other uses for it. You're looking at a valuable resource.

Here are a few ideas of what to look out for.

Old towels and blankets - XXXXX Rescue is short of old towels and blankets. How many other animal shelters have the same need?

Put similar items together: one Freegle member gathered 30 plastic plant pots, a couple of old planters, some wire and an offcut of fencing. It was collected by a grateful gardener starting up an allotment. Another time, a lockable kid-proof box and some toys were collected by a freegler who was about to start fostering children.

It doesn't have to be big: a rotary washing line spike that didn't fit was collected and installed the same day, complete with drying clothes. It was no use to the donor, but a perfect fit for someone else.

Is it broken? No problem, it could still be useful. Plenty of freeglers love to mend or upcycle items into something completely different. So offer your broken washing machine, printer, clay pots, garden fencing, bricks and more.

I'll be putting stuff on Freegle this weekend - why don't you put some on too?

Happy freegling!

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