Stuff for Free Half Term Event 11/12 Feb!
Stuff for Free: Time to help yourself to 'Stuff
for Free' at unique kid's weekend event!
Residents of West London have been generously donating their
unwanted Christmas presents to a giant swap shop in Acton and last
weekend anyone who wanted could come along and take what they
like.
This community exchange event has been organised by green charity
Healthy Planet to remind us that it is better to reuse and recycle
than to send useful items to landfill - as well as to give
cash-strapped Londoners a chance to get things they may not
otherwise be able to afford.
So far they have given a huge amount away - including over 15,000
books, 80 televisions, beds, musical instruments, cameras, games
consoles, toys, clothes and loads more.
There is one weekend to go: a special half-term weekend of
'give and take' that is happening on 11 and 12 February at the
Vision Warehouse, in Acton. The 'giving' will be from 9am to 12pm,
our volunteers will then sort and organise in time for the 'taking'
to commence at 1pm and last until 3pm.
People are being encouraged to stick around in between for all
sorts of activities for the kids! Free stuff for children and fun
activities are available for all and the event will be opened by
CBBC star, Priyanka Patel, from TV show "Sadie J" and children's
author Nick Halliday will be signing books.
Healthy Planet founder, Shaylesh Patel said:
"Thanks to the generosity of an amazing number of people, we have
now given out a warehouse full of things that could still be useful
to someone, yet would have ended up in landfill. Anyone -
especially parents and kids - can come along to our event next
weekend to take what they want and need, knowing that they'll be
helping the environment.
"But having given out so much stuff we do need more
donations, so we call upon everyone with unwanted stuff cluttering
up their house to come along in the mornings and drop it off with
us - it doesn't just have to be children's things!"
The events are being run in partnership with Furnish, a west
London re-use charity and the West London Waste Authority.
Full details - including directions to the venue and our feature
on BBC Breakfast - can be found at: www.stuffforfree.org.uk
List of items that won't be accepted:
i. Open cosmetics and makeup
ii. Earrings
iii. Food and drink
iv. Plants
v. Animals
vi. Chemicals open or otherwise
vii. Tyres
viii. Items without fire safety labels
ix. Gas canisters
x. Fire extinguishers
xi. Needles