Emmaus Sheffield needs your unwanted furniture
A New Year sales boost is prompting homeless charity Emmaus Sheffield to launch a fresh appeal for furniture donations at its popular second hand superstore.
Emmaus Sheffield is the working community with quality, self-contained accommodation, training facilities and a workspace for previously homeless men and women aged 18 years and over.
It aims through its Social Enterprise programme to provide meaningful work and enable the people it supports – known as companions - to eventually become self-supporting once more.
One of the charity’s main fundraising schemes is its second hand store at the organisation’s headquarters in the historic Sipelia Works at Cadman Street, close to the city’s Canal Basin.
“Every donated item that we receive is being processed and put out on the sales floor and then selling very quickly but demand has been so great since the start of the year that furniture stocks in particular really are getting very low,” said Emmaus Sheffield marketing and development manager Charley Fedorenko.
“That’s why we are now asking for even more donations of good quality furniture, especially sofas, though we do have to remind our supporters that we can only receive items with all current safety labels attached and that mattresses should be clean and unmarked.
“We do also have a full collection service so there’s no need to worry about getting those larger items to us and with two vans travelling round the city you shouldn’t have to wait too long for your donation to be picked up.”
To find out more about Emmaus Sheffield and how to arrange for a collection simply visit http://www.emmaus-sheffield.org.uk or call 0114 272 0677.