gofa.org.uk Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:36:08 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/ GOFA en-gb gofa.org.uk http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/images/logo.gif http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/ webmaster@gofa.org.uk Gofa Information Day at Treneere http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article20.html Leslie Mead and George Ostins (both GOFA trustees), successfully hosted the GOFA information day at the Col Coombe centre, Treneere... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:36:08 +0000 Re-used items on eBay http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article19.html The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) has teamed up with MissionFish to sell collected items on eBay... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:05:42 +0000 Furniture re-use is win-win http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article18.html A new information booklet encouraging the redistribution of unwanted furniture to low-income families has been launched... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:59:22 +0000 Annual General Meeting http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article17.html AGM on Friday 14th March!.. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:09:50 +0000 FRN Enterprises in Nationwide collaboration http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article16.html The Furniture Reuse Network (FRN) and Dixons Stores Group (DSGi) have joined forces to ensure that appliances suitable for re-use are set aside for refurbishment... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:13:06 +0000 Councils dump 10 million re-usable items of furniture every year http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article15.html Over 10 million reusable items of furniture are sent to landfill by local authorities every year - almost 30,000 items every day - revealed a study by The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) recently... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:01:44 +0000 FRN Annual Conference 2008 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article14.html FRN Annual Conference 2008 - Thursday 10th - Saturday 12th January 2008; Hayley Conference Centre, Cheshire... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:57:32 +0000 Good Furniture and Mince Pies! http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article13.html GOFA is celebrating a successful year of operation with a lunchtime Christmas celebration on Friday December 7th from 12.30 to 2.30 pm... Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:30:47 +0000 Furniture Reuse Network demands more of Local Authorities http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article12.html In a speech to Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Sustainable Consumption yesterday, Paul Smith, Chief Executive of the FRN, appealed to local authorities to change their processes... Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:22:30 +0100 GOFA coffee morning http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article11.html A happy and relaxed time was had by all at the GOFA coffee morning... Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:48:20 +0100 Dumped! http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article9.html A Channel 4 documentary called Dumped has filmed participants living on a landfill site and surviving on what they can scavenge from it... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:11:15 +0100 The Furniture Re-use Network has launched the Starter Packs Association http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article8.html The Furniture Re-use Network has launched the Starter Packs Association to support the development of starter packs schemes across the country. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:49:07 +0100 The Furniture Re-use Network http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article4.html The FRN is the national body which supports, assists and develops charitable re-use organisations across the UK... Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:17:10 +0100