Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:03:32 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/ GOFA en-gb http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/images/logo.gif http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/ webmaster@gofa.org.uk http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article38.html A giant man made of hundreds of healing plants is taking shape as part of the largest garden for the forthcoming RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:03:32 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article37.html High-street retailer M&S has announced four recycling partnerships with UK local authorities to help councils collect an additional 60,000 tonnes of recyclable material per year by 2015... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:10 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article36.html Environment minister Dan Norris has announced his support for turning England into a ‘zero waste nation' and confirmed that a consultation on landfill bans is set to be launched in the next few weeks... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:48:06 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article35.html The unique skills and community benefits of the third sector must not be overlooked by councils looking to improve local public services, Communities Secretary John Denham said... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:17:53 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article34.html Energy and Climate Change secretary Ed Miliband has promised that the recession "will not deflect" the Government's efforts to move to a low carbon economy... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:12:45 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article33.html Gofa have started a new project, aiming to provide a friendly, relaxed way of helping you enter the workplace and it is being provided free of charge... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:23 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article32.html By committing to cut your emissions by 10% in 2010, you will join thousands of individuals, schools, hospitals, businesses and organisations all actively helping to combat climate change by making simple changes to their lifestyles, homes and workplaces... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:31:41 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article31.html Education, social housing and waste collection and recycling services are the services most councillors believe should be priorities for investment, a survey has revealed... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:16:40 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article30.html Declining levels of clothes donations and shortages of volunteers have led to the biggest crisis for charity shops of the past 20 years... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:33:21 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article29.html Members of Cornwall Council have pledged their support for the Cornish Declaration on climate change... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:26:20 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article28.html Retailers will not make the most of their ‘reverse haulage’ systems because of the Government’s reluctance to ease strict guidelines on waste batteries... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:20:09 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article27.html Community recycling groups are operating "fewer kerbside collections" as more and more private sector waste management companies add the service to local authority contracts, members of the third sector have claimed... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:07:39 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article26.html Is the first ever celebration event to recognise the amazing work done by volunteers across Cornwall... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:00:15 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article25.html Cornwall Council is to set up a new waste development advisory panel to take a fresh look at the way Cornwall’s waste is managed... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:53:43 +0100 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article24.html Three reuse centres in Cornwall are coming together to help raise the profile of furniture reuse in the county, with a little help from the Wombles!... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:41:58 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article23.html Gofa is now open for viewing more days/hours of the week... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article22.html See Cornwall Waste Action Website:click here Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article21.html The program, run by the Big Lottery and ITV, awards up to £50,000 to selected projects based on a public phone vote following coverage of the project on ITV Westcountry News... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:53:44 +0000 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 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 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 http://www.gofa.org.uk/main/Article17.html AGM on Friday 14th March!.. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:09:50 +0000 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 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 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