Tools For Solidarity – Downpatrick
We refurbish hand and electric tools and domestic sewing machines for artisans in sub Sahara Africa, especially in Tanzania. We are a volunteer organisation and all volunteers receive training in repair skills. We particularly welcome volunteers with extra support needs. We act as a donation point for tools, sewing machines, workshop machinery and more.
Sustainability Stories
Sustainability Stories is a community-focused charity committed to reducing landfill waste by upcycling brown furniture, broken household items, and unwanted textiles in creative and imaginative ways. We run hands-on workshops that teach practical upcycling skills, promote sustainable living, and inspire others to see the value in what might otherwise be discarded. Open to all, we […]
Action Cancer
Re-use, Recycle or Re-love? Our charity shops sell good quality clean clothing, bags, shoes, bric-a-brac, furniture and more. Donate your preloved items and challenge your friends, family and colleagues to reduce, re-use and re-love. Take the Pre-loved Pledge and donate your unwanted clothing to Action Cancer, each large bin bag of clothing donated can be […]
Remakery Studio
The Remakery Studio in Bangor, County Down, is a co-operative workspace dedicated to encouraging sustainable living. It provides a community space to rethink, recover, reuse, and redistribute surplus materials, offering workshops and resources to encourage repair, upcycling, and the development of new skills, all aimed at reducing waste and promoting a circular economy.
Via Wings
Our Wings’N’Things Pre-loved Clothes shop provides an outlet for the reuse of clothes and accessories, school uniforms and other school items. Our Dare2Care Project uses recycled bags and our Fareshare food collection last year saved 38 tonnes of food from going to landfill creating approximately 125 meals per week from the food collected.
Ards and North Down Borough Council
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Restore – East Belfast Mission
Restore, Refurb and Recycle are social enterprise projects of East Belfast Mission. They help to support our vital work in east Belfast including our Homelessness Services, our Employability services, our Turas Irish language Project, our free community counselling project, and our church and community groups. Restore is a chain of charity shops in Belfast, Antrim, […]