Market Researcher for Furniture Poverty Charity

Market Researcher for Furniture Poverty Charity

Short term project
J100966
At a glance

Skills

  • Project / programme management
  • Business advice / analysis
  • Market research
  • Research (qualitative / quantitative)

Where

York, YO10 3DW
Mainly at home
Travel limit? No specific limit, though knowledge of local area essential

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-15 hours
There is no current times or dates for the project - we are very happy to decide this with you as part of your application process.

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We are looking for a volunteer or a group of volunteers to carry out a research project into the need for carpets and curtains in our local community.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a volunteer or a group of volunteers to carry out a research project.

Currently, we work to provide donated furniture to the local community at low or no cost. We are wanting to investigate the need for carpets & curtains in York, and the barriers people have to getting these in their homes.

Working with the council, CFS want to be able to provide these for those who need them, to ensure they have homes which are warm, comfortable, and private.

We need to figure out what we could do to meet this need.

We are looking for somebody to find out:

  • What is the need for carpets and curtains in York?
  • What are the barriers to accessing carpets and curtains?
  • What could CFS feasibly do to meet this need?
  • What resource would be needed to deliver such a project (staffing, cost, space etc.)
  • What funding/partnership opportunities are out there?

What are we looking for?

We are looking for somebody with experience in market research and project management. You will be able to produce good quality research that we can access and understand easily. 

Ideally, you will have experience or knowledge of furniture poverty, or wider poverty & inequalities in the UK, and an understanding of the current landscape when it comes to funding and resources available to charities working against poverty. 

What difference will you make?

You will help us make a direct impact on our local community by widening our operations. By providing us with this research, we will be able to start work to directly supply these additional necessities to those who need it.

Causes
  • Environment
  • Financial inclusion
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Local / community
  • Poverty relief
  • Training / employment support
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    The Community Furniture Stores are a group of three jointly-run charities focusing on furniture re-use activity in the York, Selby and Ryedale/Scarborough areas. The objectives of the charities...