FRC Group

FRC Group

At a glance

Causes

  • Campaigning
  • Children / families
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Poverty relief

Other details

Geographical remit: 
National - England

Objectives

FRC Group’s vision is of a society where people can obtain good quality, affordable furniture without experiencing the devastating impacts of furniture poverty – no bed to sleep on or unmanageable debts.

Our mission is to reduce and ultimately eradicate furniture poverty. We campaign to raise awareness of furniture poverty and create practical solutions to get furniture to people who need it. Our work also helps create sustainable employment and better futures for people.

Our Objectives are:

  •  To understand and highlight the reality of living in ‘furniture poverty’.
  •  To lobby and campaign for the eradication of ‘furniture poverty’.
  •  To develop and run successful social businesses that tackle furniture poverty.
  •  To train and develop people out of poverty and into sustainable, well paid jobs and careers.
  •  To use our core skills to develop and run successful commercial businesses, using the profits to create social value across FRC Group

Activities

Using over 30 years of experience in solving individual experiences of Furniture Poverty, in June 2015 we launched End Furniture Poverty to campaign nationally and across all types of housing tenure to shine a light on the reality of living in Furniture Poverty and to promote the take up of practical solutions.

FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE

We are one of the leading suppliers of contract standard furniture in the country, working with housing associations and local authorities across the UK for over 25 years.

We provide a full one-stop service for furniture, appliances, flooring and window coverings. We have the experience and expertise to meet all our clients’ needs, providing the highest quality products at the right price and always with the very best customer service.

At Furniture Resource Centre, we understand the needs of the housing sector and we are the top ranked furniture supplier on the Procurement for Housing framework, leading the way in furnishing homes throughout the UK.

We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer care and our fully trained drivers and installation teams always provide a professional and friendly service.

We care about our customers and we also care about the way we do business.

As an ISO9001 (2015) certified organisation, our quality management system covers all areas of our business, from services and equipment, to facilities, people and training.

Furniture Resource Centre is also the only furniture supplier to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, an accreditation received by demonstrating that we have real aims to create social and environmental change, and that at least 50% of our profits are either reinvested in our business or used to create social or environmental benefits – in the case of Furniture Resource Centre, 100% of our profits are used in these ways.

To find out more about Furniture Resource Centre, visit www.furnitureresourcecentre.co.uk 

 

BULKY BOB'S

Bulky Bob’s has worked in partnership with Liverpool City Council to deliver the bulky household waste contract since 2000. We have delivered more innovative schemes to increase reuse and recycling rates, using waste in the best possible way to help those in need.

We sell preloved furniture at low prices with further discounts for those receiving benefits, helping hundreds of families every year, using Liverpool’s bulky household waste to make a real difference to the lives of those most in need.

Bulky Bob’s and LCC have worked closely together to create an innovative scheme to reuse suitable items collected as part of the contract. We work with over 200 referral agencies, from charities to the emergency services, offering crisis furniture packages to people in great need. We give them furniture vouchers to use to select items they urgently need from our store, Bulky Bob’s Furniture World. Offering an element of choice means a great deal to the people we help because it gives them some control.

Bulky Bob’s and LCC also work together to deliver ‘On the Road’ events across Liverpool. These neighbourhood events share information with local residents on recycling and reuse to raise awareness of the issue and to increase the levels of recycling and reuse.

The partnership between Bulky Bob’s and LCC brings together two vital strands of activity, excellent recycling and reuse rates, and using that reuse to help thousands of people in Liverpool. We help those in the greatest of need to get hold of vital furniture, and educating and informing people about the importance of recycling and reuse.

Bulky Bob’s also operates bulky household waste contracts with Oldham and Bolton councils. To find out more about Bulky Bob’s, please visit www.bulkybobs.co.uk

 

Bulky Bob's for Business

Born in 2017 Bulky Bob's for Business offers businesses across the North West of England a clearance and removal service for bulky items with a planned repair programme in our workshops and reuse programme via our Bulky Bob's Furniture World Store and online at https://bulkybobsfurnitureworld.co.uk/ 

Our service offers more than waste companies provide in terms of simply transporting items to landfill, to be burnt at an energy from waste plant or being dismantled for recycling. We offer true reuse programmes which are not only better for the environment but generate significant social value at the same time.

To find out more about this service visit https://www.bulkybobs.co.uk/commercial-waste-services/ 

 

Buckingham Interiors

At Buckingham Interiors we are committed to delivering the very highest quality furniture and beautiful designs, all tailored to meet your needs.

We have over 20 years of experience in delivering stylish, lasting, and comfortable furniture and we understand the unique needs of operators and managers of sheltered accommodation, care homes, and extra care homes.

The Buckingham Guarantee

  • Product Quality Guaranteed – 5 Year Guarantee on all Furniture
  • Expert Advice Guaranteed – we’re here to help you every step of the way
  • Value for Money Guaranteed – we will match any competitor’s offer
  • Wow Factor Guaranteed - if you are not delighted with the end result, we will change it for free
  • Free Delivery & Installation Guaranteed – we'll never charge, even for last minute delivery date changes

Customer satisfaction is at the heart of everything we do at Buckingham Interiors. We want to do everything we can to deliver you the very best prices, service, products, and design so we have created the Buckingham Guarantee.

The Buckingham Guarantee demonstrates our belief that we put our customers first and we offer you the very best – Guaranteed

To find out more visit https://www.buckinghaminteriors.co.uk/

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