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Yorkshire Building Society awards The Furniture Station
The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation has generously awarded The Furniture Station with £200 towards the work we carry out within our community in Stockport. The Furniture Station was chosen by staff & it’s members as part of Yorkshire Building Society’s get the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fundraising, Furniture Station Work
Tagged award, building, charitable, community, foundation, fundraise, furniture station, grant, society, stockport, yorkshire, yorkshire building society
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Securing new beds with the help of Vernon Building Society’s Jubilee Fund
The Furniture Station has been successfully chosen to receive a grant from 2012′s Vernon Building Society’s Jubilee Fund, a fund aimed at helping local community and charitable groups looking to make a difference in their area. The Vernon Building Society awarded over £10,000 to … Continue reading
Posted in Donating Furniture, Events, Fundraising, Furniture Station Work
Tagged award, bed, beds, branch, building, charitable, community, cots, donate, foundation, fund, fundraise, furniture, furniture station, grant, jubilee, local, presentation, society, stockport, vernon, vernon building society
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Werneth Concert Band Raises £660
The Werneth Concert Band performance of December has raised a total £660 towards the work of the Furniture Station and towards Werneth Concert Band’s Chosen charities. Thank you to all those who attended and well done to the amazing 60 piece band who were extraordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fundraising
Tagged baptist church, christmas, concert, event, fundraise, giig, hazel grove, HGBC, performance, stockport, WCB, werneth, wind band
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Corporate success with supporting fuel & travel expenses
Travel costs for collections and deliveries for the re-use of furniture to families & individuals in Stockport exceed £10,000 each year. These collections and deliveries are a vital part of The Furniture Station’s service in the community. Throughout the summer we sought local companies … Continue reading
Well done Furniture Station runners for their 10k at Woodbank Park
On Sunday 5th August, Legacy Event Series organised & held their 1ok Woodbank Park run. 21 runners had signed up to run in aid of the Furniture Station, and on the Sunday morning, they ran and raised funds to go … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fundraising
Tagged 10k, august 2012, event, fundraise, legacy, legacy series, run, runners, stockport, woodbak park
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Seeking local corporate support – Sponsor a calendar month fuel campaign
The Furniture Station have launched a ‘Sponsor a Calendar Month: Fuel Campaign’ in order to secure funds for the cost of fuel and transport of the essential collection & delivery vans. Sponsoring the campaign has many attractive benefits, if this is something … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Furniture Station Work
Tagged charity, cheshire., community, community responsibility, corporate, fundraise, stockport, support
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Funding for Cots and Beds Project
The Furniture Station have updated their profile at The Big Give with the latest projects for 2012. You can now read more about our specific projects we are working with by clicking here . The project we are currently launching is to help … Continue reading
Posted in Donating Furniture, Fundraising
Tagged beds, cots, fundraise, needed, support
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Open Day 2011 Success
A big thank you to all those who came on Friday for The Furniture Station’s 2011 Open Day. With around 100 guests full of our referral agencies, our supporters and funders, The Furniture Station held tours around the workshop and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fundraising
Tagged 3 sheep, booth ainsworth, calendars, compeition, day, event, fundraise, mayor, mayoress, open, open day, photographer, presentation
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Simon’s Big Half Triathlon raises over £1,600
Simon Horsfied, Chairman of The Furniture Station swam 1.9km, cycled a 58 mile bike and ran a half marathon to finish in the time of 6 hours and 1 minute this summer. Through the help of his supporters, Simon managed … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, charity, fundraise, run, simon, swim, traithlon
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Superheroes ran backwards for the FS and Forever Manchester
A team of 4 ran their backwards run as superheroes on Sunday, raising over £200 for The Furniture Station and Forever Manchester. As you can see from the photos, we were the only superheroes in … Continue reading
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Tagged backward, community, event, forever, fs, fundraise, fundraising, manchester, run, superhero, team
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