From Rochdale Observer dated 26 February 2010
Recycling website Rochdale Freegle, which lets people give and receive unwanted items and was established by Helen five years ago, would also be part of the cafe.
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Helen’s green dream won’t cost the earth
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March 6th, 2010From Low Carbon: Green News and Campaigns Affecting Cheshire by James Shepherd dated 25 February 2010
Meanwhile, everything from tools, clothes and knick-knacks can be turned into cash at car boot sales. Alternatively, you can give away unwanted items to charity shops or through exchange networks like Freecycle and Freegle.
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Bedford Freegle
March 6th, 2010From r-Time Online, on 4 February 2010.
Freegle! It loosely stands for Free Giving, Locally, Easily. There are (currently) 215 online groups all over the UK, with almost 1 million members, dedicated to stopping still usable items going to landfill unnecessarily.
How does it work?
Simple! Just find your nearest group www.ilovefreegle.org/groups/ and join up (for free!), then have a look and see if there is anything on offer that interests you, or if someone has asked for something you’ve got loitering at the back of your garage or under stairs cupboard.Freegle groups are run on the Yahoo! groups platform.
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New groups to Freegle
March 6th, 2010During January and February 2010, six groups moved from their previous umbrella organisation to Freegle. These were:
Chiltern District
Slough
Peterborough
Central Fife
Tewkesbury
Bognor
We also had one brand new group, Salford. These additions took the membership of Freegle groups to over 1,000,000.
Welcome to all.
One person’s trash is another’s treasure
March 6th, 2010From Shopping & Eating section of Defra ‘Greener Society’ website
Freecycle and Freegle are online services based on a simple premise: that the things one person no longer wants or needs might well be of use to someone else. Through Freecycle and Freegle, you can advertise the things you were about to throw out. If other people locally want them, they’ll contact you and arrange to take them off your hands.
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Take an item, leave an item freegly
March 6th, 2010From March-April Issue of Maximum Yield Indoor Gardening magazine.
I Love Freegle is democratically run and focuses entirely on the task of …
Freegle is creating more of a community than just a simple, online swap meet. …
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Do we need to buy anything new for our baby?
February 16th, 2010From Guardian.co.uk (Comments)
We are about to have our first baby, which means getting hold of lots of expensive gear. We usually prefer to go second-hand, but are wondering if there is anything we should buy new, like a car seat. Also, an American relative has asked whether we are having a wedding-style “gift list”. Seems crazy to us, but should we turn down free stuff?
Another great source of second baby stuff is the online network Freegle http://www.ilovefreegle.org/ , which has groups all over the country. It is like Freecycle but purely UK-based.
Story and full list of comments can be found here
You Tube Video
February 16th, 2010You Tube video done by Birmingham Freegle Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rsdhc4pXI
Freegle Reaches 1,000,000 members
February 16th, 2010Over 1 Million People Love Freegle!
It’s official, as of 14 February 2010 Freegle now has 1,001,519 members
We think this amazing milestone is worth celebrating!
http://www.iLoveFreegle.org
Freegle is the only UK-run network facilitating the free re-use of legal goods via locally run web groups. We are a massive grass roots initiative that is leading environmentally positive action across the UK. In less than 6 months, since it was decided to have a unique network for the UK, we have topped the 1 million member mark. We are flourishing with over 220 independent groups spread throughout Scotland, Wales, NI and England. The amount of goods that we ensure are reused rather than thrown away is also happily growing.
Freegling reduces landfill and incinerator fodder because Freegle members are Giving it away instead of throwing it away!
Freegle groups also foster community spirit, lessen mindless consumerism, assist the economically challenged, reduce the load on local councils and encourage a more sustainable lifestyle…all done locally by locals and all done for free.
Freegle members can save money, time, energy and the planet – at the same time!
We encourage individuals, families, businesses, charities, households and other organisations to join their local Freegle group and start offering up any unwanted items (that they have and don’t want) to other members in their group. Or if there’s some item members are looking for then they can ask for it on their Freegle group too.
So whether it be a TV, empty moving boxes, clothing, sports equipment, DIY materials, a household full of furniture, some dishwasher tablets, office equipment, fresh squid or an old WWII shelter it is possible to give it away or get it for free via Freegle, instead of it going to waste at the tip or languishing unused.
Freegle is organised by about 400 volunteers who have all helped to democratically establish the only successful UK re-use network. They are all passionate about providing a free and easy way for people to give and get stuff in their own area. We have been working together tirelessly these past 5 months to improve our groups and to establish a fair and appropriate re-use network especially for the UK.
One million members has brought a huge collective smile to our faces!
So, if you’d like help us celebrate this awesome milestone or find out more, please contact:
Cat Fletcher: media@iLoveFreegle.org
(Cat can also put you directly in touch with a Freegle Group volunteer in your local area)
Freegle will be at UKAware at Olympia in London on April 16th and 17th.
Come and talk to us at the UK’s only Green Trade Show: http://freegle.it/UKAware
We will also be promoting home made real bread making in May in conjunction with Sustain http://www.sustainweb.org. We will be helping to set free all the bread makers gathering dust in cupboards and pantries and get people to give them away on their local Freegle group, so others can get them for free and can start baking.
freegle : free giving locally easily
It’s a free-for-all as 25,000 sign up to exchange website Freegle
January 2nd, 2010Edinburgh Evening News dated 7 November 2009 by Chris Marshall
The latest in a long line of internet success stories, the website Freegle – where users can pick up other people’s unwanted items for free – has revealed it now has more than 25,000 subscribers in the Capital.
The website, which works like a cash
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less version of eBay, has been embraced by those keen to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill, as well as those feeling the pinch during the recession.Items range from the everyday to the weird and wonderful, with everything from furniture and white goods to pet rodents and out-of-date food being advertised.
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