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REVIVE plans to use 2008 to expand its Community Furniture Project.

By doubling the size of our existing warehouse and also by recruiting a new member of staff in our office; we plan to develop Revive further during 2008 using these resources as follows:

• Increase furniture beneficiaries – by 17% from 43 people per month to 50 people per month.
• Increase home collections – by 17% from 59 collections per month to 69 collections per month.
• To fund and purchase a new telephone system, as calls are being lost on our existing system.
• To continue to recruit more funders over the longer term (i.e. 3 year funders).
• To further develop and improve our stock control systems.
  

Our results this year, to date, up to June 2008 are as follows:

• 1299 items of furniture have been reused and provided to people in need instead of going to landfill sites (952 for the same period in 2007). 36% increase on 2007.
• 324 individuals and families in need have been helped with low cost furniture (241 for the same period in 2007). 34% increase on 2007. This includes people who are:
• Homeless ? Fleeing Domestic Violence ? Leaving Care ? Registered Disabled
• 3 young people, on work experience placements, have received extensive on job training in the areas of warehouse management, distribution and customer service skills.
• 3 people have found employment who were previously volunteering or on supported work experience placements at Revive (1 for the same period in 2007).
• 149 agencies registered so that their clients could use Revive’s services.
• 1460 items of furniture have been collected free of charge from local residents (1039 for the same period in 2007). 41% increase on 2007.
• Our total amount of money raised from furniture sales was £16,955 (£10,646 for the same period in 2007). 59% increase on 2007. This all continues to help with our long-term sustainability.
• Social Enterprise Northumberland has provided the funding for a new telephone system

The progress , to date, (up to June 2008) against our targets for 2008 are as follows:

 

Increase furniture beneficiaries – by 17% from 43 to 50 people per month.

So far this year we have increased this by 34% to 54 people per month.

Increase home collections – by 17% from 59 to 69 collections per month.

So far this year we have increased this by 38% to 77 collections per month.