Green-Works is an award winning social enterprise and registered charity dedicated to helping the environment by diverting redundant office and school furniture from landfill by providing reused and remanufactured furniture to small business, charities, schools and community groups whilst providing training and real work experience to the unemployed.

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Membership

Is your business in need of a green boost? member

Our membership programme provides businesses with the opportunity to improve their environmental performance and save costs, while delivering real social benefits.

Our two tiered membership scheme, Membership and Premier Membership provide discounts on both collections and gate fees, along with discount on remanufactured items and recycling bins. You will also be entitled to practical environmental support, advising you with both environmental and green communication issues, giving you great recognition ensuring you make the most of your new found green credentials.........and of course a certificate you can show off to the world.

  • Your company can be at the vanguard of environmental and social responsibility. 
  • Improve both your internal and external PR on these issues.
  • Engage your staff more fully in the companies efforts to reduce its environmental impact.
  • Dramatically improve the way office furniture waste is managed.
  • You will be preventing unnecessary landfill.

Why join?

  • You can help change perceptions in the corporate community towards environmental issues.
  • You will be supporting employment in areas where jobs are scarce.
  • You will be helping young disadvantaged people get the skills they need through real training in real jobs.
  • You can support and help to rebuild communities across Africa.

For full details on the complete package and costs - download our member pack.

Many high profile organisations are already reaping the benefits of being a Green-Works member include; Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, Diageo, EDF Energy, BT, HBOS Bank, Steelcase, Royal Mail, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Ashurst Solicitors and Triumph TBS.

Membership enquiries are always welcome and open to any organisation. Please contact Eileen Browne on 0845 230 2231

 

 

Furniture Facts

Around 400,000 tonnes of furniture goes to landfill each year

There are 180,000 charities in the UK who could benefit from yourunwanted items

A standard desk uses 530kgs of extracted material to manufacture new

Reusing furniture creates jobs and training opportunities for many disadvantaged or long term unemployed people

 An area of forest the size of the UK is destroyed each year and upto 50% of total forest cover has been destroyed by human activity