Rags2Riches IV

Forty Years of
UK Scrapstores
After a
consultation and
feasibility study,
funding was
sought and
acquired to
create a charity
to support and
develop the
network
2010
REUSEFUL UK
The Federation of
Resource Centres
was created by
likeminded
scrapstores and
resource centres
to share good
practice and
ideas before
eventually
disbanding
2000
2008
1990
SCRAPSTORESUK
Established in 1980
The first
scrapstores
were
created by
play
associations
1980
FORC
First known scrapstore
1971
1970
2013
Name change to
Reuseful UK to
properly reflect
the single
common
denominator
between all the
different areas
of interest: play,
arts, waste,
education and
crafts
Remanufacture,
arts, crafts or
play
Business Creates
Waste
Scrapstore
Collects or
Company
Delivers
Members
access materials
Materials are
prepared for
reuse
Reusing Materials – 17,000 tonnes per year
year
Textiles
Hard Card
Composites
Plastics
Foam/Rubber
•
•
Reuse reduces use of raw materials
Materials prized by scrapstores are often the
most difficult to recycle or have high volume
and low weight
Volunteers
 Employees
 Number of Scrapstores
 Number of Business Donors

992
285
90+
3,500
Percentage of Registered Charities
 Percentage of Social Enterprises
 Percentage of Local Authority

68%
62%
12%
Thank-you
Nikki DiGiovanni
Chief Executive Officer