Your Business can Make a Sustainable Difference
Does your business want to help create a more sustainable and equitable world?
The ‘Good Thing’ website says that a recent study identified around 1.2 million desks and 1.6 million office chairs end up in landfill each year. The study couldn’t count the amount of IT equipment, branded merchandise, surplus products and other items that also go to landfill, but if it could, we’re pretty sure the number would be staggering!
To work towards a more sustainable world, we all need to work towards a circular economy – both in our personal and in our business lives. We’ve shared lots of ways in the past how you can help Remus with your personal recycling, so we’re excited to bring you this opportunity for your business too!
So we have signed up with ‘A Good Thing’ a not-for-profit organisation matching businesses who care, with amazing local charities – like Remus Horse Sanctuary!
It’s very simple process:
- Business creates an offer
- Offer emailed to local charities
- Charities submit requests
- Business selects a charity
- Details exchanged
- Charity picks up items (though we may need assistance with this)
What can be donated?
Anything from the business can be given to or shared with us, such as IT equipment, furniture, new products, food, meeting rooms… and much more. Please note, however, that the ‘Good Thing’ platform isn’t designed for volunteering or donating money. You can visit their website to find more information on their donated items policy.
Does it cost anything?
The app is completely free for charities to receive donations. It is also free to use for businesses to make small offers. For large offers (such as a complete office clear-out) ‘A Good Thing’ ask businesses for a small fee.
You can see here how the app works and how a business can donate items to a charity.
Who collects the items?
The expectation is that the charity will collect the items, but the business may offer to deliver if more convenient. ‘A Good Thing’ acts as a matchmaking service, they do not collect or deliver the items directly.
What regions does the service operate in?
The initial pilot was run in the Thames Valley area, but the service has now been expanded to the whole of the UK.
If you’re a business, sign up and start helping Remus Horse Sanctuary today!
And finally, don’t forget we’ll be hosting our last Open Day of the season on Sunday 6 October – come and join us and celebrate World Animal Day at the same time!
Recycle Your Ink Cartridges and Help Support Remus Horse Sanctuary
Did you know that you can help us raise vital funds simply by recycling your ink cartridges via our Recycle4Charity programme? And what’s more, this service is available both for individuals and for companies!
For each inkjet cartridge recycled via the programme we will receive a £1 donation, meaning you can help the environment whilst raising money for charity!
To start, all you need to do is go to one of the addresses shown below and sign up for your free account:
- For office recycling of ink tanks and toners visit: www.zerowasterecycling.co.uk/charity/C76482
- For individuals recycling inkjet cartridges visit: www.recycle4charity.co.uk/Register/C76482
With more people than ever working from home, this is a great way to help us and to avoid unnecessary landfill.
Please do share this information with your friends, family and colleagues.
Thank you for supporting Remus Horse Sanctuary.
Latest news and events for 2018
You’ll be pleased to hear that our website is now fully up to date with our events for 2018. Click here to find out more about our events, including our Spring Sales, Quiz Night and Ladies’ Fashion Show and our Kids Pony Days return for the Easter holidays. Click here to download and print a pdf of all dates.
Life at the Sanctuary is not getting any easier, so we try to make it as simple as possible for you to help us here at the Charity, from supporting our events, to donating clothing and bric-a-brac, to volunteering. Click on any of the highlighted links below and you’ll be directed to the appropriate page on our website.
Food & Donations
It’s that time of year when donations go down but our costs rise as we need more bedding, food and forage on site and need to try to get forage and water out to as many horses left tethered on the sides of the road as we can. Can you help us with a donation or food?
Also at this time of year we use more money on pain relief for the old horses and ponies who have arthritis and joint issues and rugs for all the horses, especially in the severe cold spells like we’ve recently experienced, so it really is a very costly time for us.
These efforts can mean the difference between life and death, so thank you for any help that you may be able to offer!
Afternoon Teas & Open Days
Looking ahead to the warmer weather, both of these events are very good for Remus from a promotional and a fundraising perspective but we are desperate for people to join our Afternoon Tea Team and our Open Day Teams.
There are seven Afternoon Teas planned for this year and six Open Days. If you can help at either, or would like more information to help promote these events, please do call or email the Sanctuary.
We really do need more help to both continue these events and to make them successful. Find out more about volunteering here.
Recycling
Do you have any unwanted presents – Christmas or Birthday – that you no longer want or require or any good quality bric-a-brac? If so we would love to have them at the Sanctuary to help raise funds for the horses.
Don’t forget we can turn your used stamps, old coins, foreign currency, old phones, old clothes, printer cartridges, any World War memorabilia, and books into cash for the animals!
For details of all of the ways you can help Remus with your recycling, and more, please click here and do remember to encourage your friends and family for us too!
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