About Furniture Plus

Furniture Plus is the largest furniture re-use, recycling and repair organisation in Fife. We have continued to grow steadily since our inception in December 2001. Our main aim is to combat poverty and social exclusion, especially homelessness. We do this through our core business activity of re-using, recycling and repairing furniture and other household goods which may have otherwise gone to landfill. This benefits local communities, both socially and environmentally, whilst generating core income to sustain the project. We work throughout Fife, operating from two locations in Dysart and Dunfermline.

​Furniture Plus is a completely self-sustaining charity which does not receive core grant funding to provide the services that we offer which is why donated items are sold in our shops. All surpluses generated are re-invested into the Charity, with a significant amount set aside each year to provide furniture and other household items free of charge to people in most need.

  • Fighting furniture poverty

  • Upskilling those furthest removed from the job market

  • Building a cleaner future for our community

Our History

Proudly serving our local community and providing a helping hand for those in need since 2001

  • Like most community projects Furniture Plus started our relatively small with only two staff members and four volunteers operating out of Dysart collecting furniture donations and handing items out to people in the local area
  • By 2004 Furniture Plus had grown to 7 staff members, 7 volunteers and 4 work placements. We also expanded our fleet to 3 vans allowing us to cover even more of Fife
  • In 2010 our Dysart store was greatly expanded doubling the amount of retail floor space available to us
  • 2012 saw the opening of our current Dunfermline store in Pitreavie
  • Further growth of our Dysart store was completed in 2013 significantly expanding our operation to cover the entire warehouse building on Alexander Street.
  • In 2015 it was time to give Furniture Plus a bit of a refresh and we set about rebranding the charity to the more modern fresh green and white colour scheme that you’ll be accustomed to
  • We now employ 22 permanent staff members and host 5 work placements and 6 regular volunteers, allowing us to cover all of Fife from our two sites in Dysart and Dunfermline.

Our Impact 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

294

Families Helped through our Goodwill Scheme

5577

Free collections carried out

£28,142

Value of goods provided free

533.4

Tonnes diverted from landfill

Our Partnerships

Just as we wouldn’t be where we are today without our donors and volunteers, partner organisations have also helped us flourish over the years. To help us achieve our charitable aims, we have over the years, partnered with organisations both local and national. Partnerships enable us to reach far and wide to support our main aims of battling poverty and social exclusion as well as benefitting our environment and wider community through recycling, reusing and diverting household items and furniture from landfill.

Below are some examples of our closest partnerships. To find out more about an individual organisation simply click on their logo.

Reuse Network Logo
SENScot Logo
Revolve Reuse Logo
Circular Communities Scotland Logo
Fife Council Logo