St. Vincent de Paul, Ellesmere Port.
The unit supplies second-hand donated furniture at affordable prices to disadvantaged families and single people. We will also provide furniture free of charge to families in need via official bodies such as the Council Housing Dept. and Social Services. We have assisted approximately 100 families in this way in the past two years and re-distributed in excess of 100 tonnes of second-hand furniture.
Our unit is managed and operated by 50 volunteers and a 2 part-time members of staff. We are always looking out for volunteers for warehouse work, shop assistance, electricians, carpenters, drivers and driver's assistants.
Shop addresses: 8 Church Parade, Ellesmere Port. CH65 2ER and 6-8 Rossmore Road West, Ellesmere Port. CH66 1LR.
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm.
Phone for furniture donations: 0151 355 0689 between 1.30pm and 4pm.
Any other enquiries: 0151 355 0689.
Fax for furniture donations: Not applicable.
E-mail: donations2@stvincentsep.co.uk
Our own web site: Not applicable.
Please click here to check out which items our project may accept
How we help:
John & Jill were a fairly ordinary family. John had his own IT business and Jill worked part-time. The children were at school full-time. They had a mortgage and bought many of their household goods on credit.Within a year their lives changed completely. John became very ill and lost or had to give up most of his contracts. Unable to meet mortgage and credit payments they lost everything. The house and most of its contents were re-possessed. The family became homeless and were housed in a local authority homeless unit.
Eventually they were offered a council house but could not afford the necessary furniture to move in. Credit was not an option and Jill's income meant they did not qualify for full benefits.
St. Vincent de Paul works in close partnership with the Local Authority Housing Department and so were able to help and support John and Jill with many of their furniture requirements.
At a follow-up visit some months later John's health had begun to improve and Jill was able to increase her hours of work.
