Mary
Appearances
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
My name is Mary and I work for Fernie Store, a charity which provides all sorts of household goods for the whole community. People on benefits only half price. People who are really on a hard time, we do it for... nothing, they're basic furniture and I do the linen. Make sure it's clean and nice and pack it and we sell that but we also give it away to people who need it.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
We give them free basic furniture, bedding and cutlery, crockery, everything to start them off. People love to donate because the things that they're donating have still got lots of wear in them. They're maybe just changing them for their decor or whatever, but we get some lovely things. We get lots of people who buy things to upcycle, but people don't want to throw things in the tip.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
So we get donations from everywhere.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
18 years. When I finished nursing, I thought, right, I've had enough of caring, I'll do something else. But actually, Furniture Store is the most caring place. So I love it, and I love the people I work with. Really lovely people, always. We take young people in who've got difficulties with learning and it's so lovely to see them blossom and then they get jobs, so we love it.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
Well, apart from getting me out of bed in the morning, I wouldn't like to just be at home all day doing nothing. I do two days a week and that's lovely.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
I didn't know that, but anyway. Thank you very much.