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Trash-Treasure

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This is a Trash to Treasure project sponsored by @KollectIE to provide jobs for people from marginalised groups.

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People's generosity is humbling. On Monday a group of volunteers are coming to work on our building, replacing floor upstairs, building accessible toilet, fixing leaking roof, HSE standard kitchen, and new stairs. We are no longer alone, we are officially a community.

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I can understand why a lot of businesses are closing at the moment, last electric bill was 280, bill that arrived on Friday was 650 with no changes to usage. This is just a light bill for 6 hours and running a sander every day for 2 hours.

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Major renovation works begin tomorrow, our volunteers include a guy that owns scaffolding company, a roofing company, 2 engineers, a carpenter, an electrician, an environmental scientist, a horticulturist, a welder and a stone Mason. Now we just need supplies as we are non funded

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We finally have a van on the road to offer our customers collections and deliveries. I hoped, but never dreamed this little enterprise would be doing so well.

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This week we covered a lot of miles in the van. We had a couple of deliveries to Kilkenny, Newross, Longford and Cork. How did we ever survive without our van.

This week we covered a lot of miles in the van. We had a couple of deliveries to Kilkenny, Newross, Longford and Cork. How did we ever survive without our van.
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We are fundraising at the moment by inviting people to join our community shed. We want to turn our mixed community shed into the biggest shed in Ireland. Membership is just €5. Be part of our inclusion dream. gofund.me/b1af4851

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Finally got a lick of paint on the building and it looks great. 1 year after opening, business is booming, so many lives changed for the better, hundreds of items of furniture rescued from landfill and Zero debt.

Finally got a lick of paint on the building and it looks great. 1 year after opening,  business is booming, so many lives changed for the better, hundreds of items of furniture rescued from landfill and Zero debt.
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Wooo Hooo!! We've been shortlisted for a Pakman award, it's only the most sought after award in the waste industry. We'll have to fundraise to get to Dublin, but, we'll get there.

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When this two door record storage cabinet came in I didn't hold out much hope for it, but structure was good, so I took the doors off, painted it and found the perfect wallpaper to decoupage it.

When this two door record storage cabinet came in I didn't hold out much hope for it, but structure was good, so I took the doors off, painted it and found the perfect wallpaper to decoupage it.
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Countdown is finally on. Second trash to treasure shop opening soon in Dungarvan. Excited doesn't even come close. Non funded business supported entirely by circular economy is now supporting 7 jobs.

Countdown is finally on. Second trash to treasure shop opening soon in Dungarvan. Excited doesn't even come close. Non funded business supported entirely by circular economy is now supporting 7 jobs.
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So we opened our second trash to treasure shop in Dungarvan. Had a busy day, started to worry about how fast the shop was emptying. Got messages about 3 more clearances for next week.

So we opened our second trash to treasure shop in Dungarvan. Had a busy day, started to worry about how fast the shop was emptying. Got messages about 3 more clearances for next week.