University of Liverpool embraces reuse with Warp It

“If you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one.” – Mae Mai

For those who have ever tried to make an organisational change, whether monumental or minuscule, you’ve probably faced the issue that the change you’d like to make is simply not relevant to everyone. At the same time, finding the exact people that you need to target can be incredibly difficult.

We love hearing from our valued members, especially when we hear feedback like this:

‘Hey Warp It! We’ve managed to get Warp It to run itself. The staff own it and run it between themselves’.

What a great position to be in, right?

Are you seeking to improve how your organisation is currently donating surplus assets to charity?

Are you trying to find a way to effectively donate furniture to charity on a big scale?

This resource will be handy for anyone who is donating or planning to donate assets to charity as part of a surplus assets reuse program or a furniture reuse network.

As far as we know, no other service allows organisations like schools, municipal councils, healthcare , central government, charities and private sector, to trade and reuse surplus assets with each other for free.

We provide an equipment and furniture reuse network where you can always find homes for your unwanted items and where you can always find 2nd hand supplies!

• 60% of the trades on the system take place within the same organisation. 

• The rest of the trades are inter agency- that is between organisations!

Did you know that you can take a look at Warp It’s best performers for thirteen different categories?

It’s true, go ahead, take a look, you can see who the best individual user is, or you can see which organisation has saved the most carbon - it’s all there for you to view.

The contribution of FM operatives is often overlooked, because most of their hard work happens behind the scenes.

This guide covers how to maximise the redistribution of surplus assets to the charity & not-for-profit sector.

The article is aimed at procurement, facilities, estates, waste and sustainability managers in large organisations, as well as those with responsibility for community outreach. 

You have surplus assets you don't have a use for internally- you have tried to donate to charity in the past but it has fallen over and now you are just paying to dispose of reusable assets.  

We will discuss why you should pass surplus assets to charitable organisations and we will explore several ways you can do this legally, safely, effectively and with maximum impact. We will also have some downloadable resources at the end to help you implement the advice in the article. 

The objective here is to help your organisation to increase your impact in the local and regional community- but also avoid waste disposal costs, increase landfill diversion by reuse and head towards zero waste.

If an item/s is heading for the skip, it makes sense for the facility manager to improve estates management to give furniture for free to not for profits- legally and safely. It is the same with office furniture clearance or decommissioning- it is good for waste minimisation and sustainability as well as your costs. 

Here's what we will cover:

• How to donate office furniture to charity
• How to point charities to the Warp It online portal
• How to maximise community leadership and set up your own charity network
• How to use your staff body to reach out to charities and make more meaningful connections

You can view the video or read the content. If you are already a Warp It customer skip forward to 4.14 on the video!

Policy development should be the first step in any culture change program.

In this article we give you the reasons why developing policy first will:

• Save you time
• Increase your personal impact
• Ensure your culture change project is embedded
• Create harmony in your community 
• Present your organisation in a better light

We also give you access to a template reuse policy (focussed on procurement, disposal and building decommission)  at the end.

In the example below we talk about developing a reuse policy for an organisation but the same reasons apply to any culture change project.