SAFETY NOTICE: Members of this group use it entirely at their own risk. Please take all reasonable measures to protect yourself and your family's safety and privacy when posting to the list or collecting an item.
DISCLAIMER: Freegle puts people who have unwanted items in touch with people who want those items. Because of how it works, Freegle never sees or checks items and they may not be in working order. Posting an advert or responding to an advert does not guarantee you will be able to get rid of unwanted items or get the items you want. Any agreement you reach about any items will be between the person requesting or advertising items and you. It is your responsibility to ensure you are not breaking any laws in offering or getting goods through Freegle.
Freegle in Penrith and Eden District
Go to the Yahoo Group Web Site
Conserve the world's resources - don't add to landfill at Flusco.
Throwing something away? STOP!!
- If you live in Penrith and Eden District UK, please offer your reusable items to other group members.
- Items must be legal and appropriate, and given away for free.
- Items can't be lent, swapped or sold.
To join:
- Either: Go to group web site and put your email into the "Join the Group" email address box, then "Click to Join". You will have to decode some characters to type in.
- You will now start receiving group emails and can send messages to the group by sending to PenrithEdenFreegle@yahoogroups.com
- To see group messages online at the group web site you will have to create a Yahoo ID - see below - instructions will be emailed to you to tell you how to do this.
- Or: Go to our Yahoo group web site
and click on the "Join This Group" button on the right
• To use your existing email address, set up the "Alternative Email", verify it and set it as your primary email.
Then: Please reply to the email that asks where you live.
If you created a new Yahoo Id to join the group you may have a new Yahoo email address, this is the email address we will use to contact you. Please check your Yahoo mail and spam folder. - If you have applied but not heard anything email the moderators.
- If you need any help please phone group moderator Chris Cant on 01931 713240.
Once you have joined:
- Please read our Member's Handbook
- Start emailing using the Message Maker.
- No animal or software posts please.
- You must say if you are not using received items yourself.
We hope you have fun recycling with our Freegle group - tell your friends and neighbours all about it. Or get in touch with questions or improvement ideas!
The group is run by volunteer moderators who gently help the members to follow the simple rules,
try to keep spam out of the group, and publicise the group in the area.
Email the moderators: Chris, Judith-Ann and Juliet.
For more information on the network of Freegle groups, see here: www.ilovefreegle.org
The Cumbria Recycle Cafe is a group to discuss recycling, re-use and waste prevention issues. In particular, we welcome members of locally run re-use groups, but also encourage anyone in the local community who wishes to participate, eg with a recycling question.
This group was started in January 2007 and was affiliated to The Freecycle Network until September 2009, when,
after consulting with members, it was decided to switch to the new UK Freegle network.
July 2010: the group currently has over 2,300 members.
The area covered by Penrith and Eden District UK Freegle
The group area covers Penrith and the whole of Eden District:
- From Threlkeld in the West, through Stainton and Appleby to Brough and Kirkby Stephen in the South-East, and
- From Armathwaite in the North, through Lazonby and Shap to Tebay and Ravenstonedale in the South, and
- From Alston in the North-East to Glenridding in the South-West.
Nearby other re-use groups
- Kendal Freegle
- Carlisle Freegle
- Carlisle Freeshare
- North Lakes Freecycle - centred around Keswick
- Hexham Freecycle
- Teesdale Freecycle
- South Lakes MyFreecycle
Please also see the Cumbria Recycle Cafe group and the Recycle for Cumbria web site.
How it works
Once you have joined for free, you can post messages to all the other members of the group, ie:
- Offer an item you don't want, eg OFFER: bed (Penrith)
- If someone replies to the message, the email comes direct to you
- You may get several replies - or none
- You then choose who to give the item to
- Arrange when and where to hand over the item safely
- Send another message saying the item has been taken, eg TAKEN: bed (Penrith)
Or:
- Ask for an item, eg WANTED: guitar (Alston)
- If someone replies to the message, the email comes direct to you
- Arrange when and where to pick up the item safely
- Send another message saying you have got it, eg RECEIVED: guitar (Alston)
Please put the basic details in the message subject, eg OFFER: item (location) and more details if necessary in the message body. To protect your privacy, we strongly recommend not putting your address or phone number in a message to all the group. Once you have made contact, swapping full details helps considerably - having a contact phone number can help if someone gets lost or is late for a pick up.
You can post a message to the group, either by sending an email, or by filling in a form online:
- Either, send an email to PenrithEdenFreegle@yahoogroups.com
- Or, post your message at the group web site once signed in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PenrithEdenFreegle/post
To help get the subject line right, you can use one of these tools:
- Either, use the Message Maker
- Or, install one of these plugins for Internet Explorer or Firefox. The plugin adds to the Yahoo groups user interface to make it easier to post in the correct format, and removes items that have been taken from the list.
As a member, you may get quite a few messages. You can control how many you receive online by clicking the Edit Membership link:
- Individual messages
- Daily Digest: all messages grouped into one email per day
- Special Notices - no messages except occasional important ones from the moderators
Finally, for the full rules and recommendations, once a member:
- Please read our Member's Handbook
- Read the Safety Notice and Disclaimer - on the right
Email-only members
If you join using the "Join the Group" box on the group page you will be an "email-only member". This means that you will receive messages from the group and can send an email to the group by sending to PenrithEdenFreegle@yahoogroups.com. However you will not be able to view the group messages online until you create a Yahoo ID.
For more information on the commands available to email-only members: see here.
To get a Yahoo ID:
If you are an email-only member of PenrithEdenFreegle, use this form to link your email address to a (new) Yahoo ID. This form opens in a new window so you can see the instructions below.
- Click on Continue
- If you don't have a Yahoo ID already, click on Sign Up at the bottom right
- Fill in the registration form
- Make sure you put your main email in the Alternate Email field
- Choose a Yahoo ID - this will also create a new Yahoo email, but you ignore this
- Click on "Create My Account"
- Click on Sign In
- On the "Manage your email addresses" page you will need to verify your main email address: Click on the "Verify Now" link. A message appears: click Close.
- Click on the link in the "Verify this email address" email. Click on "Continue". Sign in again. Select your main email address and click "Save".
- Go to the group home page
- You should be signed in at the top.
- If "Join This Group" is not showing then you are set up correctly. Otherwise:
- If "Join This Group" is showing then click it
- Some way down the page you should your main email listed - click on "Get Web Access"
- Review your options and click "Save Changes" at the bottom
- Whew!
Recent items offered or wanted
Week ending 30 September 2009
OFFERs:
- Radio control, nappies and coat hangers
- kitchen door pack
- towel rail
- Large sofa
- 3 Seater Sofa & 2 Matching Chair
- Various Kitchen Items
- Various
- DVD player
- computer desk
- groundsheets
- wall brackets
- Packing boxes
- Cooker
- Fridge/Freezer
- Table and 4 chairs
- Various Kids Items
- Blind and outside light
- Standby saver
- Divan Double Bed Base
- Double bed base
- Large tea pot
- Gravy Boat
- black Leather briefcase
- Lindam baby bouncer
- IBM Laptop docking station
- Book on the Bradford Trolleybus System
- Carrier Bag full of "Bob the Builder" toys
- Various
- Curtains
- Mens Racer Bike
- terry nappies
- Small Colour TV
- computer keyboard shelf
- sit up bar
- lap top black bag
- large gas urn
- Box of Videos
- Various
- Desk
- Stereo
- Fridge
- PC USB Graphics Tablet
- Typists Chair
- Large Rug
- 3.5" Floppy disks
- Nikon 35mm camera
WANTEDs:
- jam jars
- Lego
- Small backpack
- Desk
- Some Famous Five books
- Scratting Mill or Industrial Mincer
- PC
- Bread maker
- Leather armchair
- trike frame
- old carpet
- Footballs
- 2 seather sofa
- guinea pig cage
- garden storage box
- shed
- Jetwash Lance
- flat screen for PC
- Dog cage
- Washing machine
- Slat Board
- Indoor Guinea Pig/Rabbit Cages
- 28 Times newspapers
- Record deck
- Desk top PC or laptop
- large TV
- Dust sheets
- Old trampoline enclosure
- Bubble Wrap
- computer printer
- 20" tv
- Laptop Computer
Publicity posters
Please print out these posters and put them up wherever you can:
Penrith and Eden Freegle mentions and links
- Cumberland and Westmorland Herald letter about Freegle and PACT - 5 July 2010
- Over 1 Million People Love Freegle! - 14 February 2010
- Cumberland and Westmorland Herald article 30 January 2010
- Cumberland and Westmorland Herald article 10 October 2009
- Alston Cybermoor
- On penrithlocal
- Cumbria CVS Eden Newsletter Nov/Dec 2009
- Kirkby Stephen Community Information
