County Durham Furniture Help Scheme founded in Aycliffe and now based on Chilton Industrial Estate is growing its range of NEW and re-used furniture and white goods. They have also developed and implemented a painting and decorating service with a multi-disciplined team of handy people. Services offered include general works, electrical installations of appliances, basic electrical work, Master Locksmith, garden clearing, fence repairing, rubbish clearance and much more. The refurbishment work carried out by Durham County Council on their warehouse and is now complete. This will improve the outlook, and customer experience.
A total transformation of the exterior and a significant impact on light levels also included an element of insulation plus increased security and overall improvement of appearance. Many thanks to the Council teams involved who worked hard CDFHS were able to update friends, partners, customers, supporters and the many businesses, training providers and other They used the day to thank all on behalf of the Staff and Board of Trustees of the CDFHS. CEO Steve Mitton (from Aycliffe) said: “My team and I are immensely proud of what has been achieved in recent times and we have grown in stature and confidence. Over the year we have been involved with National Lottery – Big Potential Programme, which joined us up with Numbers for Good. “We are really thrilled with an outcome involving Social Investment from Northstar Ventures of £750,000. This is to buy our own property following development of our Estates Strategy at CDFHS led by Trustee Julian Capell.” We identified premises and made a sound offer and were about to embark on necessary structural repairs. We were then treated to a piece of shameful treatment and was “gazumped”. The property owner advised us he wanted a further £50,000. This being a particular brand of funding and restricted his terms could not be agreed, so we were unceremoniously dumped.
However in 2017 CDFHS will work further with property professionals to identify and procure suitable premises in County Durham”. CDFHS has also introduced a customer loyalty scheme, one of the first in the North East. and will be giving discounts in future. In 2017 they will be making more products available and laying They have added “entry level” brand new washing machines, cookers, fridge freezers and other electrical items to the range. All items are competitively priced, the majority coming with a two year warranty and make excellent value for money. CDFHS at Chilton will be open as usual weekdays 9.00am to 4.00pm. They may occasionally close for essential works but on Saturdays only. To arrange collections of unwanted or surplus furniture and white goods free of charge or to confirm any of our services sales or promotions please call 01388 721509.
