Office Supplies Stationery Amnesty
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In Kind Direct to benefit from Office Supplies Stationery Amnesty 31 March
Spring clean your stationery cupboard, collect all your unwanted paper, pens, files and other stationery products and take part in the first ever Office Supplies Stationery Amnesty. That’s the message to London companies from office supplies company first2office. The usable items will then be donated to In Kind Direct, the charity founded by The Prince of Wales to redistribute surplus products to good causes throughout the UK.
The unusable and broken office supplies will also be put to good use. At the end of 2006, first2office will stage the first ‘give-me life’ exhibition and arts awards. Students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) will be handed the challenge of transforming the donated ‘recyclable’ products into art, which will be judged by an eminent panel, put on exhibition and auctioned for London charities.
“We’re delighted to have been chosen to benefit from this creative initiative,” says chief executive Robin Boles. “Apart from getting office supplies, which our partner charities always need, the environmental values are completely in-line with In Kind Direct’s, which works to divert companies’ new surplus from landfill to voluntary groups, helping them get the goods they need at a fraction of the usual cost.” To take part in the Office Supplies Stationery Amnesty companies are asked to collect as many surplus office supplies as possible and arrange for these to be collected by completing the ‘come and collect’ form online on http://amnesty.first2office.biz/ Unwanted goods will be collected during the week of 27 March and In Kind Direct staff will be helping to sort donations on 1 April in a first2office warehouse. Certain office items are excluded from the Office Supplies Amnesty for health and safety reasons. Exclusions are shown on http://amnesty.first2office.biz/ For more information on In Kind Direct visit www.inkinddirect.org Note to editors: In Kind Direct is one of The Prince’s Charities. Since operations started in 1997, it has received more the £50 million worth of goods from almost 650 companies, from which 3,600 charities have benefited. And because the charity helps prevent unnecessary waste, so has the environment. first2office is an office2office plc company. It supplies office supplies and print to businesses across the UK, combining the scope and purchasing power of a nationwide operator with a quality of service more usually associated with local enterprises. For further press information on In Kind Direct please contact us on 020 7860 5930 or email info@inkinddirect.org For further press information on the Office Supplies Stationery Amnesty Day and first2office please contact Lorraine Calvey at Golley Slater on 020 8744 2630.
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Released (yyyy-mm-dd): 2006-03-16