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Shop and Office

Shop and Office
2C Bakers Ave
London, E17 9AW

Open for retail Fridays 10-4.30 and Saturdays 10-2.

Tel: 020 8539 3856

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Warehouse

Warehouse
Unit 7, The Sidings
London, E11 1HD

Open for retail Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10-4.30.

Tel: 020 8539 9076

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Open Morning 🌿 Curious about our Green Champions

Open Morning 🌿
Curious about our Green Champions programmes? Come along to our Open Morning!
Every month, we welcome people interested in our programmes, including our carpentry programme Championing Biodiversity and our mending and upcycling programme Patch & Repurpose – Next Stitch.
Our Open Morning is a chance to:
✨ Find out more about our programmes and how they work
🛠️ Visit our workshop and see where the sessions take place
♿ Learn about accessibility and access to the venue
💬 Ask questions and meet our mentors, Penny and Greg
🤝 Find out about volunteering and other ways to get involved with FRP
Whether you're a referral partner, thinking about volunteering, or simply curious about what we do, we'd love to meet you!
Free and open to all adults. 🌱
--> Open Morning at FRP
24 September (Thursday)
2C Bakers Avenue, E17 9AW (yellow door behind Hornbeam Café)
11:00am – 12:00pm
· Free · All adults welcome
Penny and Greg will begin their presentation at 11:00am.
Visit the Events section of our website for more information.
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come on the 24th September at 11am.

🎉 WTL is turning 6! 🎉 And what better way to celeb

🎉 WTL is turning 6! 🎉
And what better way to celebrate than with our now-official tradition: fruit pressing!
Join us on 26 September,
1–3pm at 2a Priory Court, E17 5LS
for an afternoon of community, making and celebrating 600+ tools, 500+ members and a growing Tool Library! 🛠️
🍎 Bring fruit + containers for pressing
🪵 Give your cutting board a new life
🌱 Seed, bulb & cutting swap
🐝 Make a bee box
🎨 Kids’ colouring
🎂 Homemade cake & refreshments
Members and non-members welcome!
Children must be supervised. Dogs welcome.
Come celebrate 6 years of sharing, repairing and making together! 💚

🎨 Warehouse shenanigans at FRP! 👀😂 Ever wondered

🎨 Warehouse shenanigans at FRP! 👀😂
Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes? Les is giving us the lowdown on bubbling paint tins (and how to avoid one exploding in your face! 😳💥), while David has a funny story to tell us about Clive! 😂
Just another day at the warehouse… 💚
#FRP #WarehouseShenanigans #BehindTheScenes #StoryTime #PaintTips WarehouseLife

✨ CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT ✨ We love seeing the beautif

✨ CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT ✨
We love seeing the beautiful things our customers create with our fabrics! 💛
Tina recently stopped by and picked up a mix of our free fabric scraps and a few vintage fabric cuts to create this gorgeous bunting for her baby shower. 🎀✨
Here’s what Tina had to say:
💬 “I recently stopped by and picked up a mix of the free fabric scraps and bought a few vintage fabric cuts to make some bunting for my baby shower. I’m planning to keep them for every future special occasion, they added such a beautiful pop of colour and joy to the party. Had a lot of compliments.”
We absolutely love that the bunting will be enjoyed for years to come and brought out for future special occasions. 🥰 What a wonderful way to give beautiful fabrics a new life!
Have you made something with our fabrics? We’d LOVE to see it! 📸
Tag us in your photos or send them our way — you could be featured in our next Customer Spotlight! 💕

💚 Goodbye & good luck! 💚 Today we say a heartfelt

💚 Goodbye & good luck! 💚
Today we say a heartfelt goodbye to our Retail Operations Manager at FRP. After being such an important part of the team, she’ll be truly missed by everyone.
Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and the positive impact you’ve made along the way. We wish you every success, happiness, and exciting opportunities in the future! ✨
Good luck for the next chapter — you’ll be missed! 💚
#FRP #TeamFRP #GoodbyeAndGoodLuck #GoodLuck #NewBeginnings Teamwork

💚 WE’RE HIRING! 💚 FRP is looking for an **Admin &

💚 WE’RE HIRING! 💚
FRP is looking for an **Admin & Comms Officer** to join our community team! 🌿
📍 Based in our office near **Bakers Arms, London**
⏰ **15 hours per week**
We’re looking for someone who’s organised, communicative and excited to be part of the Forest Recycling Project community.
📅 **Applications close Wednesday 9 September**
Interested? Find out more about the role and how to apply via our website — link in bio! 🔗
And please **share this post** with anyone you think might be a great fit. 💚
#WeAreHiring #JobOpportunity #LondonJobs #AdminJobs #CommunicationsJobs #CommunityJobs #ForestRecyclingProject #FRP #WalthamForest

🔍 CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT - Fresh colour, rescued paint

🔗 **Supporting local, reusing what’s already here*

🔗 **Supporting local, reusing what’s already here** ♻️
@wpwakefield
We recently needed a few washers and hooks for a chain barrier across the stairs at our warehouse, so rather than looking further afield, we popped to our local hardware shop, **W.P. Wakefield in Leyton**.
Wakefield is a **family-run local business**, and we love supporting businesses in our community whenever we can. Shopping locally helps us support the local economy, build connections and keep our spending closer to home. 💚
But there was another little detail we loved… 👀
Our purchases were wrapped in **old newspapers**! 📰
Wakefield have been reusing old newspaper to wrap their products since they first opened, giving something that might otherwise be thrown away another use.
As an environmental charity, **reuse is at the heart of what we do at FRP**, so we were delighted to see this simple, practical example of reuse happening right on our doorstep.
It might just be a few washers and hooks, but we think these small choices add up.
**Shop local. Reuse where you can. Support your community. 🌱**
📍 **W.P. Wakefield**
680–682 Lea Bridge Rd
London E10 6AP
#ForestRecyclingProject #ShopLocal #SupportLocal #Leyton #WalthamForest #Reuse #ReuseNotNew #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #LocalBusiness #FamilyBusiness #Community

🔍CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT - A little yellow living room

🌿 Got a fence project coming up? Don’t buy everyth

🌿 Got a fence project coming up? Don’t buy everything you need — borrow it! 🛠️🎨
At Forest Recycling Project, you can pick up reclaimed paint for your fence and borrow the tools you need from the Walthamstow Tool Library.
🪣 RECLAIMED PAINT
We have a great selection of reclaimed garden and fence paints in different colours and finishes — giving perfectly good paint a second life while saving you money.
🛠️ BORROW YOUR FENCE-BUILDING TOOLS
Need a post-hole digger, post rammer, drill, saw or other tools for your project? Borrow instead of buying something you might only use once!
💚 JOIN THE WALTHAMSTOW TOOL LIBRARY
Membership gives you access to a whole collection of tools for DIY, repairs, gardening and home projects.
Instead of spending money on tools that will sit in the shed, borrow what you need, use it, and return it for someone else to use.
📍 Reclaimed paint:
The Shop
2C Bakers Avenue, Walthamstow, E17 9AW
Friday: 10am–4:30pm
Saturday: 10am–2pm
7 The Sidings, Hainault Road, Leytonstone, London E11 1HD
Tuesday–Thursday: 10am–4:30pm
📍 Walthamstow Tool Library:
2A Priory Court, Walthamstow, E17 5LS
Borrow tools. Reuse paint. Save money. Reduce waste. 💚
link in bio
#ForestRecyclingProject #Walthamstow #WalthamstowToolLibrary #ToolLibrary #BorrowDontBuy #ReclaimedPaint #FenceProject #DIY #CircularEconomy #Reuse #SustainableLiving #RepairAndReuse #WalthamForest

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