Work in the community

As a Registered Charity and Social Economy organisation , Second Opportunities has adopted the following Organisational Priorities & Objectives.

• Providing low cost access for those who can least afford to furnish their homes.
• Tackling Poverty & Social Exclusion.
• Reducing waste to landfill.
• Recycling Household Items & Materials.
• Working alongside Groups involved in Recycling and Relief of Poverty.
• Maximising Disposable Income.
• Promoting Economic Welfare.

To help achieve these we have developed the following:

• Furniture & White Goods Reuse Service accessible through a network of support agencies that identify and refer service users allowing access to our furniture at discounted rates.
• A Revolve accredited Furniture & White Goods Assessment, Repair and Processing operation which feeds the Reuse Centre.
• We are members of the Circular Communities Scotland, (CCS) though whom we have achieved our Revolve accreditation and the Reuse Network (RN) from whom we have achieved the Approved Reuse Centre accreditation and also members of the Glasgow Social Enterprise Network (GSEN).
• Involvement in all aspects of our operation through Volunteering & Training placements, More information on which can be found by clicking below.

This page is for all support Agencies and their workers. For those of you that have used our service before you will find the referral form below for downloading.
Agencies which have not yet used our services, please browse these pages and when your ready, give us a call or drop us a note using the contact us page, we will gladly call you or arrange a visit when we will walk you through the services that we can provide for you and your clients.