# Give as you Live and Freegle partner

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/27/give-live-freegle-partner/
- Published: 2013-11-27T12:16:45+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Online fundraising platform [Give as you Live](http://www.giveasyoulive.com/) and
free re-use scheme Freegle have partnered in an effort to promote “environmentally
aware, responsible consumerism” in the UK.

As a result, Give as you Live will encourage its shoppers to use Freegle to dispose
of their unwanted items rather than to throw them away, and Freegle will encourage
its 1.5 million uses to use Give as you Live when they shop online. Freegle will
also earn income from some of the sales generated.

The organisations will collaborate with their complementary messages on social media,
newsletters, daily user email updates, and links on their websites.

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Polly Gowers OBE, CEO and Founder of Give as you Live, commented: “Freegle does 
vital work in helping to minimise environmentally damaging unnecessary waste, as
well as saving money for hard pressed Brits. Give as you Live has partnered with
Freegle to increase the financial support from their passionate community – but 
without them having to dig deeper into their pockets.

“This collaboration means that the British public can be philanthropic and environmentally
conscious as items enter and leave their lives.”

**About Freegle**

[Freegle](http://www.ilovefreegle.org/)** **is free online re-use scheme, promoting
keeping useable items out of the waste stream. Users can give unwanted items away,
or find something they want or need. It is run with the help of around 1,000 volunteers.

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