# DFS customer sofa donations raise £2.2 million for BHF

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/12/dfs-customer-sofa-donations-raise-2-2m-bhf/
- Published: 2014-05-12T11:19:35+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Customers of furniture retailer DFS have raised £2.2 million for the British Heart
Foundation since May 2012 by donating their unwanted sofas.

When someone buys a new sofa from DFS, they are invited to donate their old one 
to the heart charity. BHF will collect the unwanted sofas for free, and then sell
them in its Furniture & Electrical shops.

The [partnership between BHF and DFS](http://www.dfs.co.uk/content/bhf/) began with
a pilot in 10 stores. That was then expanded to 34, and now all DFS stores in the
UK are part of the scheme.

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At the scheme’s public launch in July 2013, Ian Filby, Chief Executive of DFS, said:

>  “Not only will the partnership mean that thousands of sofas find a new home, 
> it could see millions of pounds in vital funds raised”.

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