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Free Stuff in Birmingham

Free stuff in Birmingham, from both ends.

Givore is a free app for handing things on. One person offers what they no longer use, and a neighbour comes to collect it. No money changes hands. People searching Freecycle Birmingham want that same arrangement. There are two ways into it, depending on which end you are standing at.

Clearing out, or looking

Clearing out: big things first

Outside the centre a lot of Birmingham homes have a drive or a spot outside. Say so, and a van collection becomes realistic.

Clearing out: describe the access

A ground-floor room with a wide door is one job. A city-centre flat with a lift and a key fob is another. Write which it is.

Looking: shrink the map

Birmingham is wide. Set the distance you would actually travel, or you will drive half an hour for a lamp.

Looking: check the size before you go

Ask for the width and the height, then measure your boot and your doorway. That one message saves most wasted trips.

Free rather than cheap.

Givore has no price box. That was a deliberate choice, and it saves a fair bit of bother.

Nothing to price

Nobody has to decide what a ten-year-old table is worth, which is a question with no good answer.

Nothing to haggle over

The conversation is about when you are in, not about knocking a fiver off at the door.

No cash to trust anyone with

Since no payment happens, there is no transfer to chase afterwards and nobody waiting on money.

Pick your end and start.

Either post the thing in the spare room, or set the map to your part of Birmingham and look.

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Givore cat mascot loading a free table into a van on a Birmingham drive Givore cat mascot handing free stuff to a Birmingham neighbour

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Birmingham questions

Both are free and both are neighbour to neighbour. Freecycle Birmingham works through group posts. On Givore you browse photos on a map and message the giver straight away.
Because a price changes the whole exchange. Without one there is nothing to argue over and no cash to hand across a doorstep.
Only if you want to. Narrow the map to the distance you are happy with, and everything you see is inside it.
It can happen wherever things are given away. Pick the person who tells you what they want it for.
Furniture, garden things, tools, kitchen gear, clothes, toys. If it still works and you would be glad to be handed it, put it up.