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Free Stuff in Manchester

Free stuff in Manchester, week one.

Givore is a free app. You put up something you have finished with, and a neighbour comes round and takes it away. Nobody pays anybody. If you already search Freecycle Manchester or scan the Gumtree freebies list, the idea will be familiar. What follows is a short list of steps to work through.

Five steps to start with

1. Set your spot

Drop your pin on the part of Manchester you actually live in. Ancoats and Chorlton throw up different things.

2. Post one item

Choose the thing in the hallway you keep stepping around. One photo, one line about the size, and it is up.

3. Say what you want

A Looking For post asks for a specific thing. You describe the desk you need and let people come to you.

4. Answer people the same day

Leave a message sitting unread and the handover quietly dies. A short reply keeps it alive.

5. Fix a time and a door

Agree it all in the app chat. Give the street, the buzzer and an hour that suits you both.

A few Manchester habits.

Student tenancies end together

Fallowfield and Withington clear out over the same fortnight in summer. Desks, drying racks and pans all want a new home at once.

New blocks have lifts

In the centre a chest of drawers is easy, because it goes down in the lift. Say so in your post and more people will offer.

Old terraces have narrow halls

Measure the front door before you promise a sofa. The hall is usually the tightest part of the trip.

Do step two tonight.

One photo of one item is enough to begin with. The rest gets easier after that.

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Givore cat mascot carrying a free desk through a Manchester terrace Givore cat mascot handing free stuff to a Manchester neighbour

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Questions from Manchester

The idea is the same and both are free. Freecycle Manchester works through group posts and email. On Givore an item sits on a map with a photo until somebody takes it.
The free section on Gumtree is worth a look. It sits inside a site meant for selling, so you have to filter. Givore has no selling side to filter out.
Yes. Post a Looking For, describe the thing, and wait. Someone with a spare one can answer you directly.
Furniture, kitchen gear, bikes, books, clothes, plants, tools. Anything clean that still does its job.
Choose somebody else and put the item back up. You have lost an evening and nothing more.