Purpose Reuse Membership 2,608,461 Number of volunteers 1,000 | Region served United Kingdom Founded 11 September 2009 | |
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Formation 11 September 2009 (2009-09-11) Motto Don’t throw it away – give it away! Profiles | ||
Freegle
Freegle is a UK organisation that aims to increase reuse and reduce landfill by offering a free Internet-based service where people can give away and ask for things that would otherwise be thrown away.
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History
Freegle was formed on 11 September 2009 after many Freecycle groups in the UK decided to break away from the US parent organisation following disagreements on how groups in the UK should operate and the dismissal of long-term UK moderators, who had been speaking out.
Organisation
Each local Freegle group is run by volunteer moderators, is autonomous and affiliates to the national Freegle Ltd organisation provided they meet basic requirements such as being free to join and everything handed on must be free and legal. Freegle Ltd is a non-profit organization: an Industrial and Provident Society for Community Benefit Registration no: 32410R. and registered as a charity with HMRC reference XT32865.
Membership numbers
In September 2015, there were 396 Freegle groups with a total of 2,608,461 members in the UK.
Hosting
The majority of Freegle groups are hosted on Yahoo! Groups, but most can also be used from Freegle Direct (Freegle's own user interface) or as an app from the Facebook social networking service.
Mobile apps
In April 2015 the Freegle mobile app was launched to allow access to Freegle Direct groups on Android, iOS and Kindle phones and tablets.