Author Archives: Ellie Wicks
Visiting The Furnishing Service’s new warehouse
The team visited our furniture supplier The Furnishing Service, to see their products up close and hear about their fast delivery.
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Distributing free vacuums with AO and Hoover
AO are teaming up with Hoover to provide households with a free handheld vacuum for every washing machine ordered via the FFBS procurement portal.
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Housing 2021 — our first event in two years
We joined the UK housing sector to gather in Manchester for Housing 2021, an industry conference held by the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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FFBS shortlisted for two more industry awards
FFBS has been nominated for Social Enterprise Team of the Year at the UK Social Enterprise Awards and for the Enterprise Award at the Third Sector Awards.
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Going above and beyond to prepare refugee resettlement properties
Supplier Relationship Manager Paul Oakley joined our supplier TFS on a post-delivery inspection of two newly refurbished refugee resettlement properties.
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FFBS’ partnerships deliver essential support to over half a million households during pandemic
Overall, FFBS has helped to deliver essential goods and services to over 500,000 households in need during the Covid-19 crisis.
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My time as an intern at FFBS
We loved having Katy Grant as part of our Business Development and Marketing team over the summer and it turns out that the feeling was mutual.
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FFBS wins Tech for Good Award
FFBS has won the Tech for Good Award in Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber’s (SEYH) 2021 Awards.
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Four tips for better food voucher redemption
With so many of our clients distributing large volumes of food vouchers at the moment, we’ve put together our top tips to help you support beneficiaries to redeem vouchers quickly and easily.
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New support for fuel costs for households in Wales
With over 150,000 households living in fuel poverty in Wales, the Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF) is extending fuel cost support with two new schemes this winter.
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