Recycling furniture and whitegoods to those who need them most in the inner city.
Recycling furniture and whitegoods to those who need them most in the inner city.
Pyrmont Cares Inc. (PCI) is a registered charity with deductible gift recipient status, that aims to help relieve poverty across greater Sydney by providing household goods, furniture and whitegoods to those in greatest need. We focus on the sustainability and environmental impact of our activities.
For more information about us and our current reports, click here.
We work with more than 40 social work agencies in the City of Sydney. Since 2012, we have provided thousands of pieces of furniture, whitegoods and other household items to over 500 people, significantly reducing the amount of unwanted material going to landfill. Our clients are often setting up home after a major disruption in their lives, a period of homelessness, arriving in Australia as a refugee, leaving a home as a result of domestic violence or rehab or from a period in detention.
Volunteer with Pyrmont Cares
Volunteer with Pyrmont Cares
Our volunteers are essential to the work of Pyrmont Cares. By volunteering with us, you'll contribute to a vital community need and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. You'll meet a wide-range of people already involved and learn that volunteering is interesting, exciting and rewarding. Join us and help to create a friendlier, stronger and more caring community.
You can email us by using our contact page
As a volunteer crew member you will be rostered no more than once a month, from 9 am-12 noon on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. You'll be working in a team of three including a driver of the delivery vehicle. You'll be responsible for picking up and delivering goods to our clients within the City of Sydney. Ideally you will have a NSW Driver’s Licence and, if appropriate, will be assigned to drive either a four tonne truck or a one tonne van. Operations team volunteers work with donors, case workers, recipients and PCI truck crews, plan pickups and deliveries - all using our shared Google Drive, email accounts and mobile phones.
We can arrange to pick it up from you.
We can arrange to pick it up from you.
Pyrmont Cares collects quality recycled furniture and whitegoods from these inner city areas:
Alexandria, Annandale, Balmain, Beaconsfield, Birchgrove, Camperdown, Centennial Park, Chippendale, Darlinghurst, Darlington, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Enmore, Erskineville, Eveleigh, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Haymarket, Kings Cross, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Marrickville, Millers Point, Moore Park, Newtown, Paddington, Petersham, Potts Point, Pyrmont, Redfern, Rosebery, Rozelle, Rushcutters Bay, St. Peters, Stanmore, Surry Hills, Sydney CBD, The Rocks, Ultimo, Waterloo, Woollahra, Woolloomooloo and Zetland.
You can also look at our collection area map .
If we do not collect from your suburb, check the collection area for Generous and Grateful who also recycle furniture to people in need.
PCI collects furniture and whitegoods for redistribution to our clients.
Currently we particularly need:
washing machines; chests of drawers; small sofas; small dining tables (2-4 seat)
We don’t collect: mattresses, beds, clothing, soft furnishings, wardrobes, office furniture or sofas longer than 2 metres or which convert into a bed.
For mattress collection and recycling or other goods we cannot redistribute, check the City of Sydney collections or call them 02 9265 9333. Consider selecting a bed retailer that recycles!
We have a limited storage facility and therefore only keep a very small stock -collecting and delivering where possible within the same week.
Please use the button below to tell us what goods you have and where you are. If we can accept your donation and we can find your goods a new home, we'll arrange to collect them on a Tuesday. Final acceptance is at the discretion of the truck driver. Goods that are too large, torn, stained or otherwise damaged are likely to be rejected. White goods and televisions must be confirmed to be in good working order as we do not repair these items.
Contact an agency to arrange a delivery.
Contact an agency to arrange a delivery.
All requests for furniture and whitegoods need to be made through authorised agencies in the City of Sydney.
If you need furniture or whitegoods and you live in the City of Sydney or Inner West areas shown on the map, please speak to your case worker or social worker and ask them to contact us.
The agencies that Pyrmont Cares works with include:
Aftercare Australia, Bobby Goldsmith, Brown Nurses, Catholic Cares Over 55`s, City West Housing, Common Ground, Camperdown, Glebe House, Haymarket Centre, Homeless Connect, Hopestreet, Mercy Arms, Metro Housing, Mission Australia, Stepping Out, New Horizons, Reconnect Inner City, Redfern Health Centre, Richmond PRA, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul, Twenty 10, Uniting Care Harris Centre, Wayside Chapel, Weave, Youth off the Streets, YWCA
Please note that only clean, sanitised mattresses and bed bases are provided. There is a charge for these, at cost. We invoice the Agency making the request, and must receive payment before the delivery can proceed. The current cost is specified on the request form.
Please use the Request Furniture Online button below to request furniture. It can be used on a PC, smartphone or tablet.
If you have any questions, please email us by using our contact page
AGENCIES ONLY: If you had problems requesting furniture online please use our contact page to describe the problem.