Our vision is of a society where people can obtain good quality, affordable furniture without experiencing the devastating impacts of furniture poverty – no bed to sleep on or unmanageable debts.

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Our mission is to reduce and ultimately eradicate furniture poverty. We campaign to raise awareness of furniture poverty and create practical solutions to get furniture to people who need it. Our work also helps create sustainable employment and better futures for people.

Bulky Bob’s was created in 2000 by FRC Group, a Liverpool social enterprise and charity. Bulky Bob’s has held the bulky household waste collection service with Oldham Council since 2006. Bulky Bob’s also held the service with Liverpool City Council since its creation until November 2022.

Bulky Bob’s obtains good quality pre-loved furniture to give away to people in need, working with a wide network of referral agencies, from charities to support groups.

Bulky Bob’s delivers an award-winning salaried training programme, Driving Change, offering training and support to help local people get the experience and qualifications to move into sustainable employment and over 300 people have successfully completed the scheme.

 

Bulky Bob’s is part of FRC Group, a charity with the mission to End Furniture Poverty. As well as campaigning, FRC Group also runs FRC Living, selling new contract standard furniture to social housing providers across the country.

Bulky Bob’s for Business provides a wide range of commercial waste collection and removal services; from mattress cleaning, reuse and recycling services to IT equipment and office furniture collections and removals.

HOUSEHOLD – BUSINESS – FURNITURE WORLD

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Ultraclean Mattresses

As part of our mission to End Furniture Poverty we have designed and developed the first automated mattress UltraClean machine to deliver high quality, clean and fresh mattresses to those most in need. At a rate of 8 mattresses per hour good as new, clean mattresses get to those in need as quickly as possible.  

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Bulky Bob's Furniture World - Closed

Bulky Bob’s Furniture World was a pleasantly appointed and well run, two floored site, offering discounted furniture to those looking for great quality, pre-loved furniture. They also managed the free distribution of furniture to families in crisis who were referred by over 100 partner charities. Sadly, Bulky Bob's Furniture World closed on the 14th October 2022 following the termination of the contract with Liverpool City Council.
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Household Collections

We offer household bulky item collections services as part of both Liverpool City Council and Oldham Council. Each scheme includes the removal of pre-loved furniture items which are cleaned up and repaired, and taken for reuse wherever possible as part of our mission to End Furniture Poverty.

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Business Clearances

We offer a wide range of office and commercial collection and reuse services, including office clearances and removalsmattress recyclingmattress ‘UltraClean’ cleaning and IT equipment collection. What’s more, items which we collect will be refurbished and reused by those most in need, and if they cannot be reused.

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