MOSELEY SWAP SHOP

Do you have too much clutter? Do you hate throwing things away that could be useful to someone? Or do you need things that you can't afford? Then the Moseley Swap Shop is the place for you! You can bring things that you don't want, and take away things that you do want - and
EVERYTHING IS FREE!

Don't miss this monthly stall which will appear on the 4th Saturday of the month starting on February the 27th, 12pm-5pm at the Prince of Wales 118 Alcester Road, Moseley, B13 8EE.

Visit the Moseley Farmers Market in the morning and pop in to The Prince of Wales to get out of the cold and there you will find The Moseley Swap Shop.

Beth Fisher, who is organising the event, writes:

"The last Free stall that ran like this in Moseley, was FOEcycle at The Green Christmas fair, and it was a huge success! Loads of people came and swapped stuff, donated stuff, or just took stuff away. All the feedback they got was so positive, and there was so much stuff left over, which has been donated to The Moseley Swap Shop, that I have decided on doing it regularly! We will have books, clothes, kitchen stuff, DVDs, Computer games, Ornaments, and anything you bring along to add!

This stall is entirely dependent on you getting involved, so come down and participate! Everyone has heard of the 3R's, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, this is a great way to achieve all 3 of them on a Saturday afternoon in the pub and leave with some nice stuff! The stall for me is a way to get something happening that I feel passionately about, the need to Reuse more and consume less. I feel that in a world of dwindling resources and growing quantities of manufactured stuff, why not redistribute what we don't use any more. Let's undercut the credit crunch by cooperating!

The stall will also be taking donations for Birmingham Friends of the Earth and have promotional information available about the activities of BFOE in Birmingham, and other information about what Green alternative stuff is going on in Birmingham and how you can get involved if you're interested.

The stall is based on the hugely successful online yahoo group Freecycle (now Freegle) which allows you to place ads to get rid of things you don't need and respond to ads to get things you do, without money getting involved, well worth a look.

The Moseley Swap Shop is your local alternative! It's easy to bring along and donate to the stall and if you have nothing to get rid of please come along anyway and help yourself to some FREE things, with no money having to change hands!

If you have any queries please email Beth at fisher_woman@ live.co.uk