The Sofa Project

What the charity does

Sofa project is a social enterprise with the charitable aims of supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners through work opportunities in the organisation. These activities mainly comprise the re-use of unwanted/donated furniture and domestic appliances by refurbishing them and supplying them at low prices to people on low incomes.

Charitable objects

2.1(a) The relief of poverty by renovating and supplying furniture, household goods and domestic and electrical equipment to persons who are in conditions of need hardship or distress.2.1(b) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society including but not limited to the provision of training, education, rehabilitation and employment and volunteering opportunities.for the purpose of this article "socially excluded" means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor education or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards); crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).2.1(c) To protect and preserve the environment by recycling and re-using manufactured goods and chattels.

Area of benefit: Not Defined

Governing document: Memorandum and articles of association incorporated 8th february 1983 as amended 17 july 2003 and amended by special resolution dated 23 september 2010 and registered with companies house 13 october 2010