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More Than Furniture Conference 200624 August 2006, The Caird Hall Dundee The afternoon panel at the MTF Conference. From left to right: John Fleming, Morph, Iain Gulland, CRNS, Chair Richard Featherstone, LCRN, and Jurgen Blondeel, KVK.The 5th annual CRNS furniture conference took place in Dundee on the 24th August. The event was attended by 99 people. The key speaker was Jurgen Blondeel from KVK, the Flemish network of reuse centres. Jurgen talked about the high status that reuse centres in Flanders have achieved through a combination of marketing and accreditation. John Fleming from the Morph furniture project talked about the new approach that his organisation is taking to furniture reuse in London.  Heath Gardner from The Green Home in Moray talked about the radical approach that his organisation is taking to reuse and the relationship that they have built up with the Local Authority.Keith Morton from Falkirk Council talked about why his Local Authority had such a strong relationship with the community sector. In the afternoon, delegates were able to choose between four training sessions and the day was finished off with an open discussion session. Download conference programme (PDF, 152 KB) Download “Working With the Community Sector” (PDF file 104KB), by Keith Morton, Area Estate Co-ordinator (Waste Management), Falkirk Council. Download “Public-Social Partnerships” (PDF file 293KB), by Linsay Chalmers, EQUAL PSP Development Officer, CRNS. Download “Working with Local Authorities” (PDF file 4MB!), by Heath Gardner, Manager, Moray Recycling Action Group. Download “Q&A Session 1 notes” (MS Word file 28KB) Download “How Morph Works” (PDF file 332KB), by John Fleming, Manager, Morph Furniture Shop. Download “KVK Federation Model” (PDF file 628KB), by Jurgen Blondeel, Project Leader in Quality Management, KVK. Download “Q&A Session 2 notes” (MS Word file 36KB) |
