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Well, what a lovely surprise to see Necessary Furniture featured on ITV Meridian! It’s always a bit strange seeing your own little corner of the world on television, but we were so pleased to welcome John Ryall and the team
We were delighted to welcome Gerry Warren from the Kentish Gazette, part of Kent Online, to Necessary Furniture on 11th October to see first-hand what we do here in Hersden, near Canterbury. The resulting article shines a light on how
On Friday 25th September, we had the absolute pleasure of officially launching Streets Ahead @ Necessary Furniture, with the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Alister Brady, and the Sheriff of Canterbury, Councillor Steph Jupe, joining us to officially open our brand-new
Meet Kit, our very own Chief Upcycler at Necessary Furniture. Kit first came to us for work experience through Jobcentre Plus back in August… and, well, we liked him so much that we decided not to let him go! Since
They’ve arrived! Our little furniture dudes are now dotted around the warehouse, and we asked you to help us name them… and you absolutely did not let us down! After lots of brilliant suggestions, we can finally introduce our new
We have some VERY exciting news to share… On 26th August, we were absolutely thrilled to discover that we had been awarded an incredible £19,456 from the Asda Foundation to create our very own non-profit Community Café here at Necessary
This week, we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming eight students from Orion Spires to Necessary Furniture for their work experience — and what a brilliant week it was! Our students got stuck straight in and took part in all
Kylie and one of our wonderful volunteer’s Kit recently had the pleasure of visiting a very special former teaching colleague of Kylie’s, Chris Gannon, at Sallygate School in Dover. Chris is quite simply one of the most inspirational teachers we
We were incredibly proud to attend the Student & Employer Awards at EKC Canterbury College, where we were absolutely thrilled to receive the Employer Award 2026 in recognition of the upcycling workshops we have delivered to more than 50 students.