A BUSINESS furniture and interior company which has designed thousands of workplaces across the UK is backing a scheme that benefits the environment and social housing tenants.
Verve Workspace, whose head office is in Northampton, has joined forces with Uplyfted which collects used carpet tiles from commercial projects and refurbishes them so they can be used for social housing and other community initiatives.
Verve Workspace group managing director Steve Allan pictured above, centre said: “All too often when we are working on an office fit out project for a new client, they need entirely new carpets to suit their interior plans. Sometimes that means good carpet tiles are uplifted and disposed of and while we always try to make good use of these tiles it is not always practical.”
The partnership with Uplyfted means that tiles will now go to a good home, he added. The scheme means that council and housing association tenants have access to flooring material they may not otherwise be able to afford.
“Most council and housing association tenants have to provide it themselves and with finances often being tight, this is not always possible,” said Mr Allan. “Through this scheme they will receive flooring, rather than having to live with bare wooden floors, which not only improves their quality of life but also helps to insulate families from cold and noise.”
