Spare Bed?

Nobody wanted the bed I was trying to give away on freecycle, it was a pine bed with a truckle bed underneath. You might do better with a charity, so long as there are no stains and a fire label is still present.

The British Heart Foundation will come and collect it.
However, I don't know if this happens in all areas.
You could also contact The Salvation Army as they help many people set up homes.
It would be such a waste to take it to the tip.

Give Freecycle a go. With a photo.

Are you talking with mattress or without mattress?

Single beds can be £60 new.

Yes , the BHF will collect your bed.

I agree that the BHF and Salvation Army are your best bet, but if you are registered with Nextdoor,com, your local community group on FB, there maybe someone who would appreciate a clean, single bed.

The BHF will take your bed as long as it has a fire label.

midgey

Nobody wanted the bed I was trying to give away on freecycle, it was a pine bed with a truckle bed underneath. You might do better with a charity, so long as there are no stains and a fire label is still present.

We recently gave away a single bed on Freecycle, there were about four people wanting it, I suppose it depends where you live.

We gave away our spare single bed to a (local hospice) charity shop which sells furniture. They were very careful to check that it was completely clean, stain-free, and had the "fire safety" label, before they took it. I'm sure that if it had been less "perfect", we could still have given it away via a Freecyle/Freegle site. I've read that many children in the UK don't even have beds....

Locally Emmaus and homeless charities are happy to have 'good' beds - single or other. Might be worth googling your local versions of these.

We have a charity supporting families setting up after domestic abuse and giveaway sites on the local Facebook, beds in good condition always go.

As others have said do try a charity, somebody who cannot afford a new bed will be grateful it. Or free cycle.

BHF can be rather picky about furniture, but if it’s clean and in good shape, they may take it. The Salvation Army are not so fussy.

Put it on Marketplace for a small sum or on a buy nothing group. I disposed of a single bed and acquired a double bed in the same week. Also try BHF or Emmaus.

Emaus if got the fireproof certificate? In France they would snap it up .

Do you have a rehousing the homeless project in your town? They are always 9n the lookout for furniture when setting people up and I’m sure they’d appreciate a bed.

Freecycle is also a good place to start too but be mindful……some people want things delivered and even set up for them! Be clear that it’s collection only!

Maybe try your local Facebook group. In some areas of the country at least there are various specific give-away and swap FB groups.

Personally I just tend to put up that I'm offering whatever-it-is for free on my personal Facebook page - and there's usually one or two people that ask for it that way.

There are plenty of charities that will come and collect.

Just give it a bit of thought. And pick up the phone.

FB has groups Free to collect or FB market place. Should go to a gd home on there
HTH

If you want to give it away, try Emmaus. They will remove furniture.

Someone was glad of ours, which was hardly used, for her grandson who had just gone into a bed, for when he came for sleepovers. I put it on Freecycle.

Another double bed, still good but older, went to an upcycling place where they strip it into separate components, re-using what they can and recycling other parts.
I did have to pay £20 for them to take it, as it's run by volunteers, but better than going to the dump.

Rearranging a small bedroom and had a single bed to dispose of. Local charity came to check it ensuring clean, no damage and fire certificated. Someone suggested the charity to me and I was amazed they were interested. Collected a couple of days later. The Charity is not a national one. There are charities out there that will be interested. I didn't advertise on local "free" sites as previous experience when advertising furniture is that folk expect it to be delivered too. They are not willing to find a van for uplift.

We had similar issue with our GC and space. We bought 2 bed chairs so the grandchildren have somewhere to sleep and I have a room to sit comfortably writing or reading.

We had similar issue with our GC and space in our spare room. We bought 2 IKEA bed chairs so the grandchildren have somewhere to sleep and I have a room to sit comfortably writing or reading.