School Resources Exchange Ltd

🙌 🎉 School Resources Exchange is now live! 🚀 🎊 We're at the infancy stage and our next big push is focusing on getting the message out to schools that we're operational. If you're connected on LinkedIn to a school staff member, please tag them in this post and please share widely with your networks. Schools are struggling financially – as the continuing strikes this week are testament to – with many unable to justify spend on school supplies and resources. It is becoming commonplace for schools to go without essential resources and equipment. During the strikes earlier in the year, teachers spoke out about using their money to top-up classroom supplies. Although schools are cash-poor they do have assets which are of value – namely surplus items sitting unused in storage areas. These unused items have a monetary value – which can generate income for a school – whilst also solving a resource shortage in another school. The service is free for schools to use. Every school can register for an account through which they can do the following: - Sell – list their no-longer-needed items for sale and generate extra income - Buy – direct from another school (trusted source) at an affordable price - Swap – get needed items without spending any budgetary funds - Place wanted ads – request specific items they are in need of. Help us in building a UK-wide schools' circular economy and ensure no school has to do without. #launch #schools #teachers #sbm #sbl #education #schooledtech #sustainability #circulareconomy #femalefounders #womeninbusiness #schoolresources #schoolresourcesexchange

School network/community.... this is shaping up to be a great event if you're looking for ways to reduce your school's energy and water consumption. UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) are running lots of events across the school year, aimed at tackling different areas of sustainability, so be sure to check them out and see how your school can benefit.

We're celebrating our 1st birthday! And what a year it has been! Here's a snapshot of our journey these last 12 months. 🌟 Over 300 schools have signed up! We have schools throughout England, Wales and Scotland. We're starting to see those strong localised and regional networks happening, with particularly strong school presences in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Oxfordshire and Essex. 🌟 Over 2,800 items have been added to the site. The items have ranged in size, type and materials make-up. We've had tables, chairs, musical instruments, catering equipment, textbooks, electronics and even a mini-bus! 🌟 Five Councils have given us their support and have promoted the service to schools in their localities. We're looking forward to doing more in this space with the support of Councils. 🌟 We've been running a monthly giveaway to schools since January 2024. By the end of July, we'll have given £,1400 to seven schools. The money is being spent of a range of fantastic initiatives - from equipping a new science lab to kitting out a new SEN facility. 🌟 We attended our first schools' conference, both in an exhibitor and speaker capacity. A special thanks to the Edinburgh School for the invite to speak and to all of the School Business Managers on the day who got right behind the service! For every item not added to general waste but instead passed on: 💠 there are cost savings (on waste management fees and landfill tax) to be made for a school 💠another school is better equipped  💠CO2 emissions are reduced 💠landfill strain is reduced  💠items lifecycles are extended. Small changes add-up to huge impacts. So apart from growing our school numbers, what lies in store for Year 2? Here's a small teaser... green procurement and data. Thank you to everyone - and especially our schools - who have supported us to date. We love working with you all. And if you want to help: 💠share this post with your network 💠tell a school / people who work in schools about us. 

📢 Exciting announcement! We'll be attending our first schools' conference and exhibition in June. Helen Curry (Founder) will be giving a talk on "Building a national schools' circular service". Huge thanks to the Edinburgh School for the invite to participate! North East London & Essex 2024 School Business Leaders Conference & Exhibition / Thursday 20th June 2024 #schoolbusinessmanagers #schools #sustainability #schoolleadership

🎉 Announcing our February school giveaway winner... We are delighted to announce that William Fletcher Primary School (Oxfordshire) are our February giveaway winners! Huge congratulations to them

We've been live for c7 months. So how are we doing? We said we wanted to be a nationwide service. We have schools using us across England, Wales and Scotland. (Northern Ireland - we're coming for you!) Fun fact - we have schools in Penzance, the Isle of Wight and Orkney. As geographical spread goes, that is pretty amazing! We said we wanted to build strong regional networks to make sharing resources locally easier. We have schools using us in: - 44 English counties - 4 Scottish counties - 2 Welsh counties. This is HUGE! On the site we currently have 130+ listings supporting 2,300+ items. That is a vast amount of items schools are actively trying to re-home. Through the service we are able to: - re-home school items and get them into schools where they are needed most - save items from landfill - help schools to generate some extra revenue from their surplus items. It's a win-win for every school involved and the wider education sector. As always, thank you to our schools. School Resources Exchange Ltd #schools #circulareconomy

🎉 Announcing our January school giveaway winner... We are delighted to announce that Ninelands Primary School (Garforth, Leeds) are our January giveaway winners! Ninelands PS will be using the prize money to buy additional SEND resources and equipment. Huge congratulations to them!

🙌 We've just contacted our January school winner to let them know the good news! Once everything has been officially confirmed, we'll announce who it is!

🎉 Today is #InternationalDayofEducation so it feels extra special to announce that School Resources Exchange will be doing a 12-month giveaway to schools. Every month of 2024, we will give a school £200. Across the year we will give £2,400 directly to schools. While it's a far cry from solving the budget crisis for many schools, it's our pledge that School Resources Exchange is serious about our commitment to helping schools. Here's how it will work: - Schools need to be registered with School Resources Exchange. - All registered schools will be eligible for every draw.  - Schools will be allocated a number. If their number is drawn, they will win the £200.  - School Resources Exchange will notify the winning school. We'll also name the winning school on social media (e.g. X, LinkedIn) in order to make the process fully transparent.   - 12-month giveaway Terms and Conditions can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ePAdJQNq You can help us get the word out: - share this post with your LinkedIn network - tag someone you know who works in education #schools #primaryschool #secondaryschool #teachers #education #headteachers #schoolleaders #schoolfinance #circulareconomy #edtech #climatetech #giveaway

Last year our focus was on launching. This year we're excited to be growing our community and working in partnership with lots more schools. If you know someone who works in a school then be sure to tell them about us.