Bay Harbour: August 03, 2016

Wednesday August 3 2016
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Nurse Maude COMMuNITY ParTNersHIPs
Perfect synergy
in sponsorship
There are some partnerships that just make perfect sense, and the one
between eCoCentral and Nurse Maude would be one of those.
WheN Nurse Maude started
Maudes on Trade Me, selling almost
everything from furniture to fine
jewellery to raise money for its nursing
services it soon ran out of storage
space.
“In the past a lack of space meant
that Maudes on Trade Me, had often
been unable to take large volumes of
donated goods,” says sue Bramwell,
general manager marketing for Nurse
Maude.
With the considerable resources of
eCoCentral now behind it, however,
Maudes on Trade Me is able to clear
entire house lots, moving the larger
items through the eCoshop on
Blenheim road.
The partnership has been a great
success with Maudes on Trade Me now
able to clear entire house lots and take
in a much broader range of furniture
and whiteware.
“people can still drop smaller items
off to any of our hospice shops,” says
Bramwell, “but we can now go out and
collect house lots of saleable furniture
and whiteware if people want to email
us or give us a call.”
For Judi sefton, Chief executive
of eCoCentral and Jim Magee,
Chief executive of Nurse Maude,
the partnership simply makes sense,
allowing a wide range of goods to be
recycled and sold to support Nurse
Maude’s services rather than be
dumped.
“eCoCentral is all about maximising
the volume of goods that can be
recycled and minimising landfill,” says
sefton, “and to be able to do that while
helping raise money for Nurse Maude
can only be a good thing.”
“The partnership between
eCoCentral and Nurse Maude
clearly demonstrates the huge value
the business community can bring
to organisations such as ours,” says
Bramwell.
Those who need to downsize, clear
some space or simply see unwanted
furniture and household goods to
benefit the wider community rather
than just be dumped see Maudes on
Trade Me as the ideal home for those
items.
For Nurse Maude it means much
needed financial support for nursing
services at a time of increasing demand,
while eCoCentral is all about caring
for the community through recycling
and reducing landfill.
“ecoCentral and Nurse Maude
talk about caring for the people of
Canterbury together and that is exactly
what’s happening here,” says Bramwell.
“everyone is benefiting.”
With the considerable
resources of eCoCentral
now behind it, Maudes on
Trade Me is able to clear
entire house lots, moving
the larger items through
the eCoshop on
Blenheim road.