Good in Store

More life in goods.
More opportunity
for Scotland.

We bring stock, skills and local ambition together to give useful goods another life. Help shape a reuse-and-repair project that starts in Muirkirk and looks to Scotland.

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Useful goods. Brighter futures.

Starting in Muirkirk. Building through partnership.

The project

Recover the goods.
Keep the value local.

Returned, surplus, incomplete or damaged does not always mean finished. The work is to find the useful life that remains.

  1. Agree the stock

    Start with authorised goods, a useful recovery mix and clear arrangements for handling and collection.

  2. Recover useful value

    Clean, complete and repair suitable items, with competent specialist support where it is needed.

  3. Find the next owner

    Prepare honest listings and fair-value sales, with responsible routes for what cannot be recovered.

  4. Create local opportunity

    Turn practical, creative and digital work into meaningful experience, building towards paid local jobs.

Real beginnings.
A shared next step.

The first auction pallets have been acquired and early goods are being prepared for sale. The work now is to establish dependable preparation and selling, secure suitable space, and develop the expertise to grow responsibly.

muirmend is our local foundation in Muirkirk . Good in Store is its shopfront and wider reuse-and-repair project.

Partnerships

Where could we
work together?

A practical starting point for every kind of partner.

Stock partners Logistics & space Community & charities Skills & expertise Funding & support

Give recoverable stock a useful next chapter.

Retailers, trade suppliers and authorised stock owners can help shape a dependable recovery route. Returned, surplus, incomplete and damaged goods may all have value when the mix and work involved are understood.

  • An agreed mix of recoverable categories, volumes and conditions.
  • Stock authorised for transfer and intended reuse or resale.
  • A focused trial with clear handling and unsuitable-material responsibilities.

Share a typical stock list or a few representative photographs so we can discuss suitability and a manageable first load.

Useful details for a first conversation
  • Categories, condition and likely quantities
  • Location, collection access and timing
  • Transfer authority and any restrictions
Email about stock

Help make the practical work possible.

Secure storage, suitable workspace and carefully planned collections give recovery room to happen. Our immediate premises need is in Muirkirk; Scottish logistics partners can help explore workable supply connections.

  • Storage, preparation space or a modest retail area, including shared premises.
  • Advice or support for small, planned electric-van collections.
  • Clear access, loading, handling and cost-sharing arrangements.

Describe the space or route you could offer. We can discuss an initial arrangement, responsibilities and what would make it workable for both sides.

Useful details for a first conversation
  • Location, capacity and permitted uses
  • Access, loading facilities and availability
  • Costs, utilities and responsibilities
Email about logistics or space

Turn shared purpose into a practical arrangement.

Community organisations and charities understand their places and the people they support. We welcome ideas for suitable goods, local connections and worthwhile participation as our capacity develops.

  • Explore recovery of suitable charity goods, including an electrical route as competence develops.
  • Agree costs and a transparent share of sale proceeds together.
  • Shape supported opportunities around real tasks and participant needs.

Tell us about your organisation and one opportunity you would like to explore. We can work through suitability, support and a small first step.

Useful details for a first conversation
  • Your community and proposed activity
  • Goods or participant support involved
  • Costs, proceeds and unrecoverable-goods arrangements
Email about a community partnership

Share the skills that make recovery worthwhile.

Repair specialists, colleges, employers and support organisations can help build capable work and meaningful learning. Electrical goods need suitably competent repair, inspection and testing support as that part of the project develops.

  • Practical repair knowledge and competent electrical expertise.
  • Photography, listings, digital administration and customer-service skills.
  • Supervised experience with useful feedback and appropriate participant support.

Suggest a skill or task you could help with and the time available. We can agree a realistic role, supervision and learning aims.

Useful details for a first conversation
  • Expertise and relevant experience
  • Availability and proposed contribution
  • Supervision, facilities and support needed
Email about skills and expertise

Back a useful, achievable next step.

Early funding and in-kind support can help turn the first stock into dependable work. We welcome support tied to a clear purpose, an agreed scope and a practical account of what it enables.

  • Contribute towards secure storage, benches, tools or preparation equipment.
  • Support specialist time, supervised participation or essential selling systems.
  • Explore a bounded funded activity, equipment contribution or sponsorship.

Tell us what kind of support you are considering. Together we can identify a specific need, the costs involved and proportionate updates.

Useful details for a first conversation
  • Support available and intended purpose
  • Value, timing and any conditions
  • Useful outcomes and reporting expectations
Email about support

Let’s agree the scope, responsibilities and a manageable first step before arranging any collection or handover.

Rooted in Muirkirk.
Open to Scotland.

Our starting point is muirmend in Muirkirk. The longer-term ambition is a small network of locally rooted Scottish recovery hubs, sharing useful systems and keeping opportunity in each place.

  1. Establish the first operation

    Build the foundations in Muirkirk: suitable space, recovery expertise and a dependable route from stock to sale.

  2. Make the model dependable

    Learn from focused partnerships. Develop clear processes, useful stock information and supported opportunities.

  3. Grow through local partners

    Explore future hubs where supply, premises and local capability fit, sharing systems while keeping work rooted locally.

Future hubs are an ambition, not an existing network.

The regional idea spans the south-west, south-east, north-west including the Highlands and islands, and north-east. The right places would emerge through real partnerships.

Let’s find the
useful next step.

Tell us what you could bring, what you need, and where you work.

Come with a starting point.

  1. What you could offer.
  2. Where you are.
  3. What a good first step would look like.
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