Get Laid Beds, in partnership with ITF, are raising awareness for deforestation in Kenya. By encouraging customers to Give Back by planting a tree in Kenya alongside their order. These trees will help combat climate change and provide livelihoods for struggling communities living in poverty.
Trees are a source of life, and amongst the many types, African families can both live off and sell, mangos, avocado, macadamia and Jackfruit are grown on these projects to help improve their quality of life.
(ITF), has made this all possible. Established in 1924, Get Laid Beds has the privilege today to help in a small way towards their ambitious goal of planting 20,000,000 trees in Kenya's forests by 2024.
Buying a 'wooden' bed is just one way towards reducing your carbon footprint. A renewable material, that if we keep on planting sustainably, we can help reforest our world as it once was. We hope you will consider helping us drive awareness of such an important global issue.
We have a passion for sustainability, this is why we make a conscious effort to reduce our carbon footprint in every way we can. For this reason, we only use suppliers who source our solid Scandinavian Pine from FSC and PEFC approved forests. We're working in partnership with ITF as another step in this journey and to help give back to the environment by planting trees with each bed purchased. Our promise as a company that uses the resources of the earth is to continually strive for environmental sustainability - a goal you will be helping us to achieve.
Supporting The ITF’s Mission To Plant 20 Million Trees In Kenya by 2024
ITF's work in Africa promotes conservation and reforestation through two grant programmes. They currently work with partners in 8 countries to plant indigenous trees, improve livelihoods, ensure sustainable management of forests and help to combat climate change. Collaborating with ITF makes us proud to become part of the group of partners working towards combating climate change and improving the communities of Kenya.
Around the world, 60 million people are dependent on trees for their livelihoods. They provide resources that are highly nutritious and are the source of much of the medication we use today. Did you know 1 in 4 ingredients in our medicine come from rainforest plants? Trees play a vital role in communities, providing fuel, food and a source of income to these growing ‘fruit-full’ communities in Kenya. This is why we only use sustainably sourced wood for our handmade beds, to ensure that these communities are not affected.
Many of the communities ITF works with plant fruit trees on their smallholdings or in their gardens. Mangoes are a prime example. In Uganda, their community partners MADLACC plant mangoes, avocados and jackfruit amongst their crops. Not only do these trees benefit the land, they also provide a source of nutrition for the entire household and a way to earn an income. This makes the trees very important in creating livelihoods and a prosperous community.
There are almost 40,000 known animal species populating the forests around the world. Despite the fact that rainforests account for less than 2% of the planet’s surface, they are inhabited by half of all its animal and plant species. The work we are doing is to support ITF’s efforts to return the habitats of the 30% of forest species that were lost through deforestation, is part of a larger initiative.
Help Support The ITF In Their Vital Mission Today
Through our awareness campaigns and partnership, we’ve help raise enough vital funds to plant 2,414 trees in Kenya in 2016, as part of the ITF’s 20 Million Tree Planting Campaign. We’re excited to continue this project, by working closely with the ITF and our customers. Together, we can help combat climate change and build livelihoods in the communities that need it the most.
How Your Support Will Help
Your support will help us to plant more trees where they are most needed. Within 3 years, those trees could be producing fruit to be sold at local markets and improving the lives of rural families by reducing their dependency on depleting forest resources. In the UK, those trees could provide a habitat for wildlife and a place for communities to come together and learn about the environment.
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Welcome to Get Laid Beds
We are here to make it as easy as possible for people to buy simple, natural, solid, quality Wooden Bed Frames and Mattresses that are made to last (and we’re serious about that which is why we offer a 11 Year Guarantee on all our beds). We offer even bespoke and custom sizing without the hefty premium and can deliver nearly all our beds in just a few days time.
Get Laid Beds specialise in the manufacturing of Handmade Solid Wooden Bed Frames, of many varieties ranging from Low Beds to the larger Four Poster Bed Frames. Since the beginning we have been passionate about producing simple yet robust wooden beds that use solid timber throughout and traditional mortise and tenon joints. Our many years of experience in craftsmanship has enabled us to develop a wide selection of high quality low beds, four poster beds and straightforward standard height beds that are simple, elegant and fit for any purpose. At Get Laid Beds, we believe that a good quality handmade or custom made wooden bed, all delivered within a couple of days can be made available at a low cost. We offer a variety of white bed frame finishes along with many other colours of your choice. Get Laid Beds also provide worldwide international shipping.
Every bed frame is handmade in Leicester, United Kingdom where our main factory is based. All our mattresses are also British made and we are proud to support our heritage. This unique manufacturing process allows us to make a wide range of solid wooden beds to suit any requirement or purpose with every single bed, including our Four Poster Beds being available to any size and colour of your choice. We currently supply all the UK sizes ranging from a Small Single, right through to a Double Bed size, King Size, Super King and even Super Caesar. All of which can also be supplied with an open-coil, pocket sprung or memory foam mattress depending on preference. However if a bespoke length or width is required to suit a specific purpose, our ‘made to measure’ approach enables us to manufacture your custom sized wooden bed frame and still have it delivered in as little as 4 working days.
