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Paint with Purpose

We save paint from landfill,
You buy paint from us,
Together, we save lives

We’ve been repurposing unwanted paint since 2005. The paint is diverted from landfill to help the planet, create jobs and help get peoples lives back on track.

How we work

Saving paint from landfill isn’t easy

Diverting paint from landfill is all about people power. We collect paint from the household waste sites in Leeds, bring it back to Seagulls, check it, mix it and sell it cheaply from our shop.

  • 4,694
    Volunteer Hours

    We volunteered almost 4,700 hours in 2023 alone

  • 345.6
    Tonnes of paint saved

    We save almost 350 tonnes of paint from landfill every year

  • 100%
    Team Commitment

    Our team are fully committed to helping heal our planet

  • 99%
    Workshop Satisfaction

    Of all of our workshop attendees last year, 99% said they’d return

Our purpose

For people and planet

Volunteering underpins everything we do at Seagulls. Seagulls was founded around a kitchen table by volunteers. Seagulls grew from a shared passion for social justice and green ideals.

Get involved

Have fun with paint in our Interactive gallery

We recently held our first Play with paint day in our interactive gallery. It was brilliant! People of all ages came and had fun splashing paint on our walls. The freedom and joy of being free with paint was joyful to watch. It was even described as transformative. Dates and tickets for this event throughout 2025 can be found on our Eventbrite page.

 

Our Products

  • from
    £1
    per litre
    Off the shelf REUSE paint

    Rescued from landfill, checked and mixed by humans and ready to use.

  • from
    £8
    per litre
    New paint

    We work with manufacturers to bring you new paint at outstanding prices.

  • Tools & equipment

    Paint brushes, rollers, tapes… you need to paint, we’ve got the gear.

Support us

Donations help us carry on the valuable work we do and we appreciate any amount that you’re able to give. If you’d like to support us in another way, come roll up your sleeves and consider volunteering.

Latest News

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    As Seagulls enters its twentieth year as a Limited Company it seems like a good time to reflect on our achievements and to remember just how far we have come. During our twentieth year I hope to write several reflective blogs that tell our story. To start here is a whistle stop timeline from the […]
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    Q) What is a social enterprise and why are they the best? A Social enterprise is a purpose lead business. A social business addresses social problems with commercial responses. We want to make profit for good. Q) what do we mean by purpose? Purpose is driven by inequality and injustice. A social business will always […]
  • An array of recycled paint tins
    It’s Recycle Week 2022!
    It’s Recycle Week 2022! Recycle Now™ is the national recycling campaign for England and Northern Ireland, which aims to motivate more people, to recycle more of the right things, more often.  Recycle Week is Recycle Now‘s flagship annual event, celebrating recycling across the nation. It’s the one week of the year where retailers, brands, waste management […]
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