Every benefactor is a beneficiary. Every beneficiary becomes a benefactor.
Whoever gives gets something back. Whoever is given a start grows it, and in time gives back. Two doors into the same circle. Our dream: to spark enough industry to support 500 people.
In a circular economy, energy flows round, comes back to where it started, and carries on and on.
That is what gives it momentum, and what makes it last. Energy that only flows out, and never comes back, runs dry. A gift that is used up and gone is energy flowing out. A kickstart that grows into something that keeps itself going is energy coming back round.
Not a handout. A kickstart into the circle.
For schools, NGOs and community projects with something worth moving forward. We give a start: reclaimed materials and help, at your own premises. You grow it until you stand on your own.
We say yes to projects that can answer yes to all four.
And if we kickstart you, and you then find your own source of so-called waste and never need us again, that is just as big a prize for us as keeping you close.
Reclaimed timber and materials, and help to set up, at your school, your organisation or your community's own premises.
Want to work from our worktables instead? See Start your own business at Heart Eco, without start-up capital.
Helping Hands is a small organisation in KwaNyuswa that teaches young people life skills. Most of the young people it cares for are orphans.
Heart Eco sponsored a five-day holiday for them at Riverside Rendezvous.
Beneficiary since April 2026 · KwaNyuswa
Petros is committed to finding a better way. He runs life skills training in furniture building and gardening, and has a big vision for the future of his community.
Heart Eco sponsored the wood on this truck.
Beneficiary since 2026
Tell us about your project. We read every application.
No red tape.
You meet the person or project you back yourself, and the two of you agree how it works. We give the workshop, the tools and the know-how. We don't stand in the middle.
Talk to Stewart directly about partnering.