Acorns Children's Hospice

Baby & children

• ✕ Can't accept Car seats and booster seats
  Their wording

  “Children's car seats or booster seats, cot mattresses and cot bumpers”

• ✕ Can't accept Cot bumpers and sleep nests
  Their wording

  “Children's car seats or booster seats, cot mattresses and cot bumpers”

• ✕ Can't accept Cots, carrycots and cot mattresses
  Their wording

  “Children's car seats or booster seats, cot mattresses and cot bumpers”

• ✕ Can't accept Soft toys without a CE or UKCA mark
  Their wording

  “Toys without a CE mark”

Furniture

• ✕ Can't accept Mattresses
  Their wording

  “Used mattresses”

• ✕ Can't accept Pianos and organs
  Their wording

  “Pianos”

• ✕ Can't accept Upholstered furniture without a fire label

  Pre-1950s upholstered furniture is exempt; items with rips/tears exposing inner fabric also excluded.

  Their wording

  “Upholstered items without a fire safety label attached”

Electrical

• ✕ Can't accept Used or unsealed personal-care electricals
  Their wording

  “Personal appliances (shavers, foot spas) unless mint and sealed — Personal appliances such as shavers or foot spas (unless in mint condition and sealed)”

• ! Check first Broken or untested electrical items

  Small electricals only accepted in good working condition and boxed as new.

  Their wording

  “Small electricals in good working condition and boxed as new”

Safety equipment

• ✕ Can't accept Helmets and safety headgear
  Their wording

  “Safety equipment such as bike helmets or riding helmets”

Mobility & medical

• ✕ Can't accept Wheelchairs, mobility scooters and walking aids

  Electrical/adjustable beds also listed separately as not accepted.

  Their wording

  “Any mobility items e.g. wheelchairs and walkers”

Media & books

• ✕ Can't accept VHS tapes

  Also excludes free CDs/DVDs given away with magazines or newspapers.

  Their wording

  “VHS or free CDs/DVDs from magazines or papers”

Restricted materials

• ✕ Can't accept Ivory, fur and taxidermy
  Their wording

  “Real fur”

Additional source wording

Specific restrictions that have not yet been consolidated into their own item pages:

• Branded uniforms — “No branded uniforms”