LOROS Hospice

Baby & children

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

  “Car seats for children”

Furniture

• ✕ Can't accept Fitted or dismantled flat-pack furniture
  Their wording

  “Dismantled furniture”

• ✕ Can't accept Glass furniture without safety markings

  Glass furniture must have the British Standard kite mark

  Their wording

  “Any items of furniture made from glass requires the British Standard kite mark.”

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

  Furnishings must comply with 1988 fire regulations and have fire labels attached

  Their wording

  “Furnishings need to comply with the 1988 fire regulations and items must have fire labels attached.”

Electrical

• ✕ Can't accept Gas appliances

  Gas fires not accepted

  Their wording

  “gas fires”

• ✕ Can't accept Large appliances and white goods
  Their wording

  “White goods and large electrical items”

• ✕ Can't accept Oil, paraffin and petrol heaters
  Their wording

  “Oil heaters”

Safety equipment

• ✕ Can't accept Helmets and safety headgear

  Includes bike and horse-riding helmets

  Their wording

  “Helmets bike/horse-riding”

Sharps & weapons

• ✕ Can't accept Guns, replica weapons, swords and crossbows
  Their wording

  “Weapons”

Hazardous materials

• ✕ Can't accept Gas bottles, cylinders and camping gas
  Their wording

  “Gas cylinders”

• ✕ Can't accept Paint, solvents and household chemicals
  Their wording

  “Hazardous chemicals”

Media & books

• ✕ Can't accept VHS tapes

  Also excludes cassettes

  Their wording

  “Videos/cassettes”

Bedding & textiles

• ✕ Can't accept Duvets and pillows
  Their wording

  “Duvets and pillows”

Sport & outdoor

• ✕ Can't accept Roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards
  Their wording

  “Rollerblades/ice skates”

Additional source wording

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

• Electric fires — “Electric and gas fires”