St Christopher's Hospice

Baby & children

• ✕ Can't accept Car seats and booster seats

  Baby car seats

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

  Cots

Furniture

• ✕ Can't accept Damaged, broken or incomplete furniture
  Their wording

  “scratched, marked, sun-bleached, broken or overly worn”

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

  Fitted furniture and disassembled items

• ! Check first Mattresses

  Only accepted in excellent condition, for sanitary reasons

  Their wording

  “excellent condition for sanitary reasons”

Homeware & household

• ✕ Can't accept Coat hangers
  Their wording

  “Coat hangers”

Electrical

• ✕ Can't accept Broken or untested electrical items

  Blanket age cutoff for electricals

  Their wording

  “Electrical items older than 10 years old”

• ✕ Can't accept Gas appliances
• ✕ Can't accept Oil, paraffin and petrol heaters

  Oil appliances

• ✕ Can't accept Used printers and ink cartridges

  Also covers printers

  Their wording

  “Printers and large or non-digital TVs”

• ✓ Accepted Computers, phones and other data-holding devices

  Mobile phones accepted for recycling

Safety equipment

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

  “Crash Helmets and Riding hats”

Mobility & medical

• ✕ Can't accept Medicines and medicinal products
• ✕ Can't accept Wheelchairs, mobility scooters and walking aids
  Their wording

  “walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, walking sticks, Zimmer frames”

Health & beauty

• ✕ Can't accept Prescription glasses
  Their wording

  “Prescription glasses”

Sharps & weapons

• ✕ Can't accept Ammunition, flares and fireworks
  Their wording

  “explosives-including fireworks”

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

  Includes firearms and replicas

  Their wording

  “firearms (including replicas)”

• ✕ Can't accept Knives and bladed items
  Their wording

  “Knives, firearms (including replicas), explosives-including fireworks or any weapons or sharp objects”

Hazardous materials

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

  Chemicals

Media & books

• ✕ Can't accept Counterfeit and pirated goods
  Their wording

  “Pirate DVDs”

• ✕ Can't accept Magazines, encyclopedias and outdated reference books
  Their wording

  “Magazines”

• ✕ Can't accept VHS tapes
  Their wording

  “VHS videos”

Restricted materials

• ✕ Can't accept Ivory, fur and taxidermy

  Real fur clothing

Bedding & textiles

• ✕ Can't accept Duvets and pillows
  Their wording

  “Duvets and pillows”

Additional source wording

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

• Nursery equipment
• Broken toys
• Unusable kitchenware
• Broken bric-a-brac
• Hand-painted furniture