All items · Baby & children
Baby walkers and bouncers
Also covers: door bouncer, baby bouncer, jumperoo
They say no
Refused by all 7 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (6 direct, 1 broad).
Why shops refuse it
Nursery equipment with moving parts is hard to safety-check second-hand.
What to do instead
Pass on directly through local parent groups where the buyer can inspect it themselves.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Barnardo's
Listed as 'baby bouncers'.
Their wording
“Baby bouncers”
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Can't accept
British Red Cross
Also covers baby slings.
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bouncers, baby slings”
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Can't accept
Cancer Research UK
New items can be sold. Same rule covers used baby baths and cycle seats.
Their wording
“Used baths, bouncers, walkers, cycle seats”
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Can't accept
DEBRA
Includes door bouncers and baby walkers with wheels.
Their wording
“Door bouncers for babies, cot bumpers, baby walkers with wheels”
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Can't accept
Emmaus
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell
broad category rule
No baby-related equipment accepted
Their wording
“Highchairs, pushchairs or baby-related equipment”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Also excludes playpens and baby baths.
Their wording
“playpens, baby baths, baby door bouncers, baby walkers”
Not mentioned in 37 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Not mentioned Acorns Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Age UK
- Not mentioned British Heart Foundation
- Not mentioned Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Cornwall Hospice Care
- Not mentioned Crisis
- Not mentioned Dogs Trust
- Not mentioned Dorothy House
- Not mentioned FARA Charity Shops
- Not mentioned Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Not mentioned Keech Hospice Care
- Not mentioned LOROS Hospice
- Not mentioned Marie Curie
- Not mentioned Octavia Foundation
- Not mentioned Overgate Hospice
- Not mentioned Oxfam
- Not mentioned PDSA
- Not mentioned Princess Alice Hospice
- Not mentioned Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Not mentioned Samaritans
- Not mentioned Save the Children
- Not mentioned Scope
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- Not mentioned Shaw Trust
- Not mentioned Shelter
- Not mentioned St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- Not mentioned St Christopher's Hospice
- Not mentioned St Giles Hospice
- Not mentioned St Peter's Hospice
- Not mentioned St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- Not mentioned The Children's Trust
- Not mentioned Traid
- Not mentioned Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
- Not mentioned Wales Air Ambulance
- Not mentioned Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)