All items · Media & books
Counterfeit and pirated goods
Also covers: fake designer, bootleg, burned cd, knock-off
They say no
Refused by all 11 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (11 direct).
Why shops refuse it
Selling fakes is illegal, full stop — shops must refuse anything they suspect.
What to do instead
Counterfeits shouldn't circulate — dispose of them rather than passing them on.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Red Cross
Their wording
“Includes pirate DVDs and counterfeit CDs”
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Can't accept
Cancer Research UK
Their wording
“Counterfeit (fake) items”
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Can't accept
Claire House Children's Hospice
Their wording
“Counterfeit goods”
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Also fake branded handbags/purses
Their wording
“Pirated or copied CDs and DVDs”
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Can't accept
DEBRA
Their wording
“Counterfeit goods”
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Can't accept
Dorothy House
Their wording
“Counterfeits or fakes of any type”
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Can't accept
Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Also pirate DVDs and computer games.
Their wording
“counterfeit, fake goods”
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Can't accept
St Christopher's Hospice
Their wording
“Pirate DVDs”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Their wording
“bootlegs (usually a live recording or studio outtakes, which has not been issued by the record company)”
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Can't accept
Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Their wording
“Copy CDs/DVDs”
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Can't accept
Wales Air Ambulance
Their wording
“Counterfeit items”
Not mentioned in 33 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 Barnardo's
- Not mentioned British Heart Foundation
- Not mentioned Crisis
- Not mentioned Dogs Trust
- Not mentioned Emmaus
- 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 Phyllis Tuckwell
- Not mentioned Princess Alice Hospice
- 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 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 Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)