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Children's clothing with hood drawstrings
Also covers: drawstring hoodie, hood cord, draw cord, children's hoodie
They say no
Refused by all 6 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (6 direct).
Why shops refuse it
Long cords around a child's neck can catch and create a strangulation hazard, so charities commonly refuse affected garments.
What to do instead
If the garment is otherwise sound, remove the drawstring completely and ask the shop; otherwise use textile recycling.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Heart Foundation
Their wording
“Children's garments with drawstring hoods — Children's garments with drawstring hoods”
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Can't accept
British Red Cross
Their wording
“Children's garments with drawstring hoods (unless drawstring removed)”
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Can't accept
Cancer Research UK
Their wording
“Garments with drawstring hoods — unless drawstring is removed from clothing”
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Can't accept
Dorothy House
Their wording
“Hooded clothing with a draw cord”
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Can't accept
Shaw Trust
Their wording
“Children's drawstring-hood nightwear”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Their wording
“Clothing with hood/drawstring cords”
Not mentioned in 38 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 Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Cornwall Hospice Care
- Not mentioned Crisis
- Not mentioned DEBRA
- 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 Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Not mentioned Samaritans
- Not mentioned Save the Children
- Not mentioned Scope
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- 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)