All items · Electrical

E-scooters, hoverboards and e-bikes

Also covers: electric scooter, hoverboard, e-bike battery, self-balancing board

Covered by broad rules 3 charities have a category-wide electrical policy that covers it, but none names this item directly.

Why shops refuse it

Their lithium batteries are a serious fire risk, and private e-scooters can't legally be used on UK roads anyway.

What to do instead

Take them to the council recycling centre and tell staff there's a lithium battery inside — never bin the battery.

Charity by charity

Can't accept Claire House Children's Hospice source ↗ · verified 10 Jul 2026 broad category rule
Blanket exclusion of electrical items, though brand-new factory-sealed hard drives, SD cards or USB sticks are excepted.

Their wording

“Electrical items”
Can't accept Phyllis Tuckwell source ↗ · verified 10 Jul 2026 broad category rule
No electrical items of any kind currently accepted

Their wording

“Unfortunately we are currently unable to accept any electrical items or suitcases.”
Check first Save the Children source ↗ · verified 10 Jul 2026 broad category rule
Exception: accepted at selected stores — donors are told to check first.

Their wording

“unable to accept electrical goods (except in selected stores - please check first)”

Not mentioned in 41 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 British Red Cross
Not mentioned Cancer Research UK
Not mentioned Cornwall Hospice Care
Not mentioned Crisis
Not mentioned DEBRA
Not mentioned Dogs Trust
Not mentioned Dorothy House
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 Princess Alice Hospice
Not mentioned Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Not mentioned Samaritans
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 Sue Ryder
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)