All items · Electrical
Electric showers
Also covers: power shower, hardwired shower, electric shower unit
Almost all say no
11 refuse it outright — but 1 takes it under conditions. Evidence: 9 direct, 3 broad.
Why shops refuse it
Electric showers are hardwired and plumbed in, making them difficult for shops to inspect, test and resell safely.
What to do instead
Ask the installer replacing it whether they offer WEEE take-back, or use your council's electrical recycling service.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Heart Foundation
Their wording
“Electric showers — Electric showers”
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Can't accept
Claire House Children's Hospice
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”
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
Dorothy House
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell
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.”
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Can't accept
Princess Alice Hospice
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
St Giles Hospice
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Can't accept
The Children's Trust
Their wording
“Electric showers”
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Check first
Save the Children
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 32 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 Red Cross
- Not mentioned Cancer Research UK
- 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 Samaritans
- Not mentioned Scope
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- Not mentioned Shaw Trust
- Not mentioned Shelter
- Not mentioned St Christopher's Hospice
- Not mentioned St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- Not mentioned Sue Ryder
- 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)