Almost all say no
13 refuse it outright — but 2 take it under conditions. Evidence: 15 direct.
Why shops refuse it
Like other nursery equipment, shops can't verify a used high chair still meets current safety standards.
What to do instead
Baby banks and local sharing groups (Olio, Freecycle) will usually rehome a clean, complete one.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Cancer Research UK
New items can be sold.
Their wording
“Used table-mounted chairs, safety gates”
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Their wording
“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
DEBRA
Their wording
“Children's highchairs”
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Can't accept
Dogs Trust
Their wording
“children's car seats, prams, highchairs and cots”
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Can't accept
Dorothy House
Their wording
“High chairs”
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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
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
Their wording
“Children's items (car seats, pushchairs/prams, cots, mattresses, high chairs)”
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell
Their wording
“Highchairs, pushchairs or baby-related equipment”
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Can't accept
Princess Alice Hospice
Their wording
“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
Shaw Trust
Their wording
“highchairs”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
Their wording
“Cots, carry cots, playpens, high chairs”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Table-mounted (clip-on) chairs.
Their wording
“table-mounted chairs”
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Check first
British Heart Foundation
Only accepted at a selected number of stores due to required safety checks; contact Customer Service Centre.
Their wording
“Due to the safety checks required for the resale of baby and nursery equipment, we can only accept these in a selected number of stores”
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Check first
Samaritans
Unless new or sealed.
Their wording
“prams, pushchairs, buggies, cots, high chairs, cot mattresses”
Not mentioned in 29 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 Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Crisis
- Not mentioned FARA Charity Shops
- 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 Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- 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 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)