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Used power tools or tools without instructions
Also covers: power tool, drill, electric saw, chainsaw, angle grinder, sander
They say no
Refused by all 15 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (15 direct).
Why shops refuse it
Shops may be unable to verify guards, batteries and other safety-critical parts, particularly when instructions or accessories are missing.
What to do instead
A tool library or repair café may take a complete working tool; broken electrical tools should go through WEEE recycling.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Heart Foundation
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions — Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
DEBRA
Their wording
“Power tools (saws, nail guns, angle grinders, chainsaws, hedge trimmers)”
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Can't accept
Dorothy House
Their wording
“Chainsaws”
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Can't accept
Overgate Hospice
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
Princess Alice Hospice
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
Shaw Trust
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
Their wording
“Power tools without safety instructions”
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Can't accept
St Giles Hospice
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
Their wording
“Power tools”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Their wording
“Power tools — any power tools - we can't guarantee that all parts are working and safe for use”
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Can't accept
The Children's Trust
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Their wording
“Power tools without instructions”
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Can't accept
Wales Air Ambulance
Their wording
“Power tools”
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 Cancer Research UK
- Not mentioned Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Cornwall Hospice Care
- 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 Oxfam
- Not mentioned PDSA
- Not mentioned Phyllis Tuckwell
- Not mentioned Samaritans
- Not mentioned Save the Children
- Not mentioned Scope
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- Not mentioned Shelter
- Not mentioned St Christopher's Hospice
- Not mentioned Traid
- Not mentioned Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)