All items · Sport & outdoor
Roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards
Also covers: roller skates, inline skates, skateboard, ice skates
They say no
Refused by all 7 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (6 direct, 1 broad).
Why shops refuse it
Treated as safety-critical sports equipment by several charities — worn wheels and bindings can't be checked.
What to do instead
Skate shops and local skate groups often rehome usable kit.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Also ice skates
Their wording
“Roller skates and inline skates”
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Can't accept
DEBRA
Ice skates also excluded.
Their wording
“Roller blades & skateboards”
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Can't accept
LOROS Hospice
Their wording
“Rollerblades/ice skates”
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Can't accept
Shaw Trust
Their wording
“skateboards”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“Rollerblades, skateboards and scooters”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Also covers skateboards and scooters.
Their wording
“roller skates and ice skates”
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Can't accept
Willen Hospice
broad category rule
Sports equipment generally not accepted, no specific items listed
Their wording
“Sports equipment”
Not mentioned in 37 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 Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Crisis
- 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 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 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 Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)