All items · Baby & children
Stair gates and bed guards
Also covers: safety gate, baby gate, bed rail
Almost all say no
6 refuse it outright — but 1 takes it under conditions. Evidence: 6 direct, 1 broad.
Why shops refuse it
Safety-critical child equipment can't be verified second-hand.
What to do instead
Metal gates can go in scrap-metal recycling at the council tip.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Red Cross
May not come with all necessary fittings.
Their wording
“Child safety gates”
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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
“Stair gates”
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell
broad category rule
No baby-related equipment accepted
Their wording
“Highchairs, pushchairs or baby-related equipment”
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Can't accept
Shaw Trust
Their wording
“safety gates”
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Can't accept
Sue Ryder
Their wording
“baby gates”
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Check first
British Heart Foundation
Listed as 'safety gates'. 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”
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 Claire House Children's Hospice
- 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 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 Peter's 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 Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)