All items · Electrical
Hardwired storage heaters
Also covers: storage heater, night storage heater, electric storage radiator
Why shops refuse it
Storage heaters are extremely heavy, normally hardwired and difficult to test or resell after removal.
What to do instead
Use a qualified installer to disconnect one and ask about WEEE or council bulky-waste collection.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
British Heart Foundation
Also includes oil-filled radiators without a thermostat, oil and gas AGAs, and storage heaters (hardwired).
Their wording
“Oil heaters (mobile)”
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Can't accept
Cancer Research UK
Also storage heaters, and oil and gas AGAs.
Their wording
“oil-filled radiators”
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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
“Storage heaters”
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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
“Hardwired storage heaters”
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Can't accept
Salvation Army (SATCoL)
Their wording
“Storage heaters (hardwired)”
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Can't accept
St Giles Hospice
Their wording
“Heaters, including hardwired storage heaters”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“Storage heaters (hardwired)”
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Can't accept
The Children's Trust
Their wording
“Hardwired storage heaters”
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Can't accept
Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Their wording
“Hard-wired electricals (light fittings/wall lights/storage heaters)”
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Check first
Overgate Hospice
Not accepted unless brand new in original packaging; includes oil-filled radiators and hard-wired storage heaters.
Their wording
“Oil heaters (mobile)”
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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 31 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 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 Oxfam
- Not mentioned PDSA
- Not mentioned Samaritans
- Not mentioned Scope
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- Not mentioned Shaw Trust
- Not mentioned Shelter
- Not mentioned St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- Not mentioned St Christopher's Hospice
- Not mentioned St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- Not mentioned Sue Ryder
- Not mentioned Traid
- Not mentioned Wales Air Ambulance
- Not mentioned Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)