All items Β· Clothing & accessories
Damaged, old or oversized suitcases
Also covers: suitcase, luggage, old fashioned suitcase, broken suitcase
They say no
Refused by all 3 charities that directly name or broadly cover it (3 direct).
Why shops refuse it
Damaged cases are hard to sell, and some shops do not have room for bulky or old-fashioned luggage.
What to do instead
Working cases are useful to some refugee and homelessness projects; ask first, or offer them through a local reuse group.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Their wording
βDamaged suitcasesβ
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell
Their wording
βSuitcases β Unfortunately we are currently unable to accept any electrical items or suitcases.β
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Can't accept
Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Their wording
βOld fashioned suitcasesβ
Not mentioned in 41 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it β 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 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 Shaw Trust
- 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 Sue Ryder
- Not mentioned The Children's Trust
- Not mentioned Traid
- Not mentioned Wales Air Ambulance
- Not mentioned Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned Woodgreen Pets Charity
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)