Fight for Sight Logo
You are here: Our Shops / Donate your preloved items

Donate your preloved items

From blouses to bric-a-brac, jewellery to jenga – turn your clutter into funding for life-changing research and projects

A teenage girl handing over a box donations in a charity shop

Thanks to donations from our generous supporters, we have a network of charity shops across London and the southeast and an eBay store offering a range of pre-loved items to thrifty shoppers and bargain hunters all over the UK! The proceeds of these sales fund brilliant minds and bright ideas putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss.

Did you know the average bag of donations is worth about £50 to us? 

  • £50 could help us make existing domestic abuse services accessible for blind and partially sighted people, including websites and refuges.
  • £50 could help pay for a volunteer to make befriending phone calls to five blind or partially sighted people experiencing loneliness.
  • £50 could provide sensory and developmental toys for children experiencing sight loss.
A group of people laughing in a farm house kitchen together. Three of the people laughing are young people with visual impairment, all are laughing and looking down at the table they are sat at but you can see they are smiling by the uplift in their cheeks.

Ways to donate

  • Drop your donations at your nearest shop

    You can find your nearest Fight for Sight shop and drop off your items.

    Visit our shops

  • Enquire about a house clearance

    If you would like to enquire about a house clearance, please email our Warehouse Manager, Jack at jack.palmer@fightforsight.org.uk.

  • 36 million tonnes
    of landfill saved, thanks to your donations
  • 25%
    is added to your donation with Gift Aid at no extra cost to you

Prohibited list of items

To ensure customer and staff safety, we are unable to collect or receive certain items due to health and safety, legal requirements, or hygiene reasons.

Please read the below list to check if your donation contains any items that we unfortunately cannot accept.

If you need help disposing of any of the below items, please visit this website to connect with your local council.

  • Furniture and housewares
    • Cushions, cushion covers, and tailored upholstery covers without fire labels
    • Duvet and quilts (unless brand new and in original packaging) 
    • Ladders 
    • Pillows (unless brand new and in original packaging) 
    • Upholstered items without appropriate fire labels
    • Carpet off cuts
    • Beds and headboards
    • Mattresses 
  • Heating, lighting, and cooking
    • Candles without instructions and fire warning labels
    • Oil and gas appliances
    • Oil filled radiators without thermostat 
    • Storage heaters 
    • White electrical goods (fridges, freezers, ovens, washing machines etc) 
  • Electrical items
    • Celling and wall lights 
    • Power tools without instructions
    • Electric Blankets
    • Showers
    • Sunbathing equipment and appliances
    • Waste disposal units
  • Sports and safety equipment
    • Crash helmets, cycling helmets and riding hats
    • Firefighting equipment
    • Harnesses
    • Inflatable dinghies or toys for water
    • Trampolines
    • Lifesaving equipment for water
    • Roller skates or protective gear
    • Ice skates or protective gear
    • Any protective gear for motorbikes, cycling or similar
    • PPE Equipment 
  • Children’s equipment
    • Car seats or booster seats
    • Cots, carry cots and mattresses
    • Highchairs
    • Safety gates
    • Soft toys without CE label
    • Playpens
    • Prams, pushchairs, and buggies
    • Plastic and small toys 
  • Software and Hardware
    • Home recorded computer games and software
    • Home recorded DVD’s, videos, and audio tapes
    • Video players
    • Computer accessories such as keyboards, mouse, cables, cameras etc
  • Dangerous items
    • Firearms and ammunition
    • Flammable items such as firelighters, barbeque lighter, tools, fireworks
    • Pointed items with potential for harm such as knives, blades, daggers, swords, etc
    • Petrol or diesel fuelled DYI and garden tools
    • Poisonous/ toxic/ hazardous substances including paint
    • Weapons and realistic toy weapons
    • Golf clubs 
  • Miscellaneous
    • Cigarette lighters, refill canisters and ashtrays
    • Cosmetics and toiletries unless sealed in the box with list of ingredients
    • Ivory
    • Medication and vitamins
    • Perishable goods like food and drink
    • Personal appliances unless sealed in the box such as grooming kits, foot spas, including free toiletries
    • Sex toys (not even sealed in the box)
    • Vaping products
    • Zimmer frames, walking sticks or crutches
    • VHS Tapes
    • Unboxed Christmas lights
    • Readers digest books, magazines, free CD’s and DVD’s
    • Landline telephones
    • Used and in bad condition cooking equipment such as frying pans, saucepans etc
    • Incomplete puzzles and board games
    • Office stationery such as folders
    • Pet accessories (unless new and in original packaging)
    • Broken luggage
    • Clip frames
    • Christmas cards, used wrapping paper

Gift Aid your donation and boost its value by 25%

Remember to add Gift Aid to your donation to boost its value by 25% at no extra cost to you! Gift Aid is a government scheme which lets us claim an extra 25% on top of the price your donation sells in our shops. 

Find out more about Gift Aid