Donate your preloved items

On the high street

We have 14 shops across London and the Southeast taking donations of men's and ladies fashion, homewares, bric-a-brac, small items of furniture, books and media. We know how frustrating it an be to go to the effort to taking donations to a charity shop only to be turned away, so we'll always accept your donations. 

Please be aware that if we have to dispose of any donations rather than sell them, there's a cost attached, which takes money away from funding the work we support.  

Home Collections

Have more to donate than you can carry? Or find it tricky to drive to - or park near - one of our charity shops? Get in touch to book a free Home Collection and our van will come to you!

You can find out about the areas we cover, timeframe for collections and minimum requirements above.

Book a Home Collection >

We have a Donations Hub

Our Donations Hub in West Norwood is a handy drop-off point for your donations to Fight for Sight. You can drive right up to the door, where (during opening hours!) our friendly team can assist you with your donations. 

Find out more about our Donations Hub >

Before you donate items to Fight for Sight...

• Please bag or box smaller items securely
• Ensure items are clean and in good condition
• All upholstered items must have fire safety labels attached
• Let us know about parking or access restrictions so we can lend a hand if needed

We gratefully accept good-quality items that can be resold, and in the process we're proud to be reducing the amount we all put into landfill. Anything we can’t sell is recycled or reused wherever possible, so we're extending the life of products and materials, and reducing waste. We'd love any good-quality donations of:

• Clothes, shoes and accessories
• Homewares
• Books
• Bric-a-brac
• Media
• Furniture 
• Electricals

PLEASE ENSURE: All donations are complete, safe to sell and all upholstered items have fire safety labels attached (a legal requirement). A good rule of thumb is to only donate items you'd be happy to buy yourself

Are you a business or retailer keen to donate surplus stock?
We'd LOVE to hear from you. Find out more about our simple, hassle-free solution to sustainably manage your excess stock challenges. By donating, you align with your environmental sustainability goals, promote circularity, and help fund the brilliant minds and bright ideas putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss. 
Find out about retail stock donations here > 

Items we can't take...
To ensure customer and staff safety, we are unable to collect or receive certain items due to health and safety (and in some cases legal requirements). You can find a full list of donations we're unable to take at the bottom of this page.

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

Fight for Sight is a funder. We invest in scientific research to help save sight and social change research to help change lives. So when you donate to us, we’ll make sure that donation works hard to do two things: Helping us better understand, prevent, diagnose and treat vision loss. Ensuring people living with vision loss get the same opportunities as everyone else.

Did you know the average bag of donations is worth £50 to us? To put that into perspective:

• £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.

Find out more about our mission what we're funding >

• Cushions, cushion covers, and tailored upholstery covers without fire labels
• Duvet and quilts (unless brand new and in original packaging)
• Ladders
• Bathroom and any other equipment that needs professional fitting
• Pillows (unless brand new and in original packaging)
• Upholstered items without appropriate fire labels
• Upholsters items with stains, rips and fabric damage
• Carpet off cuts
• Beds and headboards
• Mattresses
• Dining tables without chairs
• Conference tables
• Any dismantled furniture
• Large wall units
• Large desks
• Fitted wardrobes
• Loose shelving
• Damaged or marked furniture/not sellable condition
• Wooden furniture with water stains
• Ironing boards
• Recycling projects
• Bicycles
• Single chairs

• Candles without instructions and fire warning labels
• Oil and gas appliances
• Oil filled radiators without thermostat
• Storage heaters
• Washing machines, tumble driers and cookers

• Celling and wall lights
• Power tools without instructions
• Electric Blankets
• Washing machines
• Showers
• Sunbathing equipment and appliances
• Waste disposal units
• Printers
• Non-working electrical items or items without fuses
• Scanners

• 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

• 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

• Home recorded computer games and software
• Home recorded DVDs, videos, and audio tapes
• Video players
• Computer accessories such as keyboards, mouse, cables, cameras etc

• Firearms and ammunition
• Flammable items such as firelighters, barbeque lighter, tools, fireworks
• Pointed items with potential for harm such as knives, blades, daggers, swords, golf clubs, baseball bats etc.
• Petrol or diesel fuelled DYI and garden tools
• Poisonous / toxic / hazardous substances including paint
• Weapons and realistic toy weapons
• Golf clubs

• 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
• 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