To ask if anyone has any idea where I can donate toys etc?

[Tallaween]

With Christmas coming up I am planning to do a large sort out of all DDs toys and etc. She has far too so many and a lot of them have had very little use or have been outgrown (and being designed for toddlers are showing practically no wear).

She has also reached an age - soon to be six- where she is beginning to understand that she is very lucky, and that there are a lot of children who do not have the opportunities or access to materiel things that she does.

So I would like to get her involved in the sorting and, if possible, donate all of her 'baby' toys etc so that they can go to children who might otherwise not get much/anything for Christmas.

I normally take her old things to the charity shop but I have noticed that the things that are like new aren't sold particularly cheaply (Oxford) which kind of defeats the point of what we would like to do.

There will be all sorts of things soft toys, plastic/wooden toddler toys, books, DVD's etc.

Any ideas of where I can take them would be much appreciated, or tell me if it's a crap idea and charity shop it is

I work in a charity shop selling toys, baby clothes etc. The charity is for a hospice which does some wonderful work. I know that we warmly welcome any donations that can help the charity but we find that people get confused. Often people criticise the prices not quite realising we are a charity for a hospice not for the customers if you see what I mean. So if you can't find anywhere more suitable and you do end up donating to somewhere like this then perhaps you can explain where the profits go and how this will help people. Obviously this is a bit tricky to explain if the children are very young though.