Donating old business items.

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I used to make jewellery and have now moved onto other things and no longer have the time or want to make jewellery, list it and send it off.
The thing is I have numerous bits of made up jewellery left over, far too much for me to ever wear and my friends and family are frankly bored of it now.

I would like to do something with the left over stuff, it would retail between £20 - £40 per item, and is mainly silver jewellery as I didn't like working with gold much.

Any ideas? I could list it on Ebay as a job lot or something and then doante the money but I'm not sure if that's worthwhile? would anyone want to buy a bulk lot of jewellery that's similar or would people even think to look for it on ebay?

I would ideally like to donate pieces to people that maybe can't afford gifts for Christmas this year? I could donate it directly to a charity for raffles I suppose but it would be creating them extra work and they might not have a raffle or similar planned.

I'm at a loss really and am hoping MN might have some bright ideas.

And just so I'm sticking with the rules, AIBU to donate my excess jewellery, nobody actually wants my tat, bin it 😁

You could try a job lot on Freecycle?
Any local jewellery courses which would appreciate the kit?

Sorry I think I've made my OP unclear.

The items are made up pieces of jewellery.

I have various bits of stock jewellery already made that is getting in the way and will just end up ruined without someone wearing it/looking after it.

I will keep my jewellery making kit incase one day I go back to it, although unlikely.

I'm chair of my PTA and if anyone offered us jewellery to raffle off we'd be delighted! I'd offer it to your local school PTA they will definitely be able to use it.

Is there a local women’s refuge or women’s charity they might appreciate them as Christmas gifts for the women there or could raffle or sell them to raise funds?

Thank you for the ideas

The school PTA is a good idea, but the jewellery is for older teen upwards so not any pieces for children etc, I didn't think they would be particularly interest?

The most local woman's refuge is quite a distance from me but that is something I could definitely look into. Do you know if they would be happy for me to email? I worry about confidentiality and things, whether that would be appropriate?

Do you have any idea how to go about donating to a women's refuge?

I've been having a good search but understandably they don't seem to be clearly advertised where I am and women's aid only seem to want cash donations.

If you have one local to you they should have phone number, although probably don’t publish their address for obvious reasons.

You could try emailing women’s aid to see if they can direct you to a local branch or similar local organisation.

If it's something a teenager might like, children's hospitals usually accept Christmas gifts for the patients, and people usually donate stuff for younger kids and the teens get left out.

I got a gift when I was in a children's ward 20 years ago over Christmas, and I've never forgotten it. For the past few years I've volunteered at hospitals to help wrap.

I'd second school PTAs. Could split across a couple of local schools. I'd imagine they'd be targeting the mums rather than kids with the raffle -same as when they raffle off wine!

I sort of feel that although the PTA and schools in general are really great causes, I hoped I could help people that are in need a bit more.

I would happily donate some to the PTA but honestly I have quite a bit, talking 30+ items and I'm not sure about donating all of that to the local PTA.

I like the idea of a local hospital but I don't have the first idea who to get in contact with and we don't have a specific children's hospital near by, I don't know if a general hospital would want gifts for certain patients?

It's not really the type of jewellery the elderly would wear but I suppose the staff might like some?

It's actually really difficult to find somewhere but it seems such a shame just to put it away in a cupboard never to see the light of day again.

Hi OP, for various reasons I get products that I donate. Here’s where mine go:

Food bank where possible
Charity shops
Local charity raffles - there’s always something going on
Facebook Marketplace for free
Women’s refuges

Or sell via eBay, Etsy or Facebook marketplace and donate the money.

ButtWormHole

Thanks for the ideas, how do you get in touch with the women's refuge?

whereabouts are you? can you google refuges in your area and they might have a information page, do you have a local Kindness group where a volunteer collects for the refuge

www.refuge.org.uk/get-involved/other-ways-to-donate/

www.womensaid.org.uk/donate/other-ways-to-give/