To ask if any charities will take second hand household items?

[that1970shouse]

I'm clearing a relative's house and it seems awful to send things like crockery, cutlery, pans etc. to landfill. I've contacted a local group who work with refugees and they only want donations of cash or new items not second hand.

Do you know any organisations who will take them? I mean definitely know, not "why don't you try x" - I've only got this week to clear the place so I don't have time for any wild goose chases.

Furniture is all sorted except beds; how do I dispose of those?

Council curbside collection for the beds?

Freecycle sites?

It depends on your area. Some charities will also charge you to take the items (happened when my MIL died). Google your area and charity furniture collection.
British Red Cross might be able to help

“Please do call your local shop if you would like to discuss a furniture collection or delivery and we will do our best to accommodate your request, if possible.“

Which part of the country are you in?

Salvation Army took ours

Also post in local Facebook page or nextdoor, nobody here can tell you 100% a charity that does this without knowing where you are.

See if the British heart Foundation collects in your area, they've taken household stuff from me before.

Also see if you have Wood Green in your area, the animals charity. They also collect 'bric a brac'.

@Aurorie11

Which part of the country are you in?

West Yorkshire. Sorry, should have said.

We sold beds on Facebook marketplace. One buyer took the mattress, the other didn't.

I bought eg a sofa at a blind shop in the UK way back. Worth ringing round and asking
All my household stuff is second hand.

Out here in Ireland we have Vincent de Paul who run charity shops to fund their work with the needy. Deeply grateful to them and all who give

Maybe try and Google for your area.

BHF offer a house clearance service, although you might need to pay www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/house-clearance

Council will take beds, ours charges £25 for 3 large items.

If you are near an Emmaus they take them if they are in sellable quality, otherwise Freecycle or if you can't wait then council.

Some charity shops will take crockery etc, it's worth ringing around your local ones to save you driving around and being told no.

I used a local house clearance firm. They took the lot and subsequently sorted out what went for sale/charity/land fill. I did have to pay. I didn’t even have to box it up. White goods and assortment of things like pots and pans all taken in one go, they even cleared what was left in the garage and greenhouse.
Just googled in the locality for house clearance. (Just make sure they have a licence).

Salvation Army? Google charity furniture shops. Any charity shop will take crockery.

Most charity shops will be delighted to take the crockery at least. Almost all my local ones are always appealing for more bric-a-brac. Probably the cutlery and pans as well.

All charity shops near me take crockery, cutlery and bric a brac. We also have an independent charity with a huge warehouse depot that will take anything from a teaspoon to an 8 seater dining table - and everything inbetween. If you're in receipt of benefits you get a discount when purchasing, if not you pay whatever is on the label and everything is super cheap. It's a fantastic place to go to for a rummage! Is there somewhere like that near you?

British heart foundation furniture shops will come and collect furniture and all charity shops accept pots/pans etc.

The reason the reugee charity only want new or cash donations is if they help set up homes they buy new duvetsplates cups etc etc so they are not looking through bits and bobs to make up sets

There's an app called olio. I got a second hand fake Christmas tree from there.
I've seen crockery etc too.

The trick is to say in the listing 'please, when you message me, tell me what time you can collect' so that people don't waste your time.

My children were kitted out for university cooking using items from my grandparents houses. Admittedly we had a lot of space to store things until needed. It’s actually quite convenient to have distinctive items at uni rather than the same IKEA kit as everyone else. Perhaps a free cycle/Facebook messenger post would help - there will be lots of students getting read to go. It was sentiment that led to me retaining and recycling my grandparents stuff but actually my daughters boyfriend was from a low income family and he would have struggled to get things together if we hadn’t provided it from the stash.

Emmaus?
emmaus.org.uk/your-local-emmaus/

Does it have to be a charity or do you just need rid? We've a local Facebook group where people post things they are giving away for free and things never hang around long.

Totally off topic, but can’t understand why charities for refugees will only take new stuff! Bit of a disgrace really.

All charity shops around here take bric a brac and as pp have said, The British Heart Foundation take larger items.

Salvation Army took ours. They also took all the underwear and PJs as they said they had lots of older men who wanted long johns and vests and they could never supply them.