Trying to declutter but what to do with it??

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I'm trying to delcutter my house for a wealth of reasons but there's quite a few things I have that I'd rather not end up in landfill but what should I do with it?

Baby clothes
Lots of children's toys (plastic mostly)

Not interested in selling them but just wondering if there's somewhere that would take children's toys that would be better than landfill?

Charity shops are the obvious answer

Free cycle or FreelyWheely,. This time of year lots of people will want them.

Bigger items can go on individually, but smaller things can be boxed together with age appropriate or (dare I say it) gender appropriate.

Cash for clothes? I got £8.50 for 3 sacks of clothes on Monday!

My local Sure Start centre takes baby/children's clothes and sells them on for 5p.

Charity shop. Some children charities keep some children’s clothes and toys back to give directly to children in need.

Local church that runs Parent & Baby group?

They can use things, pass them on to someone in need, or sell for fundraising.

Phone around.
Hint - if you live in quite a nice area, think of the poorest town near you, that's where there'll be a church actively helping struggling parents.

Womens aid/refuge will take baby clothes also charity shops for toys Christmas coming up charity shops will get rid of them

I watched an amazing program about Baby Banks the other day (it was terribly sad, but the people who ran it were amazing). Apparently they are all over the place giving clothes, prams etc to women who have nothing. Google it and see if there's one in your area.

We have a place like that here it is a childrens charity shop but they donate items they get in to health visitors etc to give to new mums its a great idea the reason they are not as well known advertised is privacy iyswim

I cleared out a load of plastic toys the other week. I was so tempted to just chuck them in a bin bag, as I just wanted them out of the house, but felt guilty about landfill, so I put them on my local Facebook selling page for less than they are worth, so people grabbed them really quickly. They are happy they got bargain Christmas presents, and I'm happy I got rid quickly, and made a little bit of cash, when I was going to throw them anyway.
Otherwise I'd suggest donating to a local playgroup/library/doctors surgery.

Thanks for all the advice

Does anyone know if charity shops will take soft toys like teddies and things?

What about towels and old bedding?

I found a local charity near me that takes baby stuff for new mums but apparently they were recently part of a channel four programme and so they have had a flurry of donations recently and aren't accepting any more donations at the moment as they are at full capacity

animal re-homing centres take towels & bedding.

@Laniakea that's perfect! Thank you. Hadn't thought of that