Making Scrap Donations
People and businesses kindly donating surplus materials and art supplies to us are what allows us to provide our Scrapstore service.
If you have unwanted craft materials, paper, fabric etc. or surplus items from your home or work that could be re-used in creative ways or for play activities, please consider giving them to us.
To make donations, please drop them off to us in bags or boxes during our opening hours – come to the front desk and let us know you are leaving them with us. If you are dropping off donations from a car, you may be able to park briefly next to the steps whilst unloading, but please move your vehicle as soon as possible to keep the entrance clear for others. Thank you!
Collections can sometimes be arranged for a large volume of donations, (e.g. a car full) if you are unable to bring them yourself. Please get in touch with us if you have a lot to donate in one go.
In general the things we accept are components of creative, DIY or play activities. If you have completed craft projects, clothing etc. it’s more likely to be a good fit for a charity shop. We are also grateful for items that we can use to display and store scrap materials. Below are a few examples:
Yes please
- Art and crafts supplies and equipment, part used or new .
- Paper / card in packs or loose (A5 or larger).
- Fabric pieces over 30cm square (or larger if for upholstery).
- Haberdashery, trim, zips, fastenings, buttons, bondaweb, needles etc.
- DIY supplies: screws, nails, bolts, hand tools, wire, castors, hinges, brushes, rollers, wallpaper rolls, glue, water based paint, lengths of wood…
- Packaging – foam rubber, bubble wrap, mailing tubes etc.
- Collage materials, ephemera, wrapping paper, greetings cards etc., magazines in small volumes if they contain good collaging content / vintage magazines (not modern craft magazines)
- Decorations for parties, Xmas etc.
- Costumes – halloween, wigs, props, jewellery, spectacles etc.
- CDs and vinyl records (small quantities)
- Kitchen items: jars, pots, plain plates or mugs, straight glasses, bowls, metal spoons, cloths, scourers etc.
- Clean tinfoil / clingfilm / baking parchment / kitchen roll and corks.
- Keys and keyrings.
- Stationery, plastic sleeves, jiffy bags.
- Curtains, esp damaged for cutting up.
- Sturdy shelves.
- Strong storage boxes, racking, bins and recycling tubs etc.
- Gardening items, seed packets, pots, growing supports, hand tools.
- Random interesting looking things!
No thanks
- Clothing and shoes.
- Soft toys.
- Small fabric scraps under 30cm square.
- Picture frames.
- Electrical items.
- Plain paper packaging that can be recycled.
- Books (we are currently taking take small amounts of art & craft technique and gardening books only).
- Ring or lever arch binders, we have enough at the moment.
- Furniture other than shelves / racking.
- Polystyrene.
- Video and cassette tapes.
- Oil based paints and varnishes over 100ml.
- Carpet tiles.
- Taxidermy or animal fur.
- Craft subscription magazines in large volume, we can only take a few at a time as we don’t have room for them, and we are offered lots!
- Please only donate items that are free from animal hair, mould, moths, dirt etc. We can unravel, disassemble, and cut things into serviceable materials, but will throw away anything that is unpleasant for our volunteers to work with.
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