Middlesbrough Donation Centre +

What you can donate and buy in store:

Furniture – beds, mattresses, sofa beds, pine wardrobes, and much more. Please note - we will accept mattresses as long as they are in good condition and pillows if they are new.

Household items – homeware, kitchenware, crockery, ornaments, and much more. 

Clothing and shoes – women’s, men’s, and children’s

Accessories - belts, bags, jewellery, and much more

Books, DVDs, CDs

Toys and games

Curtains new and used

We also accept donations of money. Get in touch to find out more about the items you can donate and purchase.

Donations we can't accept

DUE TO SAFETY, HYGIENE AND LEGAL REASONS, THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF ITEMS WERE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT. PLEASE CLICK THE ARROWS BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.

Children's Equipment

• Car seats (including detachable car seats from travel systems)
• Child mattresses (cots, moses baskets, travel cots)
• Bikes

Clothing and clothing accessories

• Real fur or fur trimmed items
• Counterfeit, fake goods

Furniture & Housewares

• Gas appliances, oil lamps
• Cigarette lighters and cigarette lighter refill canisters
• Used duvets (except duvet covers)
• Used pillows (except pillow cases)

Electrical Items

• Electric showers
• Sunbeds and tanning equipment
• Power tools without instructions
• Microwaves
• Hardwired appliances (i.e. ceiling, pendant or wall lamps.
• Personal appliances, including battery operated (i.e. shavers, foot spas etc) (unless new and sealed box)
• Hygiene - No guarantee of infection control

Weapons

• Knives - any daggers, hunting knives, flick knives, bow knives, sports knives and axes.
• Swords, sword sticks, crossbows
• Guns and ammunition, antique or otherwise (including replica guns)

Heating and Cooking

• Gas appliances (mains or bottled goods)
• Oil filled radiators (not supplied with a thermostat)
• Storage heaters (hardwired)

Sport & Safety Equipment

• Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water
• Safety Helmets - Riding hats, crash helmets, cycle helmets and hard hats
• Safety harnesses of any sort
• Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. knee pads, elbow pads, biker suits with in built padding).
• Firefighting equipment

Books, Media, Software and Hardware

• Any goods that infringe copyright law including pirate DVDs, computer games and counterfeit CDs. These can be recognised by the colour of the disc, hologram labelling or poor packaging.
• 18 Certificate DVDs/Videos/Blu-ray/Computer Games
• Any DVDs and videos not legally classified by the British Board of Film Classification
• Pornographic publications, DVDs and videos, books.
• IT equipment containing hard drives including tablets, laptops, desktop computers and mobile devices.

Miscellaneous

• Wheeled walkers and Zimmer frames
• Wheelchairs
• Electric wheelchairs and three or four-wheeled mobility scooters (safety reasons). Mobility scooters need road worthiness testing.
• Medication including vitamins.
• Branded alcoholic products.
• Perishable goods, food and drink (with exception of New Purchased Goods supplied by company)
• Cosmetics, such as lipsticks, mascara, creams etc (unless sealed and in-date).
• Prescription spectacles with no indication of lens strength.
• Sunglasses with no indication of UV protection ratings
• Ivory produced after June 1947.
• Taxidermy produced after June 1947.
• Fireworks
• Petrol or diesel fuelled garden tools including lawn mowers, strimmer’s etc. (Excludes new purchased or corporate stock)