Emmaus North Staffs is happy to take donations of clothing, furniture and household items that are in good shape, to be sold in our charity shops.
This includes most furniture, books, CDs, DVDs, games, toys, trinkets, clothes, shoes and accessories. Please read on to find out what we can’t take.
You can find out more about how to drop off your donations or arrange a free furniture collection.
Please don’t donate things we can’t accept
Every year we end up spending money paying for the disposal of poor quality donated items. You can help us save money by reading our guidelines before donating your items. That way we can make sure your goods can be used and sold in our shops.
Sorry, we can’t accept:
- Any goods not in a reusable and re-sellable condition (this includes rips, stains, bits missing, unwashed clothes etc.)
- Items with an odour or from a smoking household
- Large electrical appliances such as fridges, freezers and washing machines that are not in good working order
- Baby & child car seats (it is illegal to resell them)
- Cycle or motorbike helmets (it is illegal to resell them)
- Soft toys with no ‘CE’ visible on the label
- Upholstered furniture without a legally required fabric, sewn-on ‘fire label’ attached (not the cardboard swing-tag)
- Single armchairs without a sofa, unless the armchair is a working recliner/rise-recliner
- Used duvets and pillows
- Non-flat-screen TVs
- Computers and printers
- TVs without an HDMI or VGA lead
- Carpet and carpet off-cuts
- Pianos or large organs (electric keyboards are okay)
- Dismantled wardrobes
- Wall display units which are longer than 4 feet/1.2m