We’re delighted that we can accept your items at our Kiln Farm distribution centre, 3-5 Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes,
MK11 3HA. Please call us on 01908 578250 to book a drive-through slot for a Covid-safe drop off between 8.30am and 4pm weekdays.
You can also donate your items to any of our shops when they are open. Pease help us by placing your sealed bags into the wheelie bins provided.
Donations Guide
To keep us all as safe as possible it will help if you could do the following for us:
- Please place all items neatly folded, in sealed bags or bin liners to help reduce infection.
- To help us process donations safely, please bag and label your items in categories e.g. menswear, children’s clothing or ladieswear
- Designer wear and unworn clothes with tags should be bagged together and labelled if possible
- Please download a Gift Aid form, complete it and pop it in with your donation to increase its value by 25%.
We can reclaim the basic rate tax from HMRC – there’s no cost to you and the process is simple. - While our shops are still closed, please don’t leave any items outside.
It costs us over £46k a year to dispose of things that are damaged or unsaleable!
What can you donate?
Furniture
If you have clean, good quality furniture to donate, please call the furniture shop closest to you to arange a collection:
Kiln Farm: 01908 578253
Olney shop: 01234 241725
Buckingham shop: 01280 823388
Bletchley shop: 01908 648377
House Clearance
Please fill in this form to arrange a house clearance.
We are also looking for items for our eBay store, including:
- Jewellery and watches
- Collectables e.g. porcelain, artwork, stamp & coin collections
- Vintage toys and games
- Unopened fragrances and gift sets
Books
All our shops sell books and these remain some of our most popular items, especially in our ebay shop. We can even accept books in an unsaleable condition as they can raise money for the Hospice by being recycled. Sorry but we can’t resell or recycle magazines.
Bric-a-Brac
This could include vases, lamps, ornaments, pictures, bowls, pottery or any other decorative household items in good condition, that we can resell.
Textiles
TextilesThis includes adult and children’s clothing, shoes and handbags. Even if your items are damaged or unsaleable for any reason, we can still generate income by recycling them. Please bag your items up and clearly lable them ‘recycling’. (We regret we are not able to accept bedding items such as pillows, quilts, bed linen, towels or curtains).
*Toys
Donated toys MUST include their original packaging with instructions and safety notices (soft toys need to have CE label attached to them).
Electrical items
There are only certain electrical items we are able to accept. Please check when booking your donation slot.
Stamps
Each year we raise around £2,000 from used stamps, first day covers and stamp collections, which we sell in our ebay shop. Once you’ve collected a batch, please post them to: Stamps, Ebay, 1 Grafton Milton Keynes, MK9 1AH.
Recycling Coffee Pods
If you have used Tassimo and L’Or coffee pods only (no other brands), please help us by bagging them up and dropping them off at our recycler: Charity Recycling MK, 25 Cantle Avenue, Downs Barn, MK14 7RJ. They also accept crisp packets, but they must be flattened and bagged up separately. Have a look at their facebook page to see all the different household items they collect to raise funds for Willen Hospice.
We are not able to accept the following:
Christmas decorations and trees, used coffee pods, reading glasses or phones, video cassette tapes, used candles, kitchen utensils and appliances including cookers, kettles, toasters and microwaves; car seats, high chairs, prams, buggies, cots, helmets, plumbed goods such as dishwashers and washing machines; anything that is broken or dirty.
