Clothes

It doesn’t matter if items are damaged or otherwise past their best, even ripped clothes can be sold as rags.

We are expert recyclers – we were recently awarded the title of Recycler of the Year – and there’s very little that has no value at all.

How to donate clothes

• Drop off items at your local shop during working hours.  Please do not leave them outside if the shop is shut
• Fill an Age UK donation bag: From time to time our stock collectors will post a bag through your door – put your unwanted clothes in and leave it outside your home on the collection day.
• If you have several bags and can't drop them off yourself, contact your local shop to arrange a collection. The more you have the more economical it will be for us - maybe your family, friends and neighbours have things we can collect at the same time.

Don’t just donate it, Gift Aid it

Sign up for Gift Aid when you bring in your goods and increase the value of your donation by approximately 28%.

If you are a UK tax payer, just complete a simple declaration when you make a donation and we can claim 25 pence back in tax at no cost to you - your tax code won’t be affected either. The government tops this up with another 3 pence, so for every £10 we make from your donations, we get £12.80.

Once your donation has been sold, you will receive a notification by post or by email (which saves the charity money) for you to confirm you want the money raised donated under the Gift Aid scheme. You only need to reply if you don’t want to donate the proceeds of the sale.