Local organisations accepting donations
Charity shops – Too many to list individually but every high street has some. We list those accepting electricals below
Richmond Foodbank – Local foodbank collecting food donations at various locations in Richmond.
Spear – Local homeless charity who may accept single bedding, kitchen items, male clothing, jeans, tops and shoes in good condition
The Vineyard – Local homeless charity who accept wide range of goods
The Bike Project – Charity refurbishing old bikes to give to refugees (Hampton drop-off point)
Vets (towels, cat/dog food) – Many vets will take towels and sometimes collect food etc for animal charities
Charity shops that take electricals
Giving away furniture
Furniture (Richmond) – Twickenham based furniture recycling – will collect
Furniture (St Margarets) – St Margarets based furniture recycling (including mattresses in fair condition) and appliances – will collect
Princes Alice Hospice – free furniture collections
Reuse Network – network of local reuse charities
Websites for giving things away
DropPoint – DropPoint helps you pass on your unused clutter to charitable organisations across the UK
Freecycle and Freegle – Websites allowing users in Richmond to offer or request things for free
Olio – Food sharing app – offer your leftover food to local users
Gumtree freebies – Large free classified ads site – for sale section includes freebies and it has huge reach – useful for hard to give away items
The Hygiene Bank – charity collecting unused toiletries, personal care and household cleaning products with local drop off points in the Borough
Wrap up London – collects coats for the homeless every Autumn – local drop off points
Postage stamps – list of charities accepting used postage stamps. Or link here for some more animal charities
The Restart Project – list of charities in London looking for used laptops and some other electricals
Trash nothing – site linking givers with those looking for used items
Freegle – another site linking givers with those looking for used items
Geev – app for giving away food, clothing, homewares, furniture and appliances
Thrift+ – makes donating used clothes to your choice of charity simple
Ferris – another app for giving away things for free – seems to have mostly furniture
Icollectclothes – offers free collection of clothing, bedding, kitchen items, DVDs, toys and electricals