All you need to do is book a collection slot with us, pack your unwanted clothing and household items, and we'll handle the rest by collecting them and donating the proceeds to charity. It's that simple!
We distribute your donations of clothing and other items throughout the secondary market, giving them a second life to help those less fortunate with your chosen charity benefitting in the process.
Schedule a collection by entering your postal code.
Pack all clothing and items that you wish to donate.
Leave the bags outside on the arranged date and we’ll collect.
We will donate the proceeds to the charity of your choice.
Our organization partners with distinguished and highly regarded UK charities. By collecting second-hand clothes, we provide charities without a network of charity shops or the resources to process such donations, with an alternative means of raising funds. Furthermore, we offer a hassle-free and convenient option for individuals who wish to donate clothes, which is of great importance to our charity partners.
Human Appeal is a global non-profit organisation dedicated to fighting poverty, social injustice, and natural disasters. Operating year-round, the organisation focuses on healthcare, education, and livelihood projects to empower communities towards self-sufficiency. In times of crisis, Human Appeal delivers food, medical aid, and disaster relief, offering critical support to save lives.
The Children’s Air Ambulance is a national service which is operated by The Air Ambulance service, they rely entirely on donations - each mission costs £3,600. They are changing the face of paediatric and neonatal care of critically ill babies and children and flying them from one hospital to another for specialist care. The helicopter is specially designed to fly and provide intensive care for babies and children. The charity will receive £200 for each tonne of clothing that is collected.
The Funzi and Bodo Trust works in two isolated mud hut villages in Kenya called Funzi and Bodo. Places where people had been living without the basics of life including clean water and toilets until the Trust came along. The charity helps provide education and training, cares for sick and disabled people and helps families beat poverty by helping them to start small businesses with interest free loans and guidance. The Trust also provides local sanitation.
For over 50 years, Kidney Research Yorkshire has been supporting vital research into kidney disease and working to raise awareness about its risk factors. Kidney disease is a silent killer with over 3 million people in the UK suffering from it right now. An estimated 1 million of those 3 million don’t know they have it and there is no cure.
Wendy's Wish is a family run charity that started in memory of Wendy Reed, who died from eye cancer on 6th January 2017. As a family, they set up the charity to raise money for the Eye Tumour Research Fund and to help cancer patients and their families, at the same time as raising the profile of all forms of eye cancer.
Fighting Ependymoma was set up in memory of Chris Bramhall who sadly died of ependymoma brain and spinal tumours at age 21 after a 13 year battle with the disease. Ependymoma is the second most common brain tumour in children with half of those diagnosed relapsing within 5 years. Children face many gruelling treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in a bid to beat the disease which sadly half will not survive. Fighting Ependymoma raises awareness and vital funds for this devastating tumour in children.
We appreciate you taking the time to donate your clothes and in turn we treat them with respect in putting them to use in helping raise money for charities while also reducing landfill waste and supporting the environment. We want to make this an easy option for you just pick your date pop your bags outside and we will do the rest.
We provide a convenient method for recycling and disposing of unwanted clothing, whether it's your own garments or old baby clothes. You don't even have to leave your house as we'll collect them for you!
Book A Collection
Since we run a charity clothing collection service, your donated items will greatly assist one of our partner charities! Your contribution will make a significant difference to their cause.
Partnered CharitiesWhen you use Bag2Charity, you're contributing to the preservation of the environment! Rather than ending up in a landfill, your old clothes will be reused or recycled.
How It Works
We transport your donated items to Africa or Eastern Europe, where they provide affordable clothing to individuals in need. By scheduling a clothing collection with us, you're contributing in multiple ways.
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We’ve compiled a series of frequently asked questions, if you still have further questions please feel free to get in touch.
We can accept good condition: adults, children’s and baby clothes, shoes, handbags, bras, hats, belts, curtains, towels and bed linen (but no duvets or pillows please, sorry). We also accept bric-a-brac; such as antiques, clocks, kitchenware, musical instruments, ornaments, pictures, books, sports equipment, tools, toys, and utensils.
We typically visit areas every 2-4 weeks, although this can vary. If you would like to know about the next collection in your area, visit our Book A Collection page.
After collecting your donation, we transport it to one of our warehouses where it is weighed. This process enables us to determine how much money will be donated to the charity that you have chosen to support.
These donations are then transported via trucks to the least economically developed countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, South-East Asia, and the Middle East. Once they arrive, the donated items are sold at affordable prices to benefit the local communities.
After our costs have been covered, we allocate a contracted percentage of profits to each of our partner charities, ranging from 75% to 95%.
If you need to cancel your collection or have made a mistake, please don't hesitate to contact us at 01609 780 452 or info@bag2charity.co.uk
No bad quality, wet, damp, or dirty clothing
• Clothing with animal hair or bad odours
• Damaged or heavily worn clothing
• Traditional clothing
• Workwear and corporate clothing
• Personalised and event clothing
• Socks, underwear, dressing gowns, or pyjamas (except new)
• School or work uniforms
• Duvets, pillows, cushions, heavy curtains, blankets, throws, and sleeping bags
• Furniture and items larger than a microwave.
• CDs and DVDs.
No, absolutely not! Just leave your bags outside by 8am on the collection day.
In the UK, we take pride in supporting numerous national and regional charities that are dedicated to various worthwhile causes. Among the charities we partner with are Human Appeal, Fighting Ependymoma, Children's Air Ambulance, Funzi Bodo, Kidney Research Yorkshire, and Wendy's Wish.
Kindly contact us, and we will promptly dispatch our drivers to collect your donation. Our team makes every effort to ensure that we collect every bag, as even a single uncollected bag left outside your house could make a significant impact on raising crucial funds for our partner charities.
Bag2Charity offers free clothes collection services for charity in various locations including North Shields, Harrogate, Gateshead, Durham, Darlington, Thornaby, Middlesbrough, Hull, Northallerton, York, Leeds, Huddersfield, Oldham, Halifax, Liverpool, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Mansfield, Lincoln, Leicester, Coventry, Newark-on-Trent, Peterborough, Cleveland, Luton, Hertford, Hounslow, Hanworth, London, Dartford, Streatham, New Malden, Woking, Wakefield, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Aylesford, Sunderland, Margate, Bexhill, Chichester, Waterlooville, Branksome, and Poole.
