Where to donate cuddly toys

itsanne

Thanks for the suggestions. Either Women's Aid or HomeStart will probably be the choice. The last time we did this we took them to an asylum seekers' group, but that was an hour away and I don't know if it's even still in the same place.

This batch was what our "children" (youngest 24:eek:) wanted to keep. Thankfully, they've been "persuaded" to see sense - the mice may have had something to do with that! We'rve still got one bag going back into the loft :cool:.

jackomdj

We live next to our local vicars. I pass toys in to them (and clothes) which they then take to a local women's refuge. They said that the refuge loves donations as not many people think about the, (because people don't know where they are) and often people turn up with nothing.

Dunners

If there are any small ones, you could try contacting your nearest Operation Christmas Child co-ordinator - I've seen a post on Facebook local to me asking for cuddly toys that fit in shoeboxes... http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/

SueC_2

I_try wrote: »

They can only accept soft toys that are brand new in-the-box and with tags due to risk of infection.

What do they do with them once they've taken them out of the box and given them to one, possibly infected, child to play with?

I_try

The child keeps it. If it gets left behind when the child goes home it gets thrown away.

They can no longer risk giving a sick child something that potentially is harbouring something that will make them sicker. It may seem extreme but it is to protect the child and also the backside of the NHS, people seem quick to try to get a payout for anything they can now. 'You gave my sick baby a teddy infected with chicken pox and now they're....' etc.