I wanna give all my soft toys to charity...

postingalwaysposting

however not a charity shop

i have 100's of soft toys, mostly disney and mostly beanies although all the beanies arent disney. I have tryed them on ebay before with no such luck :rolleyes: I want to try them once more however if they then dont sell i want to give them to charity, but to whom?

Most are brand new with tags and have been sat on my wardrobe/soft toy chain since i brought them. There is nothing wrong with them. I am reluctant to give them to a charity shop as most in my area bin soft toys because they get so many :rolleyes:

Any ideas? I am in the south west?

Emmey

How about a local hospital or children's home??

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Burlesque_Babe

Your local hospital will probably be very grateful pap. I used to work in a hospital and the fundraising shop sold new/nearly new donated toys for the hospital charity.

Bit difficult giving them to the children's ward because of little parts etc , but the fundraisers will more than likely give them a good home and raise money from them.

postingalwaysposting

Thanks, i dont think we have a childrens home :think: but i know we have a childrens hospital so i shall try and contact them

cat4772

PAP, do you know of any local schools that are about to have a jumble sale - could donate them there.

Do you have a women's refuge nearby? (your local council will be able to tell you where the nearest one is) - Women and children often arrive from violent homes with the clothes they are wearing and little else (certainly not toys for the little ones). After that, local charity shops might take them. Good luck with this. Cat.x

immoral_angeluk

not sure about a hospital to be honest.. what about the risk of contamination????

edit not that I'm saying your toys are dirty or anything!

pinkkat8910

No I know what you mean IA ... my local hospital wouldn't accept my gorgeous Winnie and Tigger teddys as they may be 'dusty' and they cannot clean them 100%.

I took mine to the local SCOPE house and they were really grateful

http://www.scope.org.uk/

sammiboo

As others have said Hospitals or childrens homes?

Or see if your local school/playgroup could make use of them.

Not all charitys are the same though, I used to work for a charity and would use toys that were as new for tombolas as a sure way of getting money for them.

Also what about putting them in a shoe box for the christmas shoe box appeals? Just a thought

postingalwaysposting

well i have emailed scope and i will await a response. sammiboo, i will be doing some shoe boxes however not enough to 'use up' the amount i have here :rolleyes:

anyways i am sure someone would want them ~ if not i will freecycle them

Gemmzie

Are any of them TY beanies PAP?

postingalwaysposting

Gemmzie wrote: »

Are any of them TY beanies PAP?

only one cheery? they are mostly disney from my disney phase and i also have a hand full of bear factory bears and then loads of just random soft toys :rolleyes: