The best things to donate are things that you would be happy to keep using yourself but just don't need anymore, including:
- Clothing and accessories
- Toys, books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl records
- Homewares
- Furniture
- Electrical goods
It costs The Salvation Army millions of dollars each year to dispose of unsellable items that have been left outside our stores.
Please don't donate anything that is broken, damaged, ripped, stained or in any way faulty. As a simple rule, if there's something wrong with it then we can't sell it.
Due to Occupational Health and Safety / Duty of Care Legislation, we cannot accept or offer for sale the following items:
- Stained, torn or broken mattresses and bases
- Stained, torn or broken soft furnishings, including lounge suites, chairs, rugs, mats, curtains etc.
- Carpets and Underfelt
- White Goods – e.g. fridges, freezers, washing machines and dryers
- Broken furniture / incomplete goods
- Computers, printers and associated parts
- Gas, electric or oil heaters
- Gas or electric
cook tops or ovens - Car parts
- Building materials
- Gas bottles and fire extinguishers
- Gas or Electric BBQ
- Commodes
- Motorcycle / Bicycle helmets
- Baby Cots, port-a-cots, bassinettes, playpens, walkers or high chairs
- Children’s car seats, booster seats or baby capsules
- Infants' nightwear and
jump suits that are not fire rated (must have red fire rating attached) - Safety belts and children’s restraints
- Swing sets
- Trampolines
- Washing lines
