There are so many weird and wonderful ways to donate your unwanted treasures.

Many of us have things we don’t need any more, and your unwanted goods can make someone else’s life easier. Rather than just throw your possessions away, find a grateful home by donating them to someone who could really benefit.

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+ Donate your old toys to a Prison Visitors’ Centre to help make the experience of a visit more enjoyable for children

+ Give your old workwear to charities that help people back into the workforce

+ Consider passing on your wedding dress, bridesmaids’ dresses or decorations to a charity that helps couples in need

+ Donate flowers from a funeral, wedding or event to a nursing home or local hospital

+ Gift children’s books to a hospital waiting room or doctor’s surgery

+ Pass on unwanted baby things to charities that help new parents

+ Donate school shoes to a local school.