We Want Your Unwanted Tools And Equipment
Donate Tools
By donating your unwanted tools and equipment, you help empower young people through vocational training as well as have a positive impact on the environment.
Please check our lists below to know what items we are looking for and to ensure that your donations comply. We do ask that any mechanical items are in good working order. Garden electrical items should display a CE mark.
Find our donations drop-off instructions below.
Donation Hours
Mondays*, Wednesdays & Fridays (*excl bank holidays)
9:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 4:00pm
We will be closed for donations from 26th August to 9th September.
Thank you! We are currently inundated with generous donations, so will have to pause accepting from Monday 26th August for two weeks. We will open for donations again on Monday 9th September. Thank you for understanding.
List of Accepted Items
- Haberdashery
– Dress Making Fabric
– Large Scissors
– Hand Knitting Wool - Tools
– Levels
– Tape Measures
– Power Drills
– Angle Grinders
– Bench Grinders
- Carpentry
- Woodworking machinery
– Saws
– Lathes
– Routers
– Planers - Green woodworking
– Adzes
– Draw knives
– Forks - Plumbing
- Motor Mechanics
- Masonry & Bricklaying
- Electrical
- Cobblers
- Leatherwork
- Upholstery
- Metalwork & Engineering machines
- Blacksmithing
- Drilling & Milling machines
- Welding (MIG & Arc)
- Vintage & Antique
- Manual
- Electric
- Treadle
- Overlocker
- Electric
- Manual
- Tools (without woodworm)
– Spades
– Shovels
– Forks
– Shears
– Hand Trowels & Forks
– Long-handled Hoes - Electric garden tools (in working order with a CE Mark)
– Lawnmowers
– Strimmers Currently Not Accepting - Petrol equipment
– Lawnmowers
– Hedge trimmers
– Strimmers
– Chainsaws - Watering cans
Everything you need for sewing, including;
- Dressmaking fabric
- Leather
- Reels of thread
- Scissors
- Pins & needles
- Ribbon & lace
- Elastic
- Zips
- Buttons
- Hand knitting wool
- Cones for knitting machines
- Knitting needles
- Patterns
- PPE (in original sealed packaging)
- Ironmongery (without rust)
– Screws, Nails, Bolts, Hinges, Locks - Solder & Flux
- Electric irons (pressing)
List of Not Accepted Items
A printable version (PDF) of our accepted and not accepted items can be found here.
Donation Drop-Off Instructions
On arrival, our donation drop-off point can be found located to the left of our main building though the green metal gates where our helpful volunteers will be on hand to assist you.
