Donating items to our shops

Your pre-loved things can help fund a vital call to Scope’s Helpline, offering help and support to a disabled person and their family when it’s needed most.​  

Everything you donate helps us campaign and provide advice and support for disabled people and their families. 

To find out more about our goals to end disability inequality read An Equal Future is Possible. 

  1. Step 1: Find a shop

    Use our store locator to find your nearest Scope shop. We also offer free home collections for furniture and electricals within 30 miles of our Wakefield and Grimsby shops.

  2. Step 2: Pack your items

    We accept men's, women's, and children's fashion, homeware, entertainment, books, and small electricals. Bring your pre-loved goods in bags or boxes.

  3. Step 3: Add Gift Aid

    If you are a UK taxpayer, fill out a retail Gift Aid declaration form. This gives us an extra 25p on every £1 we make from the sale of your donated goods at no cost to you.

  4. Step 4: Make a difference

    Your donations fund our vital helpline. Just one bag of donations (worth around £15) funds a 15-minute call, connecting a disabled person with an adviser.

Donations we can accept

Fashion

Men's, women's, and children's clothes, shoes, and accessories.

Homeware

Vases, curtains, cushions, and other soft furnishings.

Entertainment

Consoles, musical instruments, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl.

Books

All genres of fiction and non-fiction.

Small Electrics

Kettles, lamps, and other small household items.

Also accepted at our Wakefield and Grimsby shops:
Furniture

Sofas, tables, and chairs (Upholstered items need fire labels).

Electricals

TVs, washing machines, and fridges.

Fitness

Exercise bikes, treadmills, and gym gear.

Furniture collection

Home collections for furniture and electricals

Our Wakefield and Grimsby shops can collect from your home for free. Please note, collections need to be within 30 miles.

To book a collection you can contact the stores directly:

Wakefield - 01924 339644
Grimsby - 01472 346131

Retail Gift Aid scheme

If you are a UK taxpayer, we can claim Gift Aid on your donations. This gives us an extra 25p on every £1 we make from the sale of your donated goods. And it doesn’t cost you a penny.

When you donate goods to our shops, we will ask if you would like to Gift Aid your donations. If you say yes, we will need you to fill out a retail Gift Aid declaration form.

Gift Aid donation

How your donations make a difference

Your support helps us provide essential information and advice to disabled people and their families. Last year alone, we supported over 30,500 people through our Helpline. But right now, 1 in every 4 calls goes unanswered.

It costs nearly £1 a minute to run our helpline. Every donation matters. Here’s how:​

  • One bag of donations (worth around £15) funds a 15-minute call, connecting a disabled person or family member with one of our advisers.​
  • Two bags of donations (£30) enable us to call two people back, giving them the time and support they need for more complex issues.​
  • Three bags of donations (£45) can fund a 60-minute call, helping to resolve urgent problems.​

Every donation helps us reach more people who need support. Thank you for making a difference.​

I'd been so stressed for months because of my Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application. My Scope helpline adviser was extremely friendly, down to earth, so helpful, and broke his advice down into simpler chunks so I wasn't overwhelmed. He gave me good tips for completing my PIP form, and advised I could ring back at any time to go through my answers. He also sent me an email with helpful links to guides. I am very impressed and so wish I had heard of Scope before. It's a huge relief that I can access their help now.

Helpline caller

The Scope helpline provides free independent and impartial advice on issues that matter to disabled people and their families.