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Baby walkers and bouncers
Also covers: door bouncer, baby bouncer, jumperoo
Can you donate baby walkers and bouncers to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
The short answer
Almost all say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 21 say no and 2 may accept in some cases. 3 of those are category-wide rules rather than a direct mention.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Nursery equipment with moving parts is hard to safety-check second-hand.
What to do instead
Pass on directly through local parent groups where the buyer can inspect it themselves.
Charity by charity
23 mentions- Can't accept
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Can't accept
Also covers baby slings.
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bouncers, baby slings”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Baby walker, door bouncers, baby slings”
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Can't accept
Door-hung baby bouncers are refused on the same list.
Their wording
“Baby walkers Baby bouncers (hung from door)”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Children’s equipment including prams, buggys, high chairs, walkers, strollers, car seats, bikes,”
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Can't accept
Includes door bouncers and baby walkers with wheels.
Their wording
“Door bouncers for babies, cot bumpers, baby walkers with wheels”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland category-wide rule
Applies to all baby & children items
Their wording
“Baby furniture and equipment”
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Can't accept
Bouncy chairs listed alongside high chairs as excluded baby equipment from the furniture collection service.
Their wording
“Baby equipment (high chairs, bouncy chairs, etc).”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Baby Walking Frames, Bouncers, Baby Slings and Stair Gates”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bounces, baby slings”
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Can't accept
Phyllis Tuckwell category-wide rule
No baby-related equipment accepted
Their wording
“Highchairs, pushchairs or baby-related equipment”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bouncers, baby slings (safety reasons).”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“bouncing harnesses and baby walkers”
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Can't accept
Shown when searching 'Baby Walker' (the 'Baby Bouncer' entry gives identical wording).
Their wording
“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item because of children’s safety concerns. We have to meet strict safety standards, so we can’t take items if there’s any chance they might be damaged, faulty, or not meet current regulations.”
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Can't accept
Baby slings are mentioned in the same line.
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bouncers, baby slings”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Pushchairs, baby bouncers, and slings”
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Can't accept
St Wilfrid's Hospice category-wide rule
In addition to cots, prams/strollers, carriers and car/booster seats being explicitly listed as not accepted. Baby/children's clothing is separately and explicitly welcomed ('Clean and undamaged children's clothing', 'Clean and undamaged baby clothing') and sits under the Clothing & accessories category, not this one.
Their wording
“Baby and nursery equipment”
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Can't accept
Also excludes playpens and baby baths.
Their wording
“playpens, baby baths, baby door bouncers, baby walkers”
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Can't accept
Baby slings are also refused on the same line.
Their wording
“Baby walking frames, door bouncers, baby slings.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Prams, pushchairs/buggies, baby walkers/baby bouncers, high chairs, cots and mattresses and baby slings”
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Check first
only accepted new/unused, not used
Their wording
“Used baths, bouncers, walkers, cycle seats (new items can be sold)”
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Check first
Must be fairly modern, clean, complete and in good condition, and comply with current British Standards.
Their wording
“Toys, bicycles, tricycles, scooters (no crash helmets or riding hats & no roller blades), train sets & layouts, changing tables, pushchairs, high chairs, walkers, cots (no car seats) adult bicycles. All these must be fairly modern, clean, complete and in good condition. All items will be checked to ensure that they comply with current British Standards before going on sale.”
Not mentioned in 130 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Accord Hospice
- Acorns Children's Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Heart Foundation
- Butterwick Hospice
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cornwall Hospice Care
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Dorothy House
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- FARA Charity Shops
- Farleigh Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Longfield Community Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Princess Alice Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shaw Trust
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Southern Hospice Group
- Springhill Hospice
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Clare Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Giles Hospice
- St Helena Hospice
- St John's Hospice (Lancaster, Morecambe, Kendal & Garstang)
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice Basildon & Thurrock
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Mary's Hospice
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Oswald's Hospice
- St Peter's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Thames Hospice
- The Children's Trust
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Wales Air Ambulance
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)