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Coat hangers
Also covers: clothes hanger, wire hanger, plastic hanger, wooden hanger
Can you donate coat hangers to a UK charity shop? It depends.
The short answer
It depends
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 17 say no, 4 may accept in some cases and 1 says yes.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Many shops already have more hangers than they can use, although some will take particular types at the manager's discretion.
What to do instead
Ask dry cleaners or clothing retailers about hanger return schemes, offer matching sets through a local reuse group, or ask your council whether metal hangers can go in scrap-metal recycling.
Charity by charity
22 mentions-
Can't accept
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“coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Hangers and suitbags”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Old coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat Hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers — HANGERS”
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Can't accept
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“Hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Clothes hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Coat hangers”
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Can't accept
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“Hangers”
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Can't accept
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“We can't accept donations of coat hangers, whether they are wood or plastic.”
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accepted at shop manager's discretion only
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“Coat hangers (*accepted at Shop Manager's discretion to sell)”
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Only plastic coat hangers are refused.
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“Plastic coat hangers”
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Wooden coat hangers are accepted; other coat hangers are not.
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“Coat hangers (excluding wooden hangers)”
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Accepted
Must be in saleable condition — not bent, broken or warped, with secure hooks; single or mismatched hangers are refused.
Their wording
“Yes, please — we’d love your donation! However, please ensure that all hangers are in saleable condition. ✅ In good condition - not bent, broken or warped ✅ Intact - hooks secure and edges smooth”
Not mentioned in 131 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
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Heart Foundation
- British Red Cross
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Children's Hospice South West
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- Farleigh Hospice
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- KEMP Hospice
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Longfield Community Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Princess Alice Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Queenscourt Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Rowans 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 Clare Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Giles Hospice
- St John's Hospice (Lancaster, Morecambe, Kendal & Garstang)
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- 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 & St James Hospice
- St Peter's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Sue Ryder
- 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
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)