All items · Baby & children
High chairs
Also covers: booster seat, feeding chair
Can you donate high chairs to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
The short answer
Almost all say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 34 say no and 6 may accept in some cases. 2 of those are category-wide rules rather than a direct mention.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Like other nursery equipment, shops can't verify a used high chair still meets current safety standards.
What to do instead
Baby banks and local sharing groups may rehome a clean, complete one.
Useful links: Olio ↗ · Freecycle ↗
Charity by charity
40 mentions-
Can't accept
Their wording
“High chairs”
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Can't accept
Same line also refuses prams/pushchairs and potties.
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“Highchairs; prams; pushchairs; potties”
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Can't accept
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“Cots, cribs, moses baskets or highchairs”
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Can't accept
Listed together with car seats.
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“Children's car seats and high chairs”
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Can't accept
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“High chairs”
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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
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“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“Children's highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“children's car seats, prams, highchairs and cots”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“High chairs”
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Can't accept
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“Highchairs and Nursey Items”
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Can't accept
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“Prams, buggies, walkers, cots, baby toys and high chairs”
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Can't accept
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“Children's car seats and high chairs”
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Can't accept
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“Children's items (car seats, pushchairs/prams, cots, mattresses, 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
The furniture collection page also lists high chairs under 'Baby equipment (high chairs, bouncy chairs, etc).'
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“Moses baskets, carry cots, playpens, high chairs.”
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Can't accept
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“Nursery/baby furniture (including highchairs, cots, Moses baskets & baby mattresses)”
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Can't accept
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“Children's cots, cribs, bassinets & high chairs”
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Can't accept
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“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“Children’s items such as highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“Highchairs, pushchairs or baby-related equipment”
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Can't accept
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“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“highchairs”
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Can't accept
Shown when searching 'Highchair'.
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“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
Their wording
“Cots, carry cots, playpens, highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“High Chairs”
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Can't accept
High chairs listed under items the charity cannot take.
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“Inflatable toys, soft toys without the CE label or toy guns, prams, pushchairs or buggies (unless brand new), cots, cot mattresses, carry cots or playpens, high chairs or car seats”
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Can't accept
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“Cots, baby gates, and highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“Highchairs”
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Can't accept
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“Cots, carry cots, playpens, high chairs”
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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
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“Highchairs, cots, carry cots, playpens”
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Can't accept
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“Prams, pushchairs/buggies, baby walkers/baby bouncers, high chairs, cots and mattresses and baby slings”
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Check first
Only accepted at a selected number of stores due to required safety checks; contact Customer Service Centre.
Their wording
“Due to the safety checks required for the resale of baby and nursery equipment, we can only accept these in a selected number of stores”
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Check first
New items can be sold.
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“Used table-mounted chairs, safety gates (new items can be sold)”
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Check first
Unless new or sealed.
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“prams, pushchairs, buggies, cots, high chairs, cot mattresses”
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Check first
Only accepted with identification (not accepted without it).
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“Cots, carry cots, playpens, high chairs – without identification”
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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.”
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Check first
Table-mounted (clip-on) chairs are refused; standalone high chairs are not addressed.
Their wording
“table-mounted chairs”
Not mentioned in 113 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Acorns Children's Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Red Cross
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Ellenor
- FARA Charity Shops
- Farleigh Hospice
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- 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
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- Lindsey Lodge 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
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Queenscourt 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)
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Springhill Hospice
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- 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 (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 Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent's Hospice
- Strathcarron 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
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)