Can you donate it?

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Home-made and hand-knitted toys

Also covers: knitted toy, handmade toy, craft toy

Can you donate home-made and hand-knitted toys to a UK charity shop? No.

The short answer They say no Of the 153 UK charities we track, 11 say no and none says yes. 2 of those are category-wide rules rather than a direct mention. Evidence last verified

Why shops may refuse it

A charity may not have the conformity and safety information it needs to resell a handmade item as a toy, even though occasional individual makers can fall outside the commercial rules.

What to do instead

Ask the charity before donating; do not relabel an item as a collectable simply to bypass toy-safety requirements.

Charity by charity

11 mentions
Not mentioned in 142 charities' guidance

Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.