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Large appliances and white goods
Also covers: fridge, freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, cooker
Can you donate large appliances and white goods to a UK charity shop? It depends.
Why shops may refuse it
Most shops can't collect, test or store white goods — though some charities with electrical stores do take them.
What to do instead
When selling a like-for-like replacement, retailers must provide a free take-back route, though collection on delivery is not always the service offered. Councils also provide local WEEE or bulky-waste routes.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Ardgowan Hospice category-wide rule
Whole "electrical items" category listed as currently not accepted.
Their wording
“Currently we CANNOT accept: -Toys, large furniture or electrical items.”
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Can't accept
Also microwaves listed among small electricals not accepted.
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“White Goods such as washing machines or fridge freezers”
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Cookers, fridges/freezers, and washing machines/tumble driers are also listed as refused electrical items.
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“Dishwashers”
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Microwaves are costly to test — standard appliance testers may not be qualified for the radiation tests.
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“Microwaves”
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Also washing machines, tumble and washer dryers, and large garden appliances (e.g. lawnmowers).
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“Fridges and freezers”
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Can't accept
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“White goods”
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“White goods”
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Ovens with glass fronts; white goods; refrigerators and freezers
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“Kitchen and Utility White goods”
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Cransley Hospice Trust category-wide rule
Listed under 'Unfortunately, we are unable to accept some items' ('Electrical items, Kitchen equipment and utensils, Used baby equipment including car seats and prams/pushchairs, Bikes') with no exceptions stated.
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“Electrical items”
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Can't accept
Household appliances specifically excluded.
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“larger furniture items or household appliances”
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Can't accept
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“White goods (e.g., fridges/freezers, washing machines, tumble dryers)”
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Can't accept
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“White goods”
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“white goods”
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At The Furniture Hub.
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“White goods / electric /gas fires or surrounds”
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Can't accept
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“Fridges/Freezers/Fridgefreezers”
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Refers to Aga-type cookers/ranges; listed among items the free furniture collection service will not collect.
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“Oil and Gas Agas”
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Can't accept
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“white goods (e.g. fridges, cookers, freezers)”
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“White goods”
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Can't accept
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“White goods (fridges, dishwashers, etc)”
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“White goods”
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“Large electrical and white goods”
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Stated on the furniture collection page; applies to their collection service.
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“Unfortunately, we are unable to accept white goods such as washing machines, tumble dryers and fridge/freezers at this time”
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Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland category-wide rule
Applies to all electrical items
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“Electrical and medical items”
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Stated as a general refusal ("generally cannot accept"); no specific accepted exception or condition is given on this page.
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“Large Appliances: We generally cannot accept large "white goods" (fridges/washers).”
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Listed under 'Heating and Cooking' exclusions; the furniture collection page separately excludes 'Gas or electric ovens.' from its collection service.
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“Ovens”
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The 'What we don't accept' list also separately names electric dryers, electric/gas cookers & ovens, hobs, and washing machines.
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“Dishwashers Electric dryers Electric/gas cookers & ovens Hobs Washing machines”
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Katharine House Hospice, Banbury category-wide rule
Listed under 'Unfortunately, we're unable to accept' on the shop donations page.
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“Electrical items or any furniture.”
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Can't accept
Microwaves also not accepted.
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“washing machines, dishwashers, cookers”
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Furniture page also separately lists "Fridges, washing machines and microwaves" as not accepted.
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“White Goods”
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Washing machines, tumble dryers and washer dryers, and 'Oil and gas Agas', are also listed as not accepted in the same section.
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“Fridges and freezers”
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Can't accept
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“White goods and large electrical items”
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Cookers fall under large appliances/white goods.
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“Cookers/microwaves/heated blankets”
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Can't accept
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“Large TV sets and kitchen appliances like cookers and fridges.”
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“White goods such as fridges or washing machines”
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“Large electrical items (including fridge/freezers and washing machines)”
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“White goods (cookers, washing machines etc)”
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Phyllis Tuckwell category-wide rule
No electrical items are currently accepted, with one exception: old mobile phones and tablets are welcomed.
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“Unfortunately we are currently unable to accept any electrical items or suitcases.”
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Listed among refused appliances; covers electric-powered fires and cookers (gas versions are refused under a separate rule).
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“Electric fires or cookers (safety reasons).”
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“Large electrical items”
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Can't accept
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“white goods (fridges, dishwashers etc)”
- Can't accept
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“White goods-fridges/washing machines”
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“Tumble Dryers, Cookers and Hobs”
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“White goods – fridges, washing machines”
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Cookers, freezers, fridges and tumble dryers listed among electrical items the Furniture Centre cannot accept.
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“Electrical – CD & DVD players, printers, radios, record players, scanners, shredders, stereo systems, TVs, coffee machines, cookers, freezers, fridges, irons, kettles, microwaves, toasters, tumble dryers”
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Can't accept
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“White goods, small appliances, heating and cooking items such as gas appliances, oil heaters and oil filled radiators”
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Can't accept
Includes fridges, tumble dryers, washing machines, ovens and microwaves
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“Fridges, tumble dryers, washing machines, washer dryers”
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“White goods”
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St John's Hospice (London) category-wide rule
Applies to all electrical items
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“Electrical items”
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Can't accept
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“White goods”
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Can't accept
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“White goods (e.g., fridges, freezers, washing machines, tumble dryers, ovens, microwaves, and dishwashers)”
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Can't accept
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“White goods”
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“White goods (fridges, freezers etc.)”
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St Raphael's Hospice category-wide rule
Stated on the Our Shops page for shop/Donation Centre drop-off. The separate Furniture Collections page still refers to collecting 'large items of furniture or electrical items' via its home-collection service, so this blanket refusal may be specific to walk-in shop donations rather than the large-item collection route.
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“We are no longer accepting any electrical items or pet toys, sorry for any inconvenience caused.”
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Includes cookers, ovens with glass doors, tumble dryers and washer dryers.
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“Cookers and ovens with glass doors”
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Can't accept
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“Large or low-quality electrical items”
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White goods plus microwaves.
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“donated white goods - e.g. fridges, freezers or washing machines”
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Can't accept
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“White goods.”
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Microwaves; white goods; fridges/freezers (Fleetwood shop may make exceptions - call ahead)
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“White goods: washers/dryers/dishwashers/cookers/”
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Can't accept
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“Donated white goods and microwaves”
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Can't accept
Cookers listed alongside gas bottles as items not to donate; the cooker is not qualified as gas-fired so is treated as a general (white-goods) appliance rather than a gas appliance.
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“Cookers and gas bottles”
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Can't accept
White goods excluded from the free furniture collection service
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“we are unable to accept white goods or upholstered furniture without attached fire labels.”
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Listed under 'White Goods'.
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“We are unable to accept large appliances or white goods due to our current shop's space. Please consider other organisations or charities that would benefit from this kind of donation.”
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Check first
Must have a plug attached and be in good, clean working condition.
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“Large kitchen and electrical appliances which have a plug attached and are in good clean working condition”
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Accepted if working and saleable. Built-in appliances, some dryer and oven types, and named recalled Whirlpool/Beko models are excluded.
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“TVs, washing machines, fridges”
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Check first
Large white goods (fridges, washing machines etc.) are not taken as walk-in donations at the four shops — only smaller items are accepted in-store; larger appliances require the charity's free collection service (or direct drop-off at the Chorley donation centre, which receives donations of all sizes).
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“We are able to accept smaller donations at all our stores and we can arrange to collect larger items (e.g. furniture or white goods – fridges, washing machines etc.).”
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Generally accepted in working, saleable condition, but American-style, commercial, glass-fronted and integrated fridge freezers are excluded.
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“White goods – fridges, freezers, washing machines”
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Tumble dryers and electric ovens are also excluded on the same list, with no condition attached.
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“Fridges and freezers (unless shown to be in good working condition)”
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Check first
Accepted via the furniture collection/house services (collection service, not general shop drop-off).
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“Yes, we can collect white goods such as refrigerators, washing machines, and ovens.”
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Only accepted at the Creekmoor Warehouse, and only if under 5 years old.
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“Fridges and Freezers UNDER 5 years old”
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Check first
Cookers are named as refused (and 'Ovens with glass front/doors' on the general donations page); other large appliances are not addressed.
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“Cookers”
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Condition, stated for the free furniture collection service: white goods are only collected if in good condition.
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“White goods – as long as they’re in good condition.”
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White goods collected via the free collection service, Wrexham area only.
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“For larger items such as furniture or white goods, we offer a free collection service within the Wrexham area.”
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Accepted only if less than five years old and fully working. Cookers (electric or gas) only if brand new in original packaging.
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“Large and small electrical appliances (less than five years old and in fully working condition)”
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Also: 'Fridges or freezers must be reasonably clean and defrosted. There should be no damage or smell to the interior.'
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“Full size electric cookers are not accepted. All electrical items must have a plug attached and will not be accepted without a plug. Fridges or freezers must be reasonably clean and defrosted. There should be no damage or smell to the interior.”
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Save the Children category-wide rule
Exception: accepted at selected stores — donors are told to check first.
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“We're unable to accept electrical goods (except in selected stores - please check first)”
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Only accepted at Wakefield and Grimsby shops; free home collection offered within 30 miles
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“Electricals: TVs, washing machines and fridges.”
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only at larger stores (Sittingbourne, Neath, Glasgow), with advance notice/contact required
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“Our larger stores in Sittingbourne, Neath and Glasgow also accept furniture and electrical items”
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Accepted only in full working order at Chestnut Tree House and St Barnabas House shops; Martlets shops separately list washing machines and dishwashers among items they cannot sell.
Their wording
“Large electricals – such as washing machines and fridges (in full working order)”
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Accepted via the house clearance service only, and must be disconnected before collection
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“We will accept white goods, washing machines, fridge freezers, dishwashers etc., providing they are disconnected first.”
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Only white goods in working order are accepted.
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“Working white goods”
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Fridges/washing machines accepted only in re-saleable/working condition; broken ones are separately refused.
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“We can only accept items of furniture that are in a re-saleable condition. This includes dining tables, chairs, coffee tables, sideboards, desks, bedside tables, dressing tables, wardrobes, beds, TV’s, washing machines, fridges etc.”
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Ovens are refused; other large appliances are not addressed.
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“Ovens”
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Ovens and gas/oil cooking equipment are refused; other large appliances are not addressed.
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“Heating, lighting and cooking equipment that use gas or oil, knives and scissors, ovens, electrical items e.g. foot baths, sun lamps & shavers, electric blankets, power tools or food mixers without instructions, microwaves”
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Accepted only if free-standing/unplumbed (the accepted electrical-items list separately includes Fridges/Freezers); plumbed white goods such as washing machines and dishwashers are refused.
Their wording
“❌ Large Plumbed Electricals and White Goods - Washing Machines, Dishwashers”
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Accepted only via the Furniture Warehouse and only in excellent condition; the warehouse page adds 'must be in excellent condition and working order'.
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“White goods (unless via our Furniture Warehouse, in excellent condition)”
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Washing machines, fridges/freezers accepted only if in good working condition with a plug attached; ovens/cookers are separately refused (see 'Ovens or cookers').
Their wording
“We accept electrical items* that are in good working condition as well as a range of kitchenware (crockery, glasses, pots and pans). Examples of electrical items you can donate are listed below: • Kettles • Toasters • TVs • Gym equipment • Washing machines • Microwaves • Fridge and freezers • Hairdryers and styling irons *Please note: All electrical items must have a plug attached.”
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Must be in full working order; fridges/freezers must be defrosted and emptied before collection; all items PAT tested.
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“Lamps, stereo equipment, some small TV’s, digital TV’s, vacuum cleaners, fridges, fridge/freezers, freezers, washing machines, tumble driers, microwave ovens, clocks etc. In order to be sold the above must be in full working order and fridges and freezers must be defrosted and emptied before collection. All items are PAT tested before going on sale.”
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Strathcarron Hospice category-wide rule
Donors are asked to check with their local shop before donating electrical items.
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“Electricals (but please do check with your local shop before you donate these).”
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Must be in good, working condition; unstable built-in appliances are not accepted.
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“White goods – fridges, washing machines, dishwashers in a good condition and working order”
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Some large appliances are accepted and some are not — check with the shop first.
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“Tumble dryers”
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White goods must be arranged via the Castleford Furniture Shop (or the free furniture collection service) rather than dropped at a general shop.
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“For furniture, white goods and large volume donations, please contact: Castleford Furniture Shop: 01977 556836”
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White goods accepted only if in good condition and working order.
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“Furniture, homewares, electrical and white goods that are in good condition and working order”
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White goods (large appliances) accepted only in new/nearly new condition
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“White goods must be in new/nearly new condition”
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Only white goods no older than 3 years are accepted.
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“We can accept certain white goods that are no older than 3 years, but unfortunately not office furniture, including study desks, large wall units, beds or mattresses.”
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Accepted
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“Dryers and dishwashers”
Not mentioned in 56 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
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnsley Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Dorothy House
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Sobell House Hospice
- Springhill Hospice
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent's Hospice
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)