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Used power tools or tools without instructions
Also covers: power tool, drill, electric saw, chainsaw, angle grinder, sander
Can you donate used power tools or tools without instructions to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
Why shops may refuse it
Shops may be unable to verify guards, batteries and other safety-critical parts, particularly when instructions or accessories are missing.
What to do instead
A tool library, repair café or specialist tool charity may take a complete working tool; broken electrical tools should go through WEEE recycling.
Useful links: Donate tools to TWAM ↗
Charity by charity
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“Power tools without instructions”
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Power tools with their instructions included can be sold.
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools (saws, nail guns, angle grinders, chainsaws, hedge trimmers)”
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“Chainsaws”
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“Power tools”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without safety instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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Covers used tools and tools without instructions. Their 'Drill' entry can take tools that are CE-marked, in saleable condition and complete with instructions.
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“However, please ensure that all electrical items are in a saleable condition and have a current CE marking to show they meet safety standards. Power tools will also need to have the instructions.”
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“Power tools without instructions, chargers or batteries”
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“Power tools without safety instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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Power tools without instructions listed under items the charity cannot take.
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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 new, sealed in original packaging, and with instructions.
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“Power tools (unless new and sealed in their original packaging, with instructions)”
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Refers specifically to power tools without instructions.
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“Waste disposal units, power tools without instructions”
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Not accepted without instructions.
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools”
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“Power tools — any power tools - we can't guarantee that all parts are working and safe for use”
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“Power tools”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools without instructions”
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“Power tools”
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Listed under 'Powertools'. A near-identical rule appears under 'Gardening Tools': 'We can't accept garden hand tools, but they can be donated to Medway Volunteer Workshop.'
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“We can't accept any hand tools or power tools, but they can be accepted by Medway Volunteer Workshop.”
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Check first
Only battery-operated power tools are accepted; the same page separately lists plain 'Power tools' under items they cannot accept, implying mains/corded tools are refused.
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“Battery Operated Power Tools”
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General acceptance; no condition on working order or instructions is stated.
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“Tools and DIY equipment”
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“✅ Tools, Garden Equipment”
Not mentioned in 121 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
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Red Cross
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Butterwick Hospice
- Cancer Research UK
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cornwall Hospice Care
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Farleigh Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- 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 at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- 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
- KEMP Hospice
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- 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
- 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
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Springhill Hospice
- 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 Helena Hospice
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)