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Real fur and fur-trimmed items
Also covers: fur coat, fur stole, fur trim, animal skin clothing
Can you donate real fur and fur-trimmed items to a UK charity shop? No.
The short answer
They say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 46 say no and none says yes.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Many charities decline real fur for ethical, identification or resale-policy reasons.
What to do instead
Ask before travelling and describe the material honestly. A specialist costume archive, theatre wardrobe or reuse group may advise on a lawful non-retail route.
Charity by charity
46 mentions-
Can't accept
Their wording
“Real fur”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“real fur”
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Can't accept
Due to legal reasons.
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“Items made from ivory... Real fur or fur-trimmed items”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur, Taxidermy, and Ivory”
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Can't accept
Also animal specimens and CITES-listed items such as tortoiseshell, ivory/bone, and taxidermy.
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“Animal furs (clothing & non-clothing)”
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“Furs”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur”
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“Ivory, fur or taxidermy”
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Can't accept
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“items containing ivory, fur, or endangered species”
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Can't accept
Ivory goods dated after 1947 and clothing with real fur
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“Clothing with real fur”
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“Real fur or ivory products”
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“Ethically Inappropriate Items i.e.. Ivory and Fur”
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“Animal fur coats or garments”
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“Ivory and real fur items”
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“Items made from ivory, bone, tutleshell, tortoiseshell, furs or any items made from endangered species”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur”
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Can't accept
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“Items made of fur, Includes new and second-hand items.”
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“All Real Fur items and trimmings”
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“Animal furs (also applies to non-clothing items)”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur or fur trimmed products”
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“Fur”
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“Items made of fur”
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Fur not accepted due to legal reasons.
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“Ivory and Fur Due to legal reasons.”
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“Items made of fur (undesirability). Includes new and second-hand items.”
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Can't accept
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“fur or fur trimmed items”
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“Real fur or items with real fur trim”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur”
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“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item for ethical reasons.”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur or fur-trimmed items”
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“Real fur or fur trimmed products”
- Can't accept
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“Fur goods”
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Can't accept
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“Products made from real fur”
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“Items made from fur, ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, or endangered species”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Ivory, fur”
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Can't accept
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“Real fur or fur trimmed items”
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Can't accept
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“Animal fur products”
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Can't accept
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“Animal products such as furs, ivory or taxidermy”
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Can't accept
Also excludes crocodile, alligator and snakeskin products.
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“We do not sell or take donations of ivory or real fur.”
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“Real fur or fur trimmed items”
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Can't accept
Listed under "Items that we cannot collect" (furniture collection service, van crews).
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“Ivory or fur”
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“Real fur / Ivory / bone / tortoise shell items”
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“Fur clothing”
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“New or second-hand fur items.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Animal products i.e. real fur”
Not mentioned in 107 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
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Red Cross
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Cornwall Hospice Care
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- FARA Charity Shops
- Farleigh Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- 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 Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Princess Alice Hospice
- Prospect 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
- Springhill Hospice
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- 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 Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Peter's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Thames Hospice
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wales Air Ambulance
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)