All items · Sport & outdoor
Roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards
Also covers: roller skates, inline skates, skateboard, ice skates
Can you donate roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
The short answer
Almost all say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 22 say no, 2 may accept in some cases and 1 says yes. 1 of those is a category-wide rule rather than a direct mention.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Treated as safety-critical sports equipment by several charities — worn wheels and bindings can't be checked.
What to do instead
Skate shops and local skate groups often rehome usable kit.
Useful links: Offer it on Freecycle ↗
Charity by charity
25 mentions-
Can't accept
The same line also refuses (non-electric) scooters.
Their wording
“Skateboards and scooters”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Skateboards, roller skates or scooters”
- Can't accept
- Can't accept
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Ski's and Skates”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Roller skates/blades”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Sports equipment (including golf clubs, roller skates and exercise machines)”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Rollerblades, skates and skateboards”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Rollerblades/ice skates”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Roller Skates & Skate boards (safety reasons).”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“roller boots/blades/skates”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“skateboards”
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Can't accept
Shown when searching 'Roller Skates'.
Their wording
“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
“Skateboards, skates, slides, swings”
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Can't accept
Skateboards are also separately listed as refused ('Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards').
Their wording
“Roller blades, roller skates, and ice skates”
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Can't accept
Skateboards specifically.
Their wording
“Helmets, buoyancy aids, inflatable dinghies, skateboards, scooters”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Skates, skateboards or roller blades”
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Can't accept
Excluded from the children's scooters/toys donations list.
Their wording
“no roller blades”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Rollerblades, skateboards and scooters”
- Can't accept
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Can't accept
Listed under children's items.
Their wording
“Bicycles, scooters, roller blads, skates”
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Can't accept
Willen Hospice category-wide rule
Sports equipment generally not accepted, no specific items listed
Their wording
“Sports equipment”
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Check first
Only accepted if they carry a warning/safety label.
Their wording
“Skateboards/roller skates without warning labels”
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Check first
Condition: must include blade covers.
Their wording
“Both inline and figure skates. Must include blade covers. Spare laces or latches where available.”
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Accepted
Their wording
“✅ Sporting items - Bikes, Roller skates, Fishing Rods, Skateboards etc.”
Not mentioned in 128 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
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Heart Foundation
- British Red Cross
- Butterwick Hospice
- Cancer Research UK
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Dorothy House
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- 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 Good Shepherd
- 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
- Longfield Community 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
- Nottinghamshire 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
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Southern Hospice Group
- Springhill Hospice
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Giles Hospice
- St Helena 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 Plymouth
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Oswald's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid'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
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)