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Nightwear that lacks required fire-safety information
Also covers: nightdress, pyjamas, pajamas, dressing gown, bathrobe
Can you donate nightwear that lacks required fire-safety information to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
The short answer
Almost all say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 17 say no and 1 may accept in some cases.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Shops need suitable construction and the relevant fire-safety information on nightwear before they can confidently resell it.
What to do instead
Check every sewn-in label. Items that lack the required information can still go to textile recycling if clean and dry.
Charity by charity
18 mentions-
Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear (children's and adults') without flammable labels — nightdresses, pyjamas, dressing gowns and bathrobes”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without flammable warning labels”
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Can't accept
Covers children's nightwear without suitable fire-safety information, unsuitable synthetic nightwear and dressing-up clothes without a CE label.
Their wording
“Children's nightwear without a fire safety label or made from synthetic materials”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without fire warning labels”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without a flammable label”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without fire safety labels”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear or fancy dress without the “keep away from fire” label attached”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“toys, nightwear or upholstered furniture items that do not have the relevant safety labels”
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Can't accept
Condition: must include a fire safety label. The Children & Baby items list also covers nightwear together with dressing-up clothes under the same fire-label condition.
Their wording
“Children's & Adults nightwear. Nightgowns are accepted but must include a fire safety label.”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without the label ‘Warning, Keep Away from Fire’ or ‘Low Flammability’”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without flammable warning labels (safety reasons). Includes children’s and adults’ nightdresses, pyjamas, dressing gowns and bathrobes.”
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Can't accept
Underwear/pyjamas need new tags; swimwear needs new tags plus a hygiene strip.
Their wording
“underwear or pyjamas without new tags”
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Can't accept
From the 'Nightwear' entry.
Their wording
“✅ Has care/safety label Please do not donate items that are: ❌ Stained or musty ❌ Torn, worn out or damaged ❌ Without a care label”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Clothing and textiles: Without fire safety labels, including certain nightwear and children’s items (e.g. fancy dress, knitwear with drawstrings).”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear and fancy dress not labelled fire resistant”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear and fancy dress not labelled fire resistant”
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Can't accept
Their wording
“Nightwear without flammability warning labels.”
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Check first
Only new nightwear is accepted; used dressing gowns, nightwear and underwear are listed among items not accepted.
Their wording
“New nightwear”
Not mentioned in 135 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
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- 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
- Demelza Hospice Care for Children
- 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
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community 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
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Longfield Community Hospice
- 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
- 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
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shaw Trust
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Southern Hospice Group
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- 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 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 Basildon & Thurrock
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Mary's Hospice
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Oswald's Hospice
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Peter'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
- Thames 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
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)