All items · Sport & outdoor
Used inflatable beds, boats and water toys
Also covers: inflatable bed, air bed, dinghy, inflatable boat, inflatable pool, armbands, rubber ring
Can you donate used inflatable beds, boats and water toys to a UK charity shop? No.
Why shops may refuse it
Punctures and weakened seams can be hard to detect, and failure is especially serious for equipment intended to keep someone afloat.
What to do instead
Do not pass on damaged flotation equipment. Ask your council whether it accepts PVC inflatables or separate reusable pumps and accessories.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
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“Inflatable toys for water”
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“Inflatable beds, dinghies or toys for water”
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable boats or inflatable toys for use on water”
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New items can only be sold if sealed in the original box.
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“Used buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies & toys”
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“Inflatable swimming pools, toys and pumps”
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“Lifesaving or flotation swimming equipment or inflatables”
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Also excludes inflatable dinghies
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets and inflatable dinghies”
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The same list also separately excludes 'Inflatables' generally.
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“Blow Up Beds”
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Inflatable dinghies specifically named among items the free furniture collection service will not collect.
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dingies”
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“Water safety toys and aids”
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Inflatable dinghies specifically named.
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“Safety equipment (i.e. life jackets, buoyancy aids, inflatable dinghies and safety harnesses)”
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Extracted from the combined 'Bouyancy aids, lifejackets & inflatable dinghies' bullet.
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“inflatable dinghies”
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“Disability aids or inflatables”
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water”
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Refers to the inflatable dinghies and water toys named in this list.
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, and toys”
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dinghies, any inflatable toy for use on water”
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dinghies”
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“Inflatables”
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dinghies”
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Also excludes toys intended for use in water (listed separately under Children's).
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“inflatable dinghies”
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Also inflatable dinghies and water toys.
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets”
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“Inflatable water toys (unless new/sealed)”
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“Inflatable beds and boats”
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“Swimming aids/inflatables”
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Shown when searching 'Inflatable Bed'.
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“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item, as it’s one we generally can’t resell in our shops.”
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Refers to inflatable dinghies and inflatable water toys specifically.
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water”
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Listed alongside lifejackets.
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“Inflatables/lifejackets”
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“Inflatable dinghies and inflatable water toys”
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Also excludes inflatable dinghies and inflatable water toys
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water”
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“Life jackets and inflatables”
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Inflatable toys listed under Babies & Children's items the charity cannot take.
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“Inflatable toys, soft toys without the CE label or toy guns, prams, pushchairs or buggies (unless brand new), cots, cot mattresses, carry cots or playpens, high chairs or car seats”
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'Inflatable pool items' also separately listed as refused under sports equipment.
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“Inflatable mattresses and other inflatable items”
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Inflatable dinghies specifically.
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“Helmets, buoyancy aids, inflatable dinghies, skateboards, scooters”
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Inflatable dinghies and inflatable water toys refused, listed alongside life jackets/buoyancy aids.
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water”
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dinghies”
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Also excludes inflatable dinghies and armbands/rings worn as flotation aids.
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“buoyancy aids, life jackets and inflatable dinghies”
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“Inflatable child beds”
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Buoyancy aids, lifejackets and inflatable dinghies accepted only if new and boxed.
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“Buoyancy aids, lifejackets, inflatable dinghies unless new and boxed.”
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Same list item also names life jackets and buoyancy aids.
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets, inflatable dinghies, inflatable toys for water”
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Also includes inflatable dinghies and inflatable armbands/rings worn as flotation aids
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“Buoyancy aids, life jackets and inflatable dinghies”
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Willen Hospice category-wide rule
Sports equipment generally not accepted, no specific items listed
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“Sports equipment”
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“Inflatable goods and life jackets”
Not mentioned in 111 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
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Garden House Hospice Care
- 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
- 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
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- 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
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- 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 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 Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- 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
- Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)