Donate

Find out more about ways to donate your items to good local causes
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Clothing, toys and books

For smaller items such as clothing, toys, books and bric-a-brac, you could donate to your local charity shop. Please check if they accept the items you wish to donate and you may need to make an appointment.

Find your local charity shop.

Large electrical appliances

Residents can donate larger electrical appliances (such as dishwashers, freezers, fridges, ovens, tumble dryers and washing machines) to the Lighthouse Furniture Project at designated areas at some of our recycling centres.  These items are repaired and refurbished, and then are passed on or sold at affordable prices in the local community. 

Find out which items are accepted and where to drop off your items.

Furniture, white goods and electrical items

For larger items such as furniture, white goods and electrical items you can call your local furniture project. They may even be able to collect from you.

Each furniture project will have a slightly different purpose, from supporting low income families in the community to providing jobs and training opportunities.

Find a furniture project near you:

Brentwood

Lighthouse Furniture Project Ltd

This organisation has been vetted and approved by Trading Standards under the Buy with Confidence scheme to ensure that they operate in a legal, honest and fair way.

Colchester

Essex County Council cannot be responsible for the safety or description applied to any products supplied via our partners' reuse and recycling websites. We would strongly recommend that anyone wishing to obtain goods via this route seek advice on how to check the safety of consumer items on the GOV.UK website.