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What can I donate?

Decided it’s time to declutter? Or the kids have outgrown their clothes, but they’re still in excellent condition? By donating your pre-loved items to Vinnies they will get a new life, support Australians doing it tough and reduce landfill and the impact on the environment. Vinnies shops need your great quality items to help fund Vinnies programs across the country that support 1.3 million vulnerable Australians each year. Thank you so much for your wonderful donations! What can I donate? When considering whether something can be donated to Vinnies, our rule of thumb is if you’d give it to a friend, then it’s ok to give to Vinnies. Men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and accessories Homewares, including manchester Kids toys Books, CDs and DVDs Furniture (check your local Vinnies can take furniture) Some Vinnies shops take electrical goods; please call your local shop before dropping off What can’t I donate? It takes a lot of money and volunte…

Are you an accidental dumper? Make sure your donation counts

Items dumped outside charities and charity bins cost millions to clean up but research shows that 50 per cent of people who leave items outside charity shops or beside donation bins don’t realise they often end up in the bin.

NSW EPA Executive Director Waste Operations Carmen Dwyer said the accidental dumper problem could be fixed. “Leaving items outside means they can be damaged by vandals or the weather and illegally dumped goods burden charities with the disposal costs,” Ms Dwyer said. New research from the NSW Environment Protection Authority shows that it costs NSW charities $7.3 million a year to clean up items left outside charity shops and donation bins. “These people that think they are doing the right thing by leaving their quality unwanted items outside a store or beside a full charity bin need to know that charities still want those items – they just want them in good condition.” “Let’s put an end to accidental dump…

Trash or treasure: Do you know the difference?

A tsunami of unusable donations is overwhelming Australian charity shops. Can a clever social marketing campaign change donor behaviours and solve the problem?

William Holmes Donations

A tsunami of unusable donations is overwhelming Australian charity shops. Can a clever social marketing campaign change donor behaviours and solve the problem?

William Holmes When it comes to charity stores and bins, would you consider yourself a champion donor? Unlike the garden variety donor - who takes items to charity stores that may be of no use to anyone else - the champion donor considers what it is they're donating. They judge whether the item is in appropriate condition, and check all the parts are present and working. While the champion donor is not contributing to the 60,000 tonnes of unusable product that overwhelms many of Australia's 2,500 charity shops each year, the same c…

Op shopping: A beginner’s guide

In the past couple of years op shopping has experienced a huge boom in popularity. Unfortunately I’m a little behind the times and haven’t quite caught up on the craze, so I’ve enlisted the help of Anthony – my little brother and op-shopper extraordinaire – to give me the lowdown. So, first things first: What is an op shop?

Vinnies Op Shop

An op (short for opportunity) shop is a store run by a charitable organisation where goods are sold to raise money for their cause. In Australia, op shops are often run by associations such as the Salvation Army (Salvos), St Vincent De Paul (Vinnies) or Lifeline who use the proceeds to assist people who are doing it a little tough. Goods sold in store are generally second-hand items donated by people in the local community and are sold for a fraction of the price you could expect to pay in retail stores.

Books,…