How To Donate
You’ve done a de-clutter and have a pile of pre-loved gems you no longer need. They are ready for another life but you don’t know what to do with them. Here is all you need to know about how and what to donate to a charity shop.
Fashion
All charity shops love good quality pre-loved clothing; women’s, men’s and children’s plus footwear and accessories.
Furniture
Most charity shops accept small items of furniture with some shops specialising in all types of furniture. Most will offer a collection and delivery service.
Homeware, Toys & Books
Your unwanted homeware, kitchenware and knick knacks can all find a new home through your local charity shop. Most shops also accept toys and books.
Featured Shops
Explore our new members’ shops and featured shops below!
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Corporate Partners
Minimist is an all-in-one app designed to help charity retailers increase revenue by making in-store and online selling effortless. Using just a simple photo of your items, our AI (specially built for second hand) instantly provides accurate price suggestions, product descriptions, and custom printable price tags - helping staff and volunteers of all abilities process hundreds of items per hour.
Charities selling online can automatically publish items to secondhand marketplaces like eBay and Vinted, and even style your items on AI models, ensuring your listings stand out on popular platforms. From the shop floor to head office, our goal is to create major efficiencies across your retail network, spanning every task and every team. Get in touch today to arrange a demo and experience how effortless charity retailing can be.
Jordan Fitzgerald
Head of Marketing
Recognising the nature of our industry and the footprint it leaves behind, the Codex team has sought to find ways to make our organisation more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
As an Irish owned specialist in B2B office solutions, we work with customers large and small, to support them however and wherever they work to consolidate suppliers, reduce costs and streamline ordering across their business.
Patrick Murphy
CEO
Sustainability is of paramount importance for Cookstown Textile Recyclers as it helps divert clothing and shoes away from landfill, protecting the environment and providing sustainable employment in our local communities.
Cookstown Textile Recyclers sustainably reduce waste generation by promoting reuse and recycling over disposal. CTR’s business serves a global reuse market that preserves resources within the resource-intensive clothing industry.
Peter Fisher
Operations Manager
As a new partner of Charity Retail Ireland, Fexco International Payments brings its expertise in global payments to help charity retailers optimise their financial operations and improve the impact of their work.
Fexco International Payments delivers fast, secure, and cost effective bank to bank money transfers, supporting organisations with access to 165+ currencies and payment capabilities in nearly 200 countries worldwide. With a focus on reducing costs, eliminating payment complexity, and providing personalised support, Fexco empowers partners including NGOs and nonprofits to move money efficiently and transparently.
Fexco International Payments also provides FX bank transfers to overseas accounts for individuals seeking a cost- effective alternative to traditional banks.
For more information please contact Joanne at jmaher@fexco.com
Joanne Maher
Senior Business Development Executive
Through innovation, training and support, Canon is committed to helping charity retailers embrace digital transformation and maximise ecommerce growth. Canon aims to help charities strengthen their online presence, improve listing quality and unlock greater value from every item sold.
Canon empowers organisations to create, capture and share high-quality visual content through its market-leading imaging technology. From cameras and lenses to printing and workflow solutions, Canon helps businesses improve efficiency, engagement and outcomes through the power of imaging.
For charity retailers, high-quality product photography plays an increasingly important role in ecommerce success. Clear, consistent images can help drive online sales, increase buyer confidence and reduce costly returns, enabling charities to maximise the value of donated goods and generate more income for their cause.
As a trusted partner to many leading ecommerce businesses, Canon brings valuable insight into the role imagery plays in driving conversion, customer confidence and commercial performance. By sharing these learnings with the charity retail sector, Canon aims to help charities strengthen their online presence, improve listing quality and unlock greater value from every item sold.
Canon is also working with ecommerce and automated listing technology providers to explore how imaging hardware can integrate into modern listing workflows, helping retailers create high-quality product content more efficiently and at scale.
Through innovation, training and support, Canon is committed to helping charity retailers embrace digital transformation and maximise ecommerce growth.
Website: www.canon.ie/business
Email: kyera.grant@canon.ie
Kyera Grant
Channel Development Consultant
Sustainability
Impact of Charity Retail
The triple impact measures the financial, social and environmental performance of charity retail. Charity shops make money for their charities to provide services but they also have huge environmental and social benefits.
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Job Opportunities
Charity retail is a great place to work. There are many diverse jobs in charity shops, warehouses and online. Click the button to find out more about working in the sector and to view the latest jobs.
