Donating furniture to charity

[mancmo]

Ive got an large dining table and chairs I want to donate to charity...its too good to throw on the tip!!

Anyway, I had a large national charity come round one day to pick it up and they wouldnt take it away because there was a chip on the table leg!! he said that they would have sold it for about £150 in the shop, but because it was defected, he wouldnt take it away!!!! Its a charity shop...not everything is perfect, what do they expect?????

so, I was wondering if anyone could recommed a charity who would use the table and chairs, maybe a hostel or somewhere. I would need them to come and pick it up though.....

any help anyone?? Dont want to flog it on ebay, cant use that thing!!!!

Thanks xx

[tamborine]

put it on here for a young couple......shabby chic is their style

http://www.freecycle.org/

[Buenchico]

If the dining chairs have upholstered seats nobody can legally sell them unless they've got a fire safety label. If they're not illegal (and assuming that it's not the same charity which you've already tried) the British Heart Foundation might accept your donation. (They have specialist 'Furniture & Electrical Stores'):
http://www.bhf.org.uk...-to-donate-goods.aspx

Many other charities, who might be interested, are only local. (For instance, we've got the 'Ipswich Furniture Project' in this area). Your local library might have details of something near to you.

Chris

[lardhelmet]

I've used freecycle before and it's a very good site

[tamborine]

r u saying Chris that a chair I upholster can't be sold unless it has such a label ? Who's gonna stop me......will the police come knocking?

[Canary42]

Have you tried the Salvation Army ?

[Buenchico]

For Tamborine (but the link will also be relevant to Mancmo if the chairs have upholstered seats):

If you re-upholster a chair with combustion modified foam and fire retardant fabric AND affix a PERMANENT label, in the prescribed form, nobody will come knocking on your door.

If you don't do that it won't be the police who'll be calling. It will be Trading Standards. (The maximum fine is £5000).

http://www.islington....nd_hand_furniture.PDF

Chris

[welshlibranr]

The YMCA may be glad of your table and chairs, in our area they'll come along and collect furniture, it doesn't need to be perfect, just usable, and they're very grateful to receive it!................

[tamborine]

Any pre1950 furniture is exempt - phew!

[marval]

Age Concern take furniture, unless it was them you tried. I offered them a dining table and six chairs, they wouldn't take the chairs but took the table.

[Twenty20]

Since when did a chip on a table leg make the table a fire hazard? The OP said they wouldn't take it because of the chip on the leg not because of a lack of fire safety labels.

Unless you're looking to get some money for it, give it away on Freecycle.

[ummmm]

Great way to get rid of things. Leave them out side. It's amazing what people will take.

When we ripped the kitchen out someone nicked the old rotting sink from the garden (back fence taken down) and a dirty greasy deep fat fryer that must have been sitting in his cupboard for over 10 years....