Wishlist
Everyday Items and Some More Unusual
Donations help to save the charity valuable funds. We welcome donations of the following items:
Please note that we have a large stock of plastic plant pots and are unable to store more of these at this time (some small 3inch pots may be accommodated).
| Gardening items | e.g. kneeling pads, terracotta pots, organic peat-free compost, tools in a good condition, secateurs, chicken manure, organic approved slug pellets, modular seed trays (small/medium sized only), plant labels, string / twine, wire, cable ties |
| Plants and seeds | to plant out and / or sell |
| Stationery items | e.g. pens, pencils, crayons, post-it notes, glue dots, blue-tack |
| Art and craft materials | e.g. card making materials, stickers, paint brushes, PVA glue, glitter (bio-degradable), specialist paper and card, wire, string, tissue paper, stencils, poster paints |
| Paint and varnish | please note, we can only accept water based paint |
| Woodworks items | e.g. wood to be re-used (no chipboard or MDF please), cutter screws, nails, drill bits, sandpaper, spirit level, woodworking set square, linseed oil |
| Refreshments | e.g. tea bags, decaffeinated coffee, sugar, herbal tea bags, sugar free / no added sugar fruit squash. (Please note that for health and safety reasons all consumables must be within their sell by/ best before/ use by date and be in an unopened packet) |
| Raffle prizes for our events (or items that we can gift when relevant, e.g. present to our Earthworkers at Christmas) | |
| Habitat management equipment | e.g. sampling quadrats, pond dipping equipment (nets, magnifying glasses, etc), dichotomous keys for a range of habitat species identification (e.g. pond, hedgerow, woodland) |
| Relevant educational materials | |
| Personal protective equipment | e.g. overalls, waterproof jackets and trousers, aprons, large t-shirts, tabbards, ear defenders, goggles, gardening and woodworking gloves, gauntlet gloves, new or nearly new safety boots |
| Office supplies | e.g. A4 printer paper, envelopes, sticky labels, whole sheet A4 labels |
| Bags | paper and re-used plastic for our vegetable sales |
Other relevant items will be welcomed. If in doubt about our need or the relevance of an item that you would like to donate to us please telephone or email us and speak to a member of staff.
Thank you!