Katrina teaches clients how to declutter, organise and create a more joyful home. She also presents a corporate workshops on wellbeing, productivity and effective organisation.

Linen

“It’s what you give that makes an impact on this world, regardless of the things you have.”
— anon
 
 

 

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army accept towels and bed linen. Unfortunately they are unable to accept mattresses, curtains, rolls of fabric and stuffed bedding items such as duvets, pillows and sleeping bags, or anything damaged by damp. Click here to find your nearest Salvation Army shop.

 iCollectclothes

iCollectClothes began in 2016 to provide a hassle-free collection service for charitable donations and raise money for great causes. They can collect donations from your home, workplace or other chosen location. As well as clothes and other items, they accept linen, bedding, towels or curtains. Unfortunately they do not accept duvets or pillowcases. To book a collection, click here.

The Fire Fighters Charity

The Fire Fighters Charity will accept sheets, duvet covers and curtains just as long they’re not in bulk quantities. To find your nearest recycling bank, click here.

St Mungo's

Donating your items to St Mungo's is wonderful way you can help people affected by homelessness. Linen and soft furnishings, including all curtains, blinds and bedding, can only be accepted, will need to be flame retardant and meet the BS5687 standard. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to collect and store items.

If you have any items that they accept from the list above, please contact their Supporter Care team at supportercare@mungos.org or 020 8600 3000, and they will put you in touch with a suitable service to enable you to send your items to the correct place.

The National Animal Welfare Trust

Many of your old and unwanted items can be donated to The National Animal Welfare Trust, and provides a wonderful gift for a homeless animal. Every year, to look after the animals in their care, each of their centres go through hundreds of blankets, towels and bed sheets.

Blankets, towels, bed sheets, newspapers, pet food and treats & animal toys all in good condition can be donated to their centres. 

All you need to do is collect the items together in a bag and drop them off at your local centre. Each NAWT branch has bins outside labelled with what donation you should put in which. Find your local centre here.

WASaBED

WASaBED has a mission: To reduce the amount retired bedlinen from going into landfill by bringing it into the circular economy and reusing it for environmental benefits. They are happy to receive retired linen donations to their social enterprise whether they are large or small. When you donate linen to their project you support local employment and environmental projects like beach cleans and plastic reduction awareness projects.

What they would love to receive:

  • Cotton Fabric

  • High percentage Cotton Fabric

  • Good quality poly cotton

  • Clean and laundered (not stained or dirty)

  • Sheets (flat or fitted)

  • Duvet Covers & pillow cases

  • Table cloths

  • All colours and patterns

  • If you think you have good quality fabric of any description but aren’t certain if they would like it email them on wasabednowabag@gmail.com

WASaBED is based in rural Wester Ross, Scotland. Please email them to try and arrange a collection in the Highlands. If you live further away you will need to courier retired bed linen to them or try and arrange for it to be dropped in Inverness where they can collect it.