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Acorns operates a house-to-house collection service in certain areas making it even easier for you to donate items to be sold in our shops!

Look out for our distinctive yellow collection sacks through your letterbox.  The sacks are contained within a white outer bag on which you will find printed your scheduled collection day as well as the types of items you can donate to our shops - good quality donated clothes, shoes and jewellery, household goods, pottery, toys, games, books, DVDs and CDs. We can also take items which are not in a saleable condition as they can still be put to good use and sold as 'rag' to raise funds for the charity. Simply fill the yellow bag with the items you wish to donate and leave outside on the scheduled collection day.

Due to the rise in popularity of doorstep collections, we are asking the public for their help in being extra vigilant to ensure their items are being donated to a genuine charity and not 'bogus collectors'. 

To ensure that the donation bag or envelope has been issued by a genuine Registered charity, please check it has the following on it:
- The Association of Charity Shops logo. This guarantees your donation will be sold in a charity shop.  Without this logo, your items are likely to be recycled and ragged.
- A Registered Charity Number (not simply a 'Registered number' or 'Company number') which is clearly printed on the bag.  To check whether a charity number is legitimate please visit the Charity Commission website.
- A landline telephone number, not a mobile, that when dialled links straight through to the charity.

Our Acorns collectors wear a distinctive green uniform featuring the Acorns logo and will always carry appropriate identification which you can ask to see.  Our collectors always drive vans which are clearly branded with the Acorns logo (see photo).

Further advice on identifying bogus collectors can be found by visiting The Association of Charity Shops website.

If you have any questions about our collections or wish to check if we are operating house-to-house collections in your area, please call the Acorns Retail Team on 01564 825027 or email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As well as our doorstep collections, we can also help you to organise a bag collection at your workplace, school or college or at your social club.  This is a fantastic way to support Acorns and to get everyone involved in helping to support their local children's hospice.  60 collection bags of good quality donated items can raise enough money to cover the cost of a full days care for a child at one of our hospices. 

Find out how you can get involved with our 'Bring a Bag' scheme here.