CHARITY THRILLED AFTER RECEIVING INCREDIBLE DONATIONS VIA POST AFTER LOCKDOWN CLEAR OUTS

The British Heart Foundation has received high value and unique donations via its postal donation service

From left to right items received via BHF’s freepost donation service: Pink Topaz and Diamond gold ring sold for £256, Sony RX10 Digital camera sold for £259, Diamond and Gemstone box necklace £505 – sold on the BHF’s eBay site

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has received an array of high value and rare items through its freepost donation service, helping to raise funds for life saving research.

The UK’s largest charity retailer was delighted to be sent treasures, ranging from incredible World War Two memorabilia, OMEGA watches and designer clothing, to electric guitars and the newest phones, cameras and gaming consoles.

From left to right: Coach x Champlain handbag sold for £360, Collection of World War Two medals sold for £311, Apple iPhone SE sold for £260 – all sold on the BHF’s eBay site

The charity believes the boost in these eclectic donations can be credited to the nation decluttering during lockdown and the convenience of its freepost donation service. This service allows people to send smaller quality donations for free, by simply downloading a freepost label via the BHF’s website and dropping to a local Collect+.

These one-of-a-kind items went on to be sold on the charity’s eBay store, helping to raise just shy of an incredible £70,000 in just five months, for research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Allison Swaine-Hughes, Retail Director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “We’re incredibly grateful to the thousands of UK households who have and continue to dig out some of their very best preloved items and post them off to us.

“We’ve been thrilled to receive such a vast array of high value and collectable items from vintage Lego sets, Sigma camera lenses, to Vivienne Westwood shirts and a collection of Hornby Dublo tin trains, via our freepost donation service.

“Our team of experts at eBay are trained in recognising the true value of donations so everything auctioned on the site goes for the absolute best price.

“We rely on the generosity of the public whose donations of quality items deliver much-needed stock for our shops and online outlets. Every item sold helps raise funds for life saving research. That’s why we are appealing to the nation to keep donating unwanted pieces to us and take on our Declutter Challenge, so we can support those 340,000 with heart and circulatory diseases in Wales.”

This September, the charity is calling on the nation to have a clear out and donate any quality preloved and unwanted items by taking on its Declutter Challenge.

Donating to the BHF couldn’t be easier. Simply drop your items to one of BHF Cymru’s 32 shops and stores, send them straight to the charity via its free post donation service, or arrange a free collection.

BHF has shops across Wales in Abergavenny, Aberdare, Barry, Bridgend, Bangor, Cardiff, Colwyn Bay, Carmarthen, Caernarfon, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Caerphilly, Llanelli, Llandudno, Llanelli, Llandudno, Monmouth, Mold, Newport, Port Talbot, Rhyl, Swansea, Wrexham, Welshpool and Wrexham.

Every item sold by the BHF in store or online, through the charity’s eBay shop and Depop site, will be turned into funds for life saving research.

The charity retailer says its shops are particularly keen to receive winter wear to sell throughout the coming season as well as clothing, jewellery, toys, books and vinyl, and larger items such as sofas, furniture, homewares, tech and electronic gadgets.

Take on the Declutter Challenge this September. Declutter and donate today at: www.bhf.org.uk/declutter