British Heart Foundation asks for unwanted gifts – Daily Echo

A CHARITY store providing support to those with heart diseases is asking people to give them their unwanted gifts.

British Heart Foundation is appealing for quality donations to help support the charitys vital work and save unwanted items from landfill.

Allison Swaine-Hughes, retail director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We love the gifts you don't.

"We will welcome everything from good quality clothes, shoes, handbags and jewellery to DVDs, CDs, books and childrens toys. Electrical items can also be donated to one of our 180 furniture and electrical stores, so think of us when re-gifting that blender or coffee machine.

If you want to donate a gift or cut down the clutter after the festive season, then just drop your donations in at your local BHF shop or take advantage of our free collection service. Your quality items will be saved from landfill and help us raise funds for vital research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Last year alone,theBHFsaved over 74,000 tonnes of items from landfill, which helped prevent 53,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from being released into the atmosphere.

This included 15,000 tonnes of clothes and 180,000 sofas.

Stores can be found on Above Bar Street, Portswood Road, Shirley High Street and Southampton Road, Eastleigh.

To donate or arrange a free collection, visit bhf.org.uk/donate.

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