Want a simple way to refresh your wardrobe while supporting a cause that truly matters? Donate your unwanted clothes today and help fund life-saving heart research.
Donating your unwanted clothes to Heart Research UK is a simple way to support vital heart research, all while giving your pre-loved clothes a new life. We’ve partnered with Collection4Clothes to collect your pre-loved clothes for free.
You may also receive a Unicare bag through your door to fill and leave out for collection on the specified date. Whether you’re clearing out your wardrobe or making space for something new, your pre-loved clothes can make a difference.
Transform your unwanted clothes into life-saving heart research support.
Your donated clothes help fund vital research, advancing prevention, treatment and cures for heart conditions across the UK.
Your donations reduce landfill waste and promote recycling, helping to create a more eco-friendly environment for everyone.
Your pre-loved clothes are resold or repurposed, ensuring they continue to be used, benefiting those in need and reducing waste.
Donating clothes is a simple yet impactful way to support us and help communities live healthier, happier lives.
Book a free collection and Collection4Clothes will come to you on your preferred date and time. Call Collection4Clothes on 0330 165 5197 or request a collection below.
Look out for our collection bags posted through your door by Unicare. Just fill them with any unwanted items and put them out for collection on the day stated on the bag. For enquiries please call Unicare on 0333 6666 777 or fill in the form below.
Ali is a Heart Research UK supporter, raising vital awareness of heart diseases by sharing his brother's story.
Imogen is a devoted supporter, sharing her mother’s story to raise awareness of aortic dissection.
Olivia undertook the London Marathon 2023 for Heart Research UK.
Our bags are currently being distributed in the following locations:
Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Livingston
North East: Newcastle, Durham, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Sunderland
Yorkshire & Humber: Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Halifax, Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
East Midlands: Chesterfield, Nottingham, Derby
North West: Cumbria, Lancashire
Please contact Unicare by calling 0333 6666 777 or by emailing or by completing their online form here, and they will add you to a ‘no-call’ list so that you do not receive any more bags.
Unicare are unable to collect unused bags, so we recommend that if you receive a bag and do not wish to fill it, you use the bag in your own household or recycle it.
When you donate your clothes, they will be sold on in places like eastern Europe, Africa, south-east Asia and the Middle East at affordable prices. This keeps the clothes out of landfill, and Heart Research UK then receives a proportion of the money generated by these sales.
Please use this page on the Heart Research UK website and we will pass on your comments to the relevant company. Alternatively, you can contact them directly via their websites: www.collection4clothes.co.uk or www.unicarerecycling.co.uk
Collection4Clothes operate across most of the UK. Simply fill in their request form here for confirmation that they collect in your area. Unicare deliver clothing collection bags across Yorkshire, the North East, North West of England, East Midlands and Scotland. We will keep this web page updated with where we are distributing bags at any time.
In the bags dropped through your door or via Collection4Clothes we welcome donations of good quality, clean clothing; outerwear; paired shoes (tied together); accessories (eg hats, belts and bags); perfumes and costume jewellery. Donations of non-clothing items vary across the UK. The bag you receive will specify what non-clothing items can be donated in your area
We welcome additional donations in black bin liners, as long as we can see from the roadside that there is one of our charity bags alongside or on top of those bags.
Yes absolutely. You can choose to donate to Heart Research UK and Collection4Clothes will organise a day and time to collect items that is convenient to you. There is no limit to the amount of donations and Collection4Clothes can give you a shoutout and tag your business on their social media platforms alongside Heart Research UK.
Businesses can donate new / used clothes, bric a brac, new / used toys, small electrical items, household items, hair and beauty items, gift sets and toiletries.
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