Oxfam Collects at Work

That's the easiest question of the lot. It's a fact that there are millions of people living in poverty around the world. It's a fact that your donated items can raise money to help stamp out poverty. Plus signing up to Gift Aid means your donations work harder – so that more support can be given to those that truly need it. And it de-clutters your house, which is always good.

If you sign up to Gift Aid we can also track your goods and send you a report about how much you’ve raised, including what a difference you’ve made.

Start by clearing out your quality clutter! By bringing your unwanted clothes, shoes, accessories, books, movies, music, and homewares into work you'll be making a valuable contribution to fighting poverty.

Bring your bags to your donation drop-off point at work.

We'll collect your donations and sell them in our online and High Street shops to raise vital funds for poverty-busting projects worldwide.

Gift Aid allows us to claim an extra 25% from the government for every £1 raised from the sale of your goods, making your donations go further. And for a real feel-good factor, it enables us to tell you the amount raised from the sale of your items and how that money could be used to fight poverty.

Simply sign up for Gift Aid now and you’ll receive some personalised stickers in the post. Make sure you stick one of these onto each bag when you bring it in, and we’ll take care of the rest.

No. It's entirely up to you. It makes a huge difference if you do, though – as through the tagged bags we can raise 25% more cash to fight poverty and injustice around the world. But of course, any goods you donate help the people who need our support.

If you do sign up to Gift Aid we can track your goods and let you know how much you’ve raised for Oxfam.

Apart from electrical goods and things that we can't sell on (stuff in poor condition, usually) we want the lot. Heels, homewares, hats, film, fiction, fabric, jumpers, jewellery, jugs – anything you can think of in your home that you don't have a use for any more.

Of course you can. Even better, the tagged bags still work in exactly the same way as if you'd brought them in to work. We've launched Oxfam Collects to make it as convenient as possible for you to give to Oxfam - any way and every way you can. It doesn't matter how we get the goods, it's the good we can do after that counts. Thanks to you.

To find your nearest Oxfam shop, see http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shopfinder

Once we collect your items from work, we sort them out and price them up. Usually they will be sold in a shop or online, but if an item can't be sold, we've got some rather sophisticated recycling facilities for clothes and books. So, if your donations can't live on in another person's wardrobe or cupboard, they won't have to end up in landfill, either.