- What we can sell in our shops
- Where your donation goes
- Gift Aid your shop donations
- Marks and Spencer and Oxfam’s Another Life scheme
- Find your local Oxfam shop
- Questions about donating to our shops
- Donate items by post
- Donate foreign currency
- Donating books
- Donating Toys and Games
- Donate clothes
- Sustainability
Volunteer Catherine sorting books at the Herne Hill Oxfam Bookshop. Credit: Emily Stein/Oxfam.

Donating books
Donating books to Oxfam helps fund our vital work fighting poverty worldwide. Find out where to donate, what kinds of books you can donate, and what happens to your donations.
Where to donate books — donate to our shops
Which Oxfam charity shops accept book donations?
Volunteer Kathryn prices up books in the stockroom at Oxfam's Islington Bookshop. Photo: Emily Stein/Oxfam.

Volunteer Kathryn prices up books in the stockroom at the Oxfam Bookshop in Islington.
Donate books by post
Can I donate rare books?
We always welcome donations of rare, antiquarian and valuable books. Our network of experienced volunteers and shop managers carefully research items of potential high value.
We aim to make the most of all our donations, to get the best possible prices for valuable books, whether in our shops, on our website or through specialist auctions.
Our specialist bookshops
Photo: Emily Stein/Oxfam.

Islington Oxfam Bookshop volunteers Hardev and Kathryn.
Our online book shop

Books and music on our online shop.
Become a books volunteer for Oxfam
“If you’re thinking of volunteering, definitely do it! There’s more than one role in the shop that you can do, so there is something for everyone.”
Alice, Till, Book sorting and Antiquarian book Volunteer at Oxfam Bookshop Bath
Volunteer Linda behind the till at the Oxfam Bookshop, Islington. Photo: Emily Stein/Oxfam.