Donate books to charity

Running out of shelf space or downsizing your book collection? Give your books a second life! Donate them to your local Oxfam shop.

If you're unsure where to donate books, you can search for Oxfam charity shops that accept books near you with our shop finder.

Use our donation bags to donate books by post for free. Follow these steps:

1. You can reuse one of your own bags and generate a postage label, or order one of our recycled donation bags online.
2. Pack your books.
3. Add your Gift Aid number.
4. Then drop them off at your local DPD drop off point.

You can also include any of the items that Oxfam accepts with your books for donation.

Most of Oxfam’s 500+ high street shops accept books, but there might be times when we're at capacity for accepting donations. You can use the Oxfam shop finder to check with your nearest shop.

If you're a UK taxpayer, you can help Oxfam make the most of your donated books by signing up for Gift Aid. Gift Aid helps Oxfam raise an extra 25% on the value of your donation by reclaiming government basic rate tax. You can sign up online, or in person when you donate.

You'll supercharge the impact of your donated items by 25% when you sign up to Gift Aid. It costs you nothing, yet further shifts power to communities as they lead positive change.

We have over 120 dedicated Books and Music high street shops in the UK.

These only stock books and music like CDs, vinyl, cassettes, DVDs and Blu-rays, as well as musical instruments and sheet music.

They're sorted and organised by our fantastic volunteers, so it's easy to find what you're looking for.

If there isn't a dedicated Oxfam Books and Music shop in your town, then your local Oxfam shop will have a books section.

If you’re clearing out some space and want to refresh your book collection, you can find a huge range of books on our online shop.

We have over 100,000 books in stock at any time – from bargains under £5, to recent bestsellers and antique collectables.

Books are listed online if they're unusual rare or collectors items. They might also be books that haven't sold in stores immediately, but are too valuable to recycle.

Categories include children's books, crime fiction, and romance, as well as non-fiction like biographies, art and photography, and food and drink.

Each category can be filtered into narrower subcategories. So you can browse to find exactly what you're looking for.

You can also search for your favourite titles and authors.

We never know what we'll receive in donations, so check back regularly to snap up bargains and hidden gems!

Oxfam is Europe's second largest bookshop chain, with over 100 dedicated Books and Music shops on high streets across the UK.

Donating your pre-loved books to Oxfam gives them a new lease of life for someone else to enjoy, and helps raise vital funds to fight poverty.

Every book sold supports our work tackling climate change, responding to emergencies, and challenging inequality – transforming your donation into extraordinary impact.

Oxfam book donations are sorted and prepared for sale by our fantastic team of volunteers.

Whatever your reasons for volunteering, we're always keen to welcome new volunteers to help fund Oxfam’s vital work fighting poverty.

Maybe you have expert knowledge of books or are keen to learn more. Maybe you'd like to meet new people, or to find new favourite reads.

How much time you volunteer, and what you do, is completely up to you.