How to donate your unwanted items

Having a summer clear out? Here's how you can safely and responsibly donate your belongings so they can become pre-loved treasures for someone else.

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Community Hub

Your dedicated on-campus Community Hub, run by your Students' Union, relies on donations from across our Surrey community. You can drop off anything from homeware to clothing, food to electronics and more, and even pick up a bargain or two for yourself while you are there.

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British Heart Foundation red bins

You may have seen their big red bins across campus - why not donate your unwanted items to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to help save the planet, fund research and save lives?

Since the start of the partnership with the British Heart Foundation 12 years ago, items donated by the University have raised nearly £1m - supporting life changing research into heart and circulatory diseases.

How to donate in 3 easy steps

  1. Round up your unwanted belongings. This could include clothes, shoes, accessories, books, CDs, DVDs, small electrical items and home and kitchenware. But please don't donate duvets, pillows, broken or dirty items, knives, hangers, food, bikes or helmets.
  2. Items should be bagged before putting them into a bin – any bag can be used but you can also collect a free bag from MySurrey Hive Stag Hill and Manor Park or Central Distribution.
  3. Take your bags to one of the BHF-branded donation points listed below.

Where are the bins located?

You can find all the bins across campus on Google Maps or using the lists below.

Stag Hill campus

  • Central Distribution
  • Twyford Court (next to Blocks D and H)
  • Cathedral Court (next to Blocks 3 and 4)
  • Battersea Court (next to the bike store)
  • Surrey Court (next to Wandle House)
  • Stag Hill Court (next to Blocks 14 and 44)
  • University Court (next to House 56)
  • Millennium House (next to the Centre for Wellbeing)

Manor Park campus

  • Alexander Fleming Road (next to Blocks 18-20)
  • Francis Crick Road (next to Block 1-3)
  • Ernst Chain Road (on the junction with Alexander Fleming Road)
  • James Black Road (next to Blocks 99-106)
  • Daphne Jackson Road (opposite the Vet School, next to Block P/01-17)

Hazel Farm

  • Hamilton Close
  • Hamilton Drive (next to Block 20)
  • Oregano Way (next to Block 30)

Off campus

  • Hazel Avenue
  • Chapelhouse Corner, Park Barn Drive
  • Opposite British Legion, Northway
  • St John's Road

The BHF has many different easy options for donating your unwanted stuff as well as information about what can and cannot be donated. 

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