Home Charity Collections in Brighton!

East Sussex is a county of real contrasts — the Georgian seafront grandeur of Brighton and Eastbourne, the medieval lanes of Lewes, the working harbours of Hastings, and miles of downland and farmland stretching north toward the Weald. Across this whole territory, covering BN, TN and RH postcodes, we run a completely free doorstep charity collection service. If you have clothes, books, toys, kitchenware, linen or other household items you no longer need, we will arrange a convenient collection from your front door, and a large percentage of the proceeds raised goes directly to charity. You do not need to travel, queue or pay a penny.

What we collect across East Sussex

Our collections cover a broad range of everyday items, and with a population of roughly 550,000 people across the county, the cumulative effect of households clearing out unwanted possessions is genuinely significant. Whether you are having a seasonal wardrobe sort in Eastbourne, clearing a spare room in Lewes, or simply finding that the kitchen drawer in your Hastings home has become a graveyard for gadgets and utensils you never use, we are here to help you turn those items into something useful.

The local environmental picture

East Sussex sits in one of England’s most environmentally conscious regions, with strong community recycling habits in towns from Brighton to Bexhill. When it comes to books specifically, every title that is reused rather than discarded avoids the full cycle of pulping, printing and transporting a brand-new copy — saving the water and CO₂ that process involves. Based on estimates from published UK figures, reusing books and other printed materials makes a measurable difference at scale. Multiply that by the reading habits of roughly 550,000 East Sussex residents and the numbers become genuinely meaningful. The same logic applies across every category we collect: a working frying pan that goes to a new home is a frying pan that does not need to be manufactured from raw materials, and a child’s toy passed on is one that avoids becoming part of a landfill in which plastic components persist for decades.

How the collection works

What we cannot collect

To keep the service running smoothly and safely, there are some items we are not able to accept. The table below gives a quick overview of the most commonly asked-about categories.

Frequently asked questions

“A clear-out is so much easier when you know the things you are letting go will actually be used. Booking a doorstep collection and leaving bags out is about as low-effort as it gets.”

East Sussex is a county with a strong sense of community, from the grassroots arts scene in Brighton to the fishing heritage of Hastings Old Town. That community spirit is exactly what makes a service like this work — individual households making small, practical decisions that, taken together across 550,000 people, add up to a genuinely substantial contribution to charity and to the environment. If you have a bag of clothes to clear, a shelf of books that have been read, or a kitchen drawer full of things that belong in someone else’s home, book your free collection today and let them do some good.