Postback: Donate by post FAQ

You can order a collection right to your door.

Simply scan the QR code on the back of the bag or go on the link https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Click-and-Post/Returns , and follow the steps.

An Post will come to your home with a label and collect your donation at no extra cost.

Oxfam gratefully receives donations of:

Clothing e.g. dresses, coats, jackets, knitwear, tops, shirts, skirts, jeans, shorts, and children's clothing in good condition.
Accessories e.g. Bags, purses, hats, scarves, gloves, sunglasses & belts.
Shoes any styles but must be in pairs
Jewellery e.g. watches, costume jewellery and fine jewellery
Homewares and Toys e.g unwanted gift sets, ornaments, vases, linens, complete jigsaws, children’s games and toys.
Books both fiction and non-fiction including, history, cookery, gardening, children’s, and collectables.
Technology e.g. mobile phones, tablets, and cameras

What sells well...

Tops, shirts, accessories, anything vintage.
Items made from fabrics like wool, cashmere, silk or leather.
Our customers love the brands you love, so if you bought it, they will love it too.

The better the quality of your item, the more you will raise to help Oxfam fight poverty around the world.

We are unable to accept donations of:

used underwear or socks
dirty, damaged, or incomplete items
books that are tatty or torn with the exception of antiquarian books
Non Technology electrical items
identifiable work/school uniforms
Angora wool products
anything made from animal skin or fur (leather is accepted)

Additionally, we ask that you do not send items weighing more than 10kg via the postal donation service. If you have more to donate, simply order another bag or drop these off at your local shop or donation point – find yours here.

AnPost can only accept bags under 10kg in weight. This should fit between 15-20 larger items, such as books or clothes, enough to clear a drawer out to give you more space at home! If you have more 10kg or items to donate, just split your items up between multiple bags and post them separately!

If you still have room in your mailbag once you’ve put in everything you wish to donate, why not ask a friend or family member if they have anything they want to add?

Yes of course! We introduced our postal donation scheme to provide an extra option for how you can donate, especially for our supporters who have limited travel options for getting to our shops or who don’t have an Oxfam shop in their local area. However, our shops are always on the look out for things to fill their shelves and donations are always gratefully received by all our shop teams. Find your closest Oxfam shop here.

Once our donation arrives, it will be unpacked, quality checked, and sorted by our expert staff and volunteers.

All saleable items will be sent out to our network of shops to be sold with all the profits going directly to Oxfam Ireland’s work to fight poverty around the world.

Anything unsuitable for sale will be recycled where possible.

Climate change is impossible to ignore – and it’s pushing people deeper into poverty. So, it’s more important than ever to act now, to prevent this global crisis from becoming a global catastrophe.

When a new pair of jeans is made, an estimated 16.2kg of CO2 is emitted – the equivalent of driving over 58 miles in a car. So, by recirculating our clothes – buying, wearing and donating second hand – we can help to reduce the demand for new clothes. And this could in turn help to reduce the damage to our planet.

By donating to Oxfam, you’re investing in vital work to beat poverty – standing with communities worldwide as they fight the climate crisis and speak out against the global inequalities that push people deeper into poverty.

This initiative is currently only availably in the Republic of Ireland. If you are based in Northern Ireland and would like to donate by post, please visit Oxfam GB postal service.

The bag is made from 50% bio based verified by ASTM D6866 from DUO GREEN and if fully recycable .

It would not be possible to accurately measure the comparative environmental impacts of donating via post verses taking donations directly to a shop. To do so would require a set of assumptions about the proportions of donors who would drive verses walk to their local shop, what distance they would be travelling and the fuel efficiency of their vehicle.