Why donate to Rennie Grove Peace?
Our charity shops and online e-commerce bring in well over £3 million every year towards our specialist nursing care and family support. So, when you donate to our shops, you’re supporting people in our community who are facing life-limiting and terminal illness. Donating also has a wider global impact, by reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill. So, you can be kind to your pocket, your community, and your planet by donating to, and shopping at, our shops.
Our merger
You may notice that the appearance of your local Rennie Grove or Peace Hospice Care shops changes a little over the coming months. Don’t worry, nothing is really changing but we will be gradually introducing our new Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care branding, as part of our ongoing shop maintenance programme.
What can you donate?
We accept and sell most things – including books, DVDs, CDs, vinyls, clothing, bags, shoes, jewellery, ornaments, china, and small electrical items.
If your item is suitable for eBay, we may sell it online where we have a worldwide audience. You can even donate clothes that are torn or stained. We work in partnership with recycling merchants who pay our charity for items by the kilo and move them onto other good causes such as third world countries, whilst proudly reducing the landfill in the UK. This all results in more money in the pot for our patient care.
We can’t accept bulky items of furniture like beds and big chests of drawers. And we no longer take VHS videos or cassette tapes. If you’re not sure whether you can donate an item, please get in touch with your nearest Rennie Grove and Peace Hospice Care charity shop.
One bag of donations Could help fund a specialist nurse for an hour
One designer handbag Could help fund two hours of physiotherapy
One pair of shoes Could help fund a counselling session
Gift aid your donation
Gift aid is a government scheme that lets charities reclaim the tax you’ve already paid through UK income tax or capital gains tax. So, if you’re a UK taxpayer you can add extra value to your donation – at no cost to you – by signing up to gift aid. It's quick and easy to sign up for gift aid - just ask one of our staff on your next visit to one of our shops!
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Gift aid makes your kind donations worth even more to the charities you support. For every £1 you give – or for every £1 we raise by selling an item you donated – we can reclaim an extra 25p from HMRC. For example, if you sign up to gift aid and donate a jumper that we sell for £4, you’ll help us get £5 for our patient care. Please note there are two separate schemes for gift aid. One for monetary donations and another for items donated for charities to sell. Please sign up to both schemes to make all your generous donations worth even more to us.
You just need to let us know if your contact details or tax status change. You can do this by popping into your local shop, emailing or writing to us:
Email: giftaid@renniegrovepeace.org
Address: Rennie Grove Hospice Care, Bainbridge House, 2 Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 1EH
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Our shop locations
Our charity shops – shop local for sustainable shopping that supports local care.
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Care stories
Learn more about our care from some of the wonderful patients, carers and families we've had the privilege of supporting.
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Volunteer with our shops or retail team
Our retail and trading volunteers work across our 34 charity shops and our retail and trading centre in Berkhamsted to help us make the most out of your generous donations.
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