Our Restore shops empower our clients – training in skills such as customer service and practical skills increases confidence, wellbeing and the ability to get back into work.
Our Restore shops
Retail therapy
“It means everything. They have created a path for me to move forward and excel”
Bargains and new beginnings
Our Restore shops have a huge range of good-quality and unique items at bargain prices.
Find your new favourite outfit and accessories at a fraction of the high street price. As well as restocking your wardrobe you’ll be preventing wearable clothes from going straight into landfill.
With furniture, white goods, ornaments and homeware on offer, make Restore your destination if you’re looking to redecorate, make little changes or even kit out your first home.
Every bargain for you means a new beginning for someone else. All proceeds from Restore go back into helping Stonepillow prevent homelessness and restore lives.
We offer a 20% discount on essential sale items above £10 for anyone on Jobseeker’s Allowance, housing benefit, employment and support allowance, and pension credit benefits.
Donate to Restore
We’re looking for clean, quality items in good condition that we can sell on in Restore.
You will find a list of what we can and can’t accept further down this page. Please read these carefully before you bring your donations in.
We can also collect some items from you for free if you can’t bring them in to our donation hub or Restore shops.
We are unable to accept anything that is broken, damaged or stained. We don’t have the capacity to repair or clean items, and disposal costs us money that is much needed elsewhere to support our clients.
Please don’t be offended if we cannot accept your donation on a particular day due to our storage or volunteer capacity being full.
We are always grateful for the generosity of our community and your support. Thank you for thinking of Stonepillow.
Where to shop or donate
OUR OPENING TIMES
We can collect for free and deliver for a small charge
- Furniture
- Dining tables
- Chairs
- Sofas
- Bookcases
- Soft furnishings
- Lamps
- Rugs
- Mirrors
- Ornaments
- Paintings
- Bedroom furniture
- Beds
- Mattresses
- Electrical items
- Televisions
- Videos
- Hi-fi systems
- DVD players
- Recorders
- White goods
- Fridges
- Freezers
- Washing machines
- Bicycles
- Sports equipment
We are registered for Gift Aid, which means if you are a taxpayer we can claim 25p back from the Inland Revenue for every £1 that we sell your furniture for.
Items that we do and don’t accept
Here’s what we can take
- Fridges and Freezers, as long as they can be plugged in and switched on to show that they work at time of collection
- Sofas, armchairs, beds and mattresses – but please note that all upholstered furniture must have a fire label attached (on sofas and armchairs this reads: Complies with the furniture and furnishings (fire) (safety) regulations 1988.
- Mattresses and divan bases – must have a blue-framed label sewn in, to show it conforms to BS7177
Here’s what we can’t take
- Analogue Television Sets
- Car seats
- Computers
- Cookers
- Cot mattresses
- Blankets, duvets or pillows (unless in original boxes or packaging)
- Electric-bar fires
- Electric Blankets
- Electric/Medical Beds
- Furniture that is infested with, for example bedbugs/woodworm
- Gas appliances (eg cookers/barbeques/small Hobs)
- Gas bottles
- Laptops
- Pianos or keyboards
- Printers
- Safety helmets
- Sky Boxes
- Toys
- Trouser presses
- Vacuum Cleaners over 1600 Watts
- Video Recorders
- Weather-damaged, damp, waterlogged items
If unsure, please ask a member of staff before unloading your vehicle.
