Women in Prison will accept any craft materials at their pickup points in London (Stockwell), Woking and Manchester.

E.g. card-making materials (including old cards), pens, paint, colouring pencils, glitter, wool, pipe-cleaners, crafting paper and card, beads, buttons, etc.

February 2021:  Women in Prison have been overwhelmed with donations in the London Area donations to Woking or Manchester may still be possible, please check their FAQ page: https://www.womeninprison.org.uk/contact

Also consider local primary schools, play groups and refugee centres.

Knit For Peace collect spare needles, yarn or other knitting-related paraphernalia. These are used in work with marginalised sections of society, for example in prisons.

Tools with a Mission charity will collect old hand and electrical tools as well as old sewing machines (working and non-working). They refurbish them and send them across the world for livelihood creation.

Mens in Sheds charity brings together men who are lonely and isolated through fixing broken items in a community space.

Find a local project to see if they are interested.