Fashion and textiles
Jermyn Street Design
London
- They gave
- 1,700 items of brand-new clothing
- It went to
- 7 charities
A Good Thing made the process incredibly straightforward.
For businesses
Your surplus is someone’s good cause
Give away what you no longer need to local charities. They collect it, and it goes on to do some good.
- average time for an offer to be claimed
- 5 hrs
- businesses signed up
- 1,300+
- charities signed up
- 4,000+
Case studies
Here’s how businesses like yours use A Good Thing
Select your sector
Whatever your business has left over – furniture, equipment, stock or stationery – there’s a local charity that can put it to good use.
A Good Thing is for businesses of every size — and we're proud to work with them all.
How it works
Post your items, pick a charity, and they arrange collection with you – most offers are claimed within hours.
List your items
Tell us what you’re giving away and where it is
Charities request
Local charities request your items via the app
Find a match
Choose your favourite local charity
The charity collects
They arrange collection directly from you
The impact
One donation, four good things
Giving something away through A Good Thing does more than clear a cupboard. Here’s what it does, in the words of the people who’ve done it.
You free up space
Clear storerooms, desks and surplus stock without paying for disposal or spending hours finding a home for it.
Business
We’re always loth to throw anything decent away, and it can be impossibly expensive to use furniture disposal or resale companies. So A Good Thing was a godsend!
Matt BatchelorFacilities & Support Services Coordinator, National Trust, Hatchlands
Read the story · 2 Jul 2024A charity gets what it needs
Your spare items go to a local cause that has asked for them, so its money goes further on the people it helps.
Charity
The less money we spend on things like stationery, the more we can spend directly on families.
BevínHome-Start Newry & Mourne
Read the story · 25 Sep 2024You make a local connection
You choose the charity and meet them at collection. Some businesses go on to support the same charity again and again.
Business
We’re able to discover charities we never knew existed and begin to forge a long-term relationship with them.
Sally LawrieSquaredUp
Read the story · 28 Nov 2023Less goes to landfill
Things that still have plenty of life in them get used again, instead of being thrown away.
Proof point
76.3 tonnes · £53,339
[Through A Good Thing we have saved] a total of 76.3 tonnes of material worth £53,339.
Sean RobinsonSustainability and Environmental Officer, Mulalley & Co
Read the story · 25 Feb 2025Good to know
- Do you collect the items?
- No – we’re the matchmaker. The charity you choose arranges collection with you directly.
- Who decides which charity gets it?
- You do. Charities send a request and you pick the one you’d like to help.
- Will everything find a home?
- Unfortunately we can’t guarantee a match – but most offers are claimed within hours.
- Will it cost me anything to create a listing?
- Businesses can make up to 3 offers within a 1 month period for free. For priority matching and larger donations, see our business pricing page.