A Good Thing
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.

A member of staff at EBP holding donated notebooks and pencils
A member of staff at EBP with donated notebooks and pencils
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 stack of folded shirts
Jermyn Street Design logo
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.
Elizabeth Aderinola, ESG Specialist
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A Good Thing is for businesses of every size — and we're proud to work with them all.

TescoHermès GBBBC StudiosRoyal Shakespeare CompanyJohnson & JohnsonExCeL London
National TrustCo-op FoodLaing O'RourkeTateThe Old Vic

How it works

Post your items, pick a charity, and they arrange collection with you – most offers are claimed within hours.

  1. List your items

    Tell us what you’re giving away and where it is

  2. Charities request

    Local charities request your items via the app

  3. Find a match

    Choose your favourite local charity

  4. The charity collects

    They arrange collection directly from you

Vicky from Pure Offices and a counsellor from Resources For Autism with a donated desk on a trolley
Vicky from Pure Offices hands over a donated desk to Resources For Autism
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.

  • A 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.

  • You 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.

  • Less goes to landfill

    Things that still have plenty of life in them get used again, instead of being thrown away.

Learn more about our impact
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 2024
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 2024
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 2023
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 2025

Good to know

Do you collect the items?
The charity you’re matched with will collect the items, yes.
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.

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