Donating Tools

We welcome donations of old and new hand and power tools

EITHER

Deliver to our workshop in Carshalton on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (10 to 2pm) Details

OR

Phone one of us to arrange collection, or contact us by email

Ashtead	Nick Westby	07724 499169
Banstead	Tony Liston	07751 032265
Caterham	Brian Holloway	01883 341534
Kingston	Pat Lelliott	0208 337 0368
Leatherhead	Nick Westby	07724 499169
Wimbledon, Wandsworth , & Putney	Liam O’Toole	07804 796240
Redhill, Reigate & Dorking	Robin Albert	01737 243912
Epsom and Stoneleigh	Simon Smith	0208 393 2043
Sutton	Peter Hamilton	07831 563925

If you are outside our area – roughly South London and East Surrey –
contact TfSR headquarters on 0238086 9697 or email for your nearest collection point

We want

Workshop Tools – For any of the following trades –

Woodworking, Metalworking, Plumbing, Leatherworking, Auto-Mechanics and Bicycle.

Good quality power tools. The bigger and stronger the better.

We can cope with cleaning, dismantling to ease seized items, and sharpening,

Sewing

Singer machines (hand, round bobbin)

Electric sewing machines, any make, but MUST do zig-zag

Unused dressmaking fabric – at least 1m wide but NOT curtain or upholstery fabrics.

Haberdashery -needles, pins, cottons, zips etc

BUT We don’t want

Broken or worn out tools, as we have to pay for disposal of scrap iron
Modern hard point saws that cannot be resharpened
Anything with woodworm
Garden tools – They are made locally in Africa to different designs from the UK.

What about tools that we can’t send?

We are sometimes donated tools, sewing machines and other items which haven’t been requested, or which are in some way unsuitable or surplus to requirements. We may then:

sell them – at shows such as the Carshalton Ecofair, or to specialist dealers
pass them on to other charities who can use them
use them in our own workshops and warehouse
recycle them

All funds that are generated from the sale of tools goes to TfSR HQ after we have met our group running expenses.