Through the Gift it Reuse it (GiRi) scheme, students can donate their unwanted household items to be used by new students arriving at the University.
Students simply donate items they no longer need (such as kitchenware and small appliances) at designated points on the Streatham campus to be sorted, cleaned and PAT-tested. The items are then made available to new students at 'Free Shops' in various locations during the new arrivals periods.
The scheme encourages a circular economy between students, reduces waste and is particularly helpful when students are moving out of university accommodation at the end of their first year.
Moving In - Get Free Items
It can be difficult to know what to bring when you first arrive at university. Save money and packing space by using the Gift it, Reuse it scheme. Things that could be available to you for free, include:
- Kitchen items: Plates, bowls, mugs, glasses, kitchen utensils, Tupperware, pots, pans and woks
- Small electricals: Kettles, toasters, sandwich makers, air fryers, rice cookers, blenders and coffee machines.
- Clothes hangers and study bedroom essentials (notebooks, rugs etc)
All items have been checked (including PAT testing) to make sure they are clean and in good working order. Things are available on a first-come-first-serve basis and are entirely made up of things that students donated before they left, so we’re not able to order additional items.
And don’t forget, when it’s time for you to move out, you can donate your unwanted items to Gift it, Reuse it, to be given to a new student and help reduce waste.
Visit our free shops
Items will be available to collect from a Gift it, Reuse it 'Free shop' listed below from Friday 12th September and throughout Welcome Week, until all stock has gone:
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Your Residence |
Your Nearest Free Shop |
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East Park |
East Park Reception block |
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Spreytonway Kitchen |
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Birks Grange Village H Block Flat |
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Lopes Hall Common Room |
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James Owen Court |
James Owen Court Reception |
Moving Out - Donate Your Unwanted Things
When it's time to move out of your accommodation, or if you find that you have items you no longer need throughout the year, why not donate them to be passed on to a fellow student?
Items need to be clean/washed and in good condition (we can't accept anything that is broken). Any electrical goods must have a UK CE plug.
Things that new students are looking for include:
- Crockery ie. plates, bowls, mugs, kitchen utensils, pots, pans and woks
- Small electricals including kettles, toasters, food steamers, sandwich makers, air fryers, rice cookers, blenders and coffee machines
- Cutlery and glassware
We're not able to accept knives of any kind, bedding or linen.
Donating couldn't be easier - take your unwanted items that are clean and in good working order to a donation point below:
- Teign Common Room (Duryard)
- Moberly Study Space
- East Park F Block Games Room / Ground Floor study room
- Bridestowe House Laundry Room (close to Lafrowda, St Germans, Rowe House)
- BGV Block H Flat, go to Ross House Reception for access fob during reception opening times (Close to St David's, Cook and Llewellyn Mews, Kingdom Mews and King Edward Court).
- Lopes Hall Common Room (close to Ransom Pickard and Pennsylvania Court)
- Holland Hall Common Room (close to Mardon Hall)
- James Owen Court Reception
- Rowancroft Laundry Room
