St Vincent de Paul Society shops resell donated goods to fund welfare services. Accepted: clean clothing, footwear, accessories, homewares, toys, books and media, some furniture and electrical. Not accepted: torn or soiled clothing, broken items, stained bedding, computers and printers. Buying second-hand is the cheapest way to avoid new plastic in goods.
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council (Australian Business Number 50 748 098 845) is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient (DGR). The New South Wales (NSW) online shop is Vinnies Finds (vinniesfinds.com.au/). Salvos Stores (salvosstores.com.au/donate) run 400-plus shops and a full online store on the same basis.
How to start: vinnies.org.au/donate-goods and vinnies.org.au/vinnies-shops