Resource Items Update
Things we would particularly like at the moment –
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Hessian or similar for preschool embroidery
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Electrical conduit
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Paper
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Beads and sequins
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Feathers
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All sizes of felt
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Wool suitable for babies and young children
Things we don’t need or don’t need at present –
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Polystyrene
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Household rubbish
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Ring binders
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Newspaper
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Magazines
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Cardboard boxes
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Plastic bags, used greeting cards, toilet roll inners (never)
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Hard & Soft Toys
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Household recyclables
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Used clothing
Suggested items for donation
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Black sand
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Blind offcuts
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Bottle tops Plastic, metal etc
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Bottles Plastic, glass or metal
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Cardboard Sheets any size
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Cardboard cones
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Cardboard tubes Various lengths and diameters - but no toilet rolls
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Cellophane
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Cereal etc boxes / shoe boxes
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Chocolate strip-electrical
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Cones / seed pods /nuts
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Corflute Any size
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Cork / corks Any size
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Dacron filling
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Dried leaves / petals
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Driftwood
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Electricans' conduit
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Expired pasta / flour / oil / rice For collage; play dough; doblek; shakers
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Fabric Medium - large pieces unless special fabrics
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Feathers Natural or coloured
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Greetings cards For collage
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Labels Pictorial or with usable surface
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Leather About A5 or bigger
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Magnets Any sort
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Matches - used etc Bridge building
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Model cars, boats, buildings etc Other people have started but not finished
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Nuts and bolts / nails Any sort
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Paper A4 or bigger
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Patterned cellotape Christmas, birthday, trade
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Pizza tripods The ones put in to prevent box collapse
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Plastic strapping
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Plumbers' piping and guttering
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Previous years' calendars For collage
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Ribbon 50 cms or more
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Sawdust / wood shavings Untreated
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Shells / sea glass
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Sheepskin pieces
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Shelving offcuts
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Spindles From yarn, wire, fabric etc
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Springs Any sort
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Stationery
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Straws
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Tissue paper
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Tooth picks / satay sticks / chopsticks
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Wire Electrical / fencing