• The FORCE Cancer Support and Information Centre is OPEN, 9:30am to 4:30pm weekdays, no appointment needed.

Visit our Exeter shop

The FORCE Shop is in Fore Street, Heavitree, Exeter.

We are open Monday to Saturday, 10:30am to 4:00pm.

You can contact us by calling 01392 271652 or emailing shop@forcecancercharity.co.uk

We sell all sorts of things that have been donated to us including clothing and accessories, electricals, toys and games, music and DVDs and a variety of household goods.

There are plenty of rooms to browse for bargains with every sale helping support local people affected by cancer.

We also sell online via sites like eBay, Gumtree and depop.

There are hot deals to be had all year round.

So, play your part in the work of FORCE Cancer Charity – Shop Smart, Bag a Bargain and Keep It Local.

You can donate goods at our shop. Unfortunately we cannot routinely offer a collection service. Please get in touch if you have an item or items that you are unable to bring in yourself.

Visit our Exeter shop
How to donate

How to donate

You can drop off goods at our donation bay at the side gate to the Shop from 10:30am to 11:30am Monday to Saturday.

Please note this is a maximum of four bags or boxes currently as we cope with the demand. If you would like to drop off more than the current maximum number of bags, then please ring the shop on 01392 271652 in advance to organise a suitable date and time.

Please don’t leave items outside the Shop when we’re closed.

Unfortunately we cannot routinely offer a collection service. Please get in touch if you have an item or items that you are unable to bring in yourself. Call us on 01392 271652 for details.

As well as sales in the Shop, we can raise vital funds by selling old clothes and shoes for recycling. If you have clean clothing that you thought was too worn out for us to sell, just label the bag as rag.

Please Gift Aid your donated items if you can. As a UK taxpayer you can help us claim an extra 25 pence from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs for every £1 you help to raise. Simply sign up for Gift Aid when you take your items to our Shop. Please ask a member of our team for details when you arrive.

Goods we are able to accept

Electrical: small items like kettles, toasters, stereos, keyboards. No large white goods.

Bric-a-brac: ornaments, toiletry sets, pots, pans, bakeware, crockery, cutlery etc.

Linen: clean curtains, bedlinen, cushion covers, duvets, wool, thread, buttons etc.

DVDs: box sets, thrillers, children’s etc but NO VHS tapes please.

Clothes & accessories: men’s & ladies’ clothing, jewellery, shoes, bags and hats.

Children’s Room: toys with CE marks, puzzles, games, books etc.

Records & CDs: unscratched CDs in cases and vinyl records from any era.

Books: thrillers, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, educational, cookery etc.

Goods we are unable to accept

NO: Please don’t leave items outside the Shop when we’re closed.
NO: Dirty laundry
NO: Damaged or broken items that might prove dangerous
NO: Upholstered furniture that does NOT have fire labels; large items like sofas and wardrobes that need more than one person to carry them, bunk beds, wall units, organs and pianos; flat pack kits or anything needing to be assembled
NO: Large electrical items such as televisions and washing machines
NO: Gas appliances of any type
NO: Bicycles in poor condition
NO: Carpets
NO: Toys WITHOUT CE marks; children’s car seats and cots
NO: Sports and safety equipment like crash helmets, bike helmets and safety harnesses; tents
NO: Cassette tapes and VHS video tapes
NO: Personal appliances such as shavers, foot spas (unless unused & in the original, sealed box)
NO: Medication including vitamins, perishable goods, food and drink
NO: Weapons-knives, swords, guns and ammunition (including replica guns)
NO: Vacuum cleaners

Collection and delivery

A small charge applies for deliveries depending on the size of the item and the delivery location.
If you buy a large item from the Shop you would like delivered, please talk to a member of staff in store. Local delivery charge is normally £5 but we can organise delivery to other areas for an extra fee. Please note – the drivers can only deliver to the ground floor of apartment blocks.
Before calling, please check the lists of goods we can’t accept and then give us a call to arrange a collection day on 01392 271652.
Why not consider organising a collection at work of items from other staff colleagues. If you have an easily accessible office location and a number of items for collection, we may be able to come to you with our FORCE Van. If not, why not drop the items off monthly at our Shop in Heavitree. For more information call Olly on 01392 406150.

VOLUNTEERING

We have a great many volunteering opportunities at the FORCE Shop, on the shop floor or behind the scenes. You can be as flexible as you like with the time you have available to volunteer. To join the team or get more information, call into the Shop for a chat with manager Anna Heard or email forceshop@forcecancercharity.co.uk. This short film explains more about the opportunities available.

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