Donated Goods

The high importance of health, safety and wellbeing of all individuals results in us being unable to accept donations that are in a pre-loved condition, including art and craft supplies, books and toys.

For us to accept goods, the following criteria must be met:

• Toys are required to meet the Australian Safety Standards;
• Toys, books, DVDs and craft supplies must be brand new and unopened;
• All donated goods are to be non-toxic;
• Board games, computer games etc must have a rating no more than PG;
• DVDs that are rated G, PG or M (M rated movies must be viewed in own guest room, not communal areas), and
• Art and craft supplies must be non-toxic and non-flammable.
  
  

Furthermore, for safety reasons, we cannot accept new or pre-loved:

• Toys or books that contain button batteries;
• Toys that may have small objects that could be swallowed (e.g. buttons, easy detachable parts, pins, etc);
• Religious related material;
• Political related material;
• Offensive related material;
• Toxic paint / Toxic glue for craft;
• Toys that are associated with guns / war games;
• Children’s projectile toys (e.g. potential to cause choking, eye injury or flesh wounds), and
• Toys that contain lead and other prohibited elements.