Recycling for Charity: old mobile or cell phones
This page lists charities and other organisations collecting old mobile phones (also known as cell phones).
If any details are incorrect or you know of any other groups collecting them, please leave a comment below and I’ll update the listings.
- For ways to reuse the bottles instead, check out our post: “how can I reuse or recycle old mobile phones?“
| Who wants it | Why | Country | Contact details |
| Oxfam | For refurbishment and use overseas or recycled for cash | UK |
Oxfam Recycle Scheme Freepost bags can also be sent out or you can drop them off at Oxfam charity shops. |
| Children in Need | For refurbishment and use overseas or recycled for cash. Over £100,000 has already been raised for the charity through the donation of old phones. | UK |
Freepost (from within the UK only) |
- Find out how to recycle other things for charity with the Recycle This Recycling for Charity Directory
Hi there. Just to say that the charity Refuge also have a mobile phone re-cycling arrangement.
http://refuge.org.uk/get-involved/donate-your-mobile/
I’m about to donate through this route. Apparently Refuge will receive £3.50 for every phone sent (Freepost) to their recycling partner, regardless of condition. Old phones are reformatted for use in developing countries.
Like the site – hope this info is helpful.
Regards, Karen.
hi
I have 4 mobile phones I would like to donate to your charity. do you provide pre-paid envelopes
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pls let me know where to send my 2 Motorola Razr mobile phones pls the chargers etc,.
Do you provide a pre-paid envelope?
Ta, Heike
This is a great cause to take part in, as you help many people with your old mobile phones, Just one phone can raise about £20 and that can be a really old obsolete phone whilst a new smartphone can be about £250 so that can be a lot of money going to a charity.
Hi ,
We are a UK based charity and are looking to raise money for an orphanage project in war torn Ivory coast . We will be pleased to receive old and unwanted mobile phones for recycling to fund the project .
Would you be able to help?
Hello Jean-Pierre
I have 4 of our old mobile phones which I would like to donate to your orphanage project in the Ivory coast. If you are still collecting them and/or think that they can be of use then please let me know. Is there any chance of sending a Freepost envelope and I assume that you would want the mobile chargers to be included.
Thanks
Jacky & Paul
I have a NOKIA 6021 I would be pleased to give yo
Please give me a phone I help us too
I have 3 old mobile phones I’d like to donate to your charity. Let me know where to send them if you still need them.
Thanks,
Clare
Hi – just to let you know that we also collect mobile phones for recycling. All proceeds are used to fund research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
You can send to The BRACE Appeal office, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE. Just the telephone. The cables/chargers etc are not needed.
I am afraid we are unable to provide freepost envelopes but we are looking to get these from a recycling company and will repost if and when we get them.
With thanks
Are you still collecting mobile phones for recycling for Alzheimer’s research at Frenchay? Do you still not want the charger?
Best wishes
Jill
Yes Jill we are still collecting them. I’m afraid the recycling company wont take the chargers so just the phones please.
email me your address and I will let you have a freepost envelope
Many thanks
Lynda
I have half a doz old phones have you an envelope large enough or can you give me directions and instructions as to where to donate them in person, i do go to Bristol weekly so i can drop them if necessary do you also take old i pads?
Regards Steve.
Thanks Lynda – my email address is:
rjillevans@btinternet.com
Very best wishes
Jill
I know it’s 2015 and the year above is 2011 but I want to know are you still collecting old mobiles and if so can you email me the address or is it the same one as above in Frenchay hospital Bristol.
Regards
Peter Kay
Glad to help.Chris
Much appreciated . How Chris ?
An update to our previous posting. We now have freepost envelopes for recycling mobile phones to help in the fight against Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Please contact the BRACE Appeal office, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE or email lynda@alzheimers-brace.org. Thank you
Would you really want a very old Sagem?
Yes they will recycle it – we may only get pence for it – or even nothing but at least it has been recycled. If you let me have your address I will send you a freepost envelope.
My sister has 6 mobile phones to donate do you provide free post envelopes how can we get them to you?
martincl@fsmail.net
Sylvia – if you would like you donate them to our charity please let me have your address and I will put some freepost envelopes in the post to you today. Many thanks Lynda (for BRACE-Alzheimers Research)
Please send evelope for mobile phone to
Flat 2 Viscount Court
24 Owls Road
Bournemouth
BH5 1AF
I have one old mobile phone to donate. My address is Paddocks, Galley Lane, Brighstone, Isle of Wight PO30 4BT. I would be grateful to receive a Freepost envelope.
Many thanks.
Madeline
I have one old mobile phone to donate (Sony Ericsson K300). My address is 10 Vicarage Lane, Oxford OX1 4RQ. I would be grateful to receive a Freepost envelope.
Many thanks.
I have 3 old mobile phones which I would like to donate so could you send freepost envelopes to me at this address:-
69 Homefield Ave, Arnold,Nottingham, NG5 8FZ.
Thank you
Hi everyone – please email the BRACE appeal office for your freepost envelopes. lynda@alzheimers-brace.org. Thank you
Please send me a free post envelope for one ols mobil phone.
Thank you
P Carey
19 Pendrick Close,
Coton,
Cambridge.
CB23 7GZ
I have 3 old mobile phones.please forward free post envelope to
Flat l
5 Belmont road
Broad stairs
Kent CT10 1LA
I have several cell phones in good working order. Are there any charitable organizations in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area who want old cell phones?
I have several old mobiles I would like to donate but I am worried about identity theft. None of them work any more so I cant clear them of personal data ….is there any advice about this?
I would like to donate two mobile phones to BRACE-Alzheimer’s Research. Can you help?
Please email me your address and I will put a freepost envleope in the post to you. Kind regards Lynda (for BRACE-Alzheimers Research)
I would like to donate my old mobile phone to charity can you help please. Thank you
I wish to donate my old phone to charity my address is
199 St Nicolas Park Drive, Nuneaton Warwickshire CV11 6EH
Thanks Gillian. A freepost recycle envelope is on its way to you.
hi i have two old mobile phones if you would like them also may have more if i look in old stuff let me know thanks
I have 3 mobile phones that I would like to donate to you if you are still collecting them,do you have free post envelopes? And how do I get them.
Hi,
I have an old (i.e. non-smart phone) samsung phone someone is welcome to have. I should still have the charger to it somewhere. The battery pack is shot though…
I was looking for something to do with it, it seems such a waste chucking it, even if someone just extracts some of the materials from it to reuse.
If you give an email I’ll send you my address for a freepost envelope, if you are interseted, or just send it to where-ever without.
Thanks.
Hi Aimee
If you would like to send me your postal address I will send you a freepost envelope to recycle the phone. The money will go to support Alzheimer’s research. Kind regards Lynda
lynda@alzheimers-brace.org
Is this still valid?
Are you still wanting old mobile phones?
Thanks
Wideys
Yes we are still collecting mobile phones. Please email me your address and the number of phones you have and I will send you a freepost envelope. Many thanks Lynda
I collect old mobile phones for Cancer Research UK, if you’d like to donate a mobile phone, no matter how new, old or even obsolete it is, your donation will be much appreciated. To find out how to donate and for more information please click on my link.
The webpage link is http://www.justgiving.com/phoneforacure
I have 3 good condition mobiles all Nokia, and would like to donate to cancer Research, we lost our Son 2years ago age 44 years from cancer, can you let me know where to take or send them.
I live in Wednesbury in the West Midlands,
Hello Stephen, I tried to send a disused mobile to Just Giving but the link you gave is no longer active. Do you have another link that I can use?
Hi there
Our regestered charity is collecting mobile phones as Mercedes and Dixons have offered us a new lorry if we can gather 4000 mobiles – dead or alive! Big challenge but not unsurmountable? We need a lorry to help with our providing computers and IT equipment to charities both here in the UK and abroad. Thanks
you can send any donations to
ComputersforCharities
Cemetery Lodge
Ersham Road
Hailsham
BN27 3LJ
I have 2 mobile phones for your charity could you send me a freepost bag/envelope please
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Thank you to everyone who has donated their unwanted phones to BRACE Alzheimers Research. We are still collecting them and if you email me with your full postal address I will send you a FREEPOST envelope. Many thanks once again. email lynda@alzheimers-brace.org
I have 8 old mobiles I’d like to donate to charity, would it be possible for you to send me some freepost envelopes.
my mail address is
Kevin Crick
31 Carriage Drive
Kettering
Northants NN16 9EN
many thanks
Hi Kevin
Sadly the Royal Mail will no longer allow us to provide freepost envelopes for recycling mobile phones. However, if you are able to post them to us in a padded envel9ope they will be recycled to provide much needed funds for research into dementia. With thanks
The BRACE Charity Office
Elgar House
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
I have a number of old mobile phones I would like to donate to Oxfam. Could you please advise me on how to do this.
Hi am Wilson in Uganda Africa
I have children am happing in my
Small village any assistance
Please be it cash your era welcome.
Unfortunately due to changes in Royal Mail policy charities are no longer able to provide freepost envelopes for mobile phones.
We are however still collecting old mobile phones to recycle to raise money for research into dementia and would welcome your old phones. Please send in a padded envelope to:
The BRACE Charity Office
Elgar House
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Thank you
Hi
Just want to know if you are still collecting old mobile phones as the
latest comments are for 2015.Also is the address still Elgar House
Southmead House Bristol BS10 5NB.
Thank you
Hi joy
Yes we still collect them to recycle for dementia research however due to a change in Royal Mail policy we are unable to provide Freepost envelopes. If you are happy to post them to us we would love to have them. Just the phones. We don’t need cables or boxes.
Kind regards. Lynda
Lynda@alzheimers-brace.org
We recycle old unwanted and broken mobile phones to help save lives in Afghanistan, the most dangerous place in the world to give birth because of a lack of obstetric care – thousands of mothers and their children die every year because of this.
Your old mobiles will raise funds to improve female education, provide better neonatal care, and train more midwives.
For more info and to email us see http://www.afghanmotherandchildsupport.org
Hi – I have a box full of old network cables (cat5). There are 100-200 cables approx. between 1m & 3m. They were/are all in working condition but surplus to requirement after a server room refit last weekend.
If any charity can benefit from them being recycled or actually use them then please let me know. I can probably deliver anywhere in the Bristol area.
Thanks
Mark
Oxfam website – http://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/other-ways-to-donate/recycle-with-us says the address above can not be used:
Important: Please do not use the Oxfam branded recycling envelopes or previous CMR Freepost Address LON 16281. This scheme is no longer supported by the postal system and these units will not arrive with our recycler. Instead follow the steps above.
Please note:
Due to changes in Royal Mail policy we are no longer able to provide freepost envelopes.
We are still collecting phones (no chargers or cables please) and this can be delivered by hand or sent to:
The BRACE Charity Office
The Brain centre
Southmead Hospital
Bristol BS10 5NB
Thank you for your support
Hi Lynda
I can send Brace Charity some mobile phones, one has a very snazzy cover or would you prefer I took the cover off? thanks.
That would be great – we dont recycle the covers so feel free to keep it. Just the phones – no chargers or cables needed. many thanks Lynda
Do the mobile phones you use for recycling need to have a SIM card?
Hi Lynda
Are you still accepting donations of old mobile phones?
I have some i would like to donate
We need your old mobile phones to recycle to help raise funds to improve maternal & neonatal care in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is one of the worst places for women to give birth or for a child to be born, because of a shortage of midwives. A lack of female education means that not enough midwives are trained – and male doctors are not allowed to attend births. Thousands of women and children thus die who might not otherwise if there were enough midwives.
So to raise funds to help, we recycle the old unwanted and even broken mobile phones that so many of us have lying around.
you need to provide an address for us to post phones to?
would happily donate if I had an address
Going to post on an old mobile,hope its of use
Kindest regards Joan Stewart
The church I attend has collected some mobile phones for dementia recycling program can someone let me have the address and post code so we can pass them on please. Thank You
Hi. We are at
The BRACE charity office
The Brain centre
Southmead hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Thank you
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I have about 5 old Nokia chargers not sure if a charity wants them or I just need to bin them
I’m sending you 4 old phones that are of no use to us an longer I hope you will be able to use them or recycle them yourselves no leads or charges are being sent tho
we are sending you some old phones to the Bristol address. we hope you can make use of them
Thank you. Yes we are still recycling old phones to raise funds for dementia research
We recycle old, unwanted & even broken mobile phones over a wide area and can arrange courier collection for five or more phones.
Only the phones themselves are needed, not cases, chargers or other accessories, and sim cards & memory cards should be removed too – further information can be found at http://www.afghanmotherandchildsupport.org
Many thanks,
Philip Cooper
Why do people expect a charity to pay for postage for free envelopes, its a Charity for goodness sake!
I have quite a large number and phoned given to me to take to Kenya. Unfortunately most either don’t work or have lock codes on them. We’re can I send them? Also have a couple of tablets from Dubai. Are they any use, if so please let me know where to send them.
I’ve emailed you Lizzie to say, yes, thank you, we can take your old mobile phones & tablets regardless of age or condition ….. although not unfortunately the chargers I am afraid as they are no good to our recycler.