Clothing Collection
At Church 4 Life, we provide a FREE Clothing Collection service within the Hunter and Central Coast Region of New South Wales, Australia. The clothes donations we pick up are sorted and then dispersed either locally or globally to help communities or countries who have been impacted by poverty, or financial stress.
The areas we service for clothes donation pick up include Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland, Cessnock and Central Coast. To schedule a clothes collection, please fill out our booking form and we will be in contact with you soon!
Our Clothes Donation Pick Up Service
At Church 4 Life, our clothes donation pick-up process is designed to make giving back both convenient and impactful. It’s as easy as filling bags with the items you’re eager to donate. For those who wish to schedule a pick-up, we kindly ask for a minimum of five bags to ensure efficient logistics. To secure your pick-up, simply complete our straightforward booking form, providing us with your relevant details. Once received, we’ll be in touch to confirm the collection date that suits you best. On the designated day, all you need to do is place your filled bags near your mailbox, and our collection team will swing by between 8 am and 8 pm to pick them up. This seamless process ensures that your generous contributions reach those in need through the Church 4 Life initiative.
What Items Do We Accept For Donation?
We can accept good quality
- Clothes- all sizes
- Shoes
- Hats, belts, scarves
- Handbags, backpacks, purses
- Blankets, sheets, curtains
- Tea towels, towels, table clothes
- Jewellery
- Toys that are smaller than a microwave
- Suitcases
- Books
- DVD’s
- Furniture
- Pillows, Cushions
- Kitchenware
- Glass or Fragile items
- Bric a brac
- Big ToysÂ
- Kitchenware
- Glass or Fragile items
- Bric a brac
- Toys
- Suitcases
- Sports equipment and bikes
- Furniture – only if we have space, please check before dropping off
- Pillows, Cushions that are brand new still in packaging
For hygeine and safety, we cannot accept at all, any used pillows, cushions, mattresses, life jackets, bike helmets or car seats for babies and children.
Due to very limited storage space we ask that donations are not dropped off at our Cardiff shop.
Donations can be place straight into our blue bins in the car park at the Woodrising Shopping Centre.
Unfortunately, we are overloaded with books and DVDs at this time and are unable to accept either until further notice. You are welcome to purchase books and dvds at any of our op shops to help them find new homes and make space for new ones 🙂
What Happens To The Donated Clothes?
Most items are sold at very affordable prices which not only helps those buying them, but also helps provide a livelihood for many people who need work locally and globally.Â
Any clothing not needed locally, gets baled and shipped overseas. By up-cycling clothes, we are proud to say that we have kept thousands of kilograms out of landfill every year.
Church 4 Life is a registered Not For Profit charity through the ACNC. Any profits go directly back into charity expenses so we can continue to help local and global communities.
Some of the countries we have helped are Mozambique, Fiji, Bulgaria, India, Sierra Lione, Togo, Africa, The Middle East and more
We thank you sincerely for your continued support and donations!
The Purpose Behind Clothes Collection
In 1991, Pastor Richard Nash was burdened to send clothes to Mozambique. They were the poorest country in the world at the time and had been faced with war, drought and a hurricane.
After learning that people were dressing in tree bark because there was nothing else, he prayed, fasted and brainstormed with family, friends and church colleagues. Richard applied to the Australian High Commissioner for AU $20,000 for humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The funds were granted in January 1992 and we started collecting clothes.
Many Christian churches joined our mission and the clothes started flowing in filling a shipping container, and within months the clothes had been distributed to around 8,500 people. Two years later we repeated this process helping even more.
After another visit to Fiji and seeing the incredible poverty of some people, we asked ‘What can be done to improve their quality of life and help them earn a living?’
The end result is Church for Life Clothing Collectors.
How to Book A Clothing Collection?
To book a collection from your house, you can use our Online Booking Form below
OR
Call or Text our office on 0466 842 101 leaving your address and number of bags ready for collection.
Our administration team will contact you with a day we can collect them.
Booking Form
Step 1
-Fill bags with items you’d like to donate
-Requested pick up’s need 5+ bags to book
Step 2
-Fill in this booking form with your details
-We will contact you to confirm a collection date
Step 3
-Place your bags near your mailbox on this date
-They will be collected between 8am-8pm
Step 1
-Fill bags with items you’d like to donate
-Requested pick up’s need 5+ bags to book
Step 2
-Fill in this booking form with your details
-We will contact you to confirm a collection date
Step 3
-Place your bags near your mailbox on this date
-They will be collected between 8am-8pm